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Journal Article > Research

Mental health and trauma in asylum seekers landing in Sicily in 2015: a descriptive study of neglected invisible wounds

Crepet A, Rita F, Reid AJ, van den Boogaard W, Deiana P, Quaranta G, Barbieri A, Bongiorno F, Di Carlo S
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Abstract
In 2015, Italy was the second most common point of entry for asylum seekers into Europe after Greece. The vast majority embarked from war-torn Libya; 80,000 people claimed asylum that year. Their medical conditions were assessed on arrival but their mental health needs were not addressed in any way, despite the likelihood of serious trauma before and during migration. Médecins sans Frontières (MSF), in agreement with the Italian Ministry of Health, provided mental health (MH) assessment and care for recently-landed asylum seekers in Sicily. This study documents mental health conditions, potentially traumatic events and post-migratory living difficulties experienced by asylum seekers in the MSF programme in 2014-15.
Countries
GreeceItalyLibya
DOI
10.1186/s13031-017-0103-3
Published Date
13-Jan-2017
PubMed ID
28101127
Languages
English
Journal
Conflict and Health
Volume / Issue / Pages
Volume 11, Issue 1, Pages 1
Issue Date
13-Jan-2017
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