Julia Mueller|Mathias V. Schmidt|Andrea Staeheli|Thomas Maier
Mental health of failed asylum seekers as compared with pending and temporarily accepted asylum seekers
University Hospital of Zurich|University Hospital of Zurich|University Hospital of Zurich|University Hospital of Zurich
background asylum seekers refugees often suffer severe psychopathology form posttraumatic stress disorder ptsd ptsd impacts memory functions asylum applications rely personal accounts ptsd risk rejected refugees methods studied mental health failed asylum seekers fas n 40 matched sample n 40 participants administered structured interviews sociodemographics flight exile standardized questionnaires ptsd anxiety depression pain results samples severely affected 80 exhibited least one clinically significant condition conclusion given great vulnerability individuals long unsettling asylum processes practised western host countries seem problematic withdrawal health social welfare benefits finally high rates psychopathology amongst fas indicate refugee humanitarian decisionmaking procedures may failing identify need protection