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Dr barri Phatarfod equally well, 29 March 2019 melbourne

Dr barri Phatarfod equally well, 29 March 2019 melbourne. doctors4refugees.org. Factors affecting poor mental health outcomes. 1. Persecution in Country of origin. 2. UNHCR camps. Calais and other camps. 3. AUSTRALIA. 5. No prospect of release. Self harm and hunger strikes.

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Dr barri Phatarfod equally well, 29 March 2019 melbourne

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  1. Dr barri Phatarfodequally well, 29 March 2019melbourne doctors4refugees.org

  2. Factors affecting poor mental health outcomes

  3. 1. Persecution in Country of origin

  4. 2. UNHCR camps

  5. Calais and other camps

  6. 3. AUSTRALIA

  7. 5. No prospect of release

  8. Self harm and hunger strikes 12 month period July 2014-July 2015 Nauru 188 incidents Manus Is 55 incidents Onshore detention 706 incidents Source DIBP stats obtained through FOI

  9. Resignation syndrome

  10. Former workers have told Fairfax Media of nightmares, strained marriages and destroyed careers. One who thought he had seen it all as a former military worker said the horrors of Nauru were "mind blowing … if I had the time again I wouldn't have gone there at all". Hill said he suffers permanent anxiety, distress, fear and agoraphobia. He is suing Wilson, contractor Broadspectrum, formerly Transfield, which provides major services at offshore detention centres, and the Commonwealth – claiming each should have known there was a real risk of psychiatric and other injury for employees at Nauru Now back in Australia, the former Save the Children teacher is suffering post-traumatic stress disorder. A lunch with friends leaves her drained. The once-extroverted high school teacher who went to Nauru to "do something to help" is now withdrawn, receives therapy and cannot work. Hill's experience is echoed by another former Wilson worker, Jon Nichols, who says he is being treated for post traumatic stress disorder and other mental harm following deployments to Nauru over almost two years until last June. Like other scarred former staff, he can no longer work full time, and fears he will lose his Brisbane home. The married father of four is heavily medicated to ward off nightmares and bouts of anger and aggression. His wife is "very bitter towards Nauru because it took away her husband". https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/detention-centre-workers--suffering-their-own-trauma-in-dealing-with-asylum-seekers-20160225-gn3buk.html

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