Ethical dilemmas of mental healthcare for migrants and refugees.

IF 7.5 2区医学 Q1 PSYCHIATRY Current Opinion in Psychiatry Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI:10.1097/YCO.0000000000000886

Meryam Schouler-Ocak, Graef-Calliess Iris T

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Purpose of review: This review will discuss the current development of ethical dilemmas in psychiatry in the care of migrants and refugees. The world is in times of increasing conflicts and disasters, which are leading to increased migration and flight. In dealing with patients, psychiatrists have their own codes of ethics. The purpose of developing codes of ethics is to serve educational and regulatory functions and to provide explicit and visible standards for the professional conduct of psychiatrists.

Recent findings: The codes of ethics are more recognised and required as standards in the form of guiding ethical principles on duties and rights as well as explicit rules. However, in the case of migrants and refugees, ethical principles are suspended in many places, exposing patients to different barriers.

Summary: Many National Psychiatric Associations have adopted the World Psychiatric Association or European Psychiatric Association Code of Ethics for Psychiatry. However, migrants and refugees still do not have the same rights and opportunities to access mental healthcare as well as preventive measures and thus equal treatment due to various barriers. Not only is equal treatment suspended in comparison to native patients, but also access to care between migrants and refugees from different regions of origin for various reasons. This invalidates the ethical principles.

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移民和难民心理保健的伦理困境。

综述目的:本综述将讨论移民和难民护理中精神病学伦理困境的当前发展。世界正处于冲突和灾难日益增加的时代，这导致移徙和逃离的增加。在与病人打交道时，精神科医生有自己的道德准则。制定道德规范的目的是服务于教育和监管职能，并为精神科医生的职业行为提供明确和可见的标准。最近的研究发现:道德守则以义务和权利的指导道德原则以及明确的规则的形式被更多地认可和要求作为标准。然而，在移民和难民的情况下，道德原则在许多地方被搁置，使患者面临不同的障碍。摘要:许多国家精神病学协会采用了世界精神病学协会或欧洲精神病学协会的精神病学伦理准则。然而，由于各种障碍，移民和难民仍然没有同样的权利和机会获得精神保健和预防措施，从而得不到平等待遇。与本地患者相比，不仅无法获得平等治疗，而且由于各种原因，来自不同原籍地区的移民和难民之间也无法获得医疗服务。这使伦理原则无效。

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Current Opinion in Psychiatry 医学-精神病学

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12.20

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1.40%

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6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： Current Opinion in Psychiatry is an easy-to-digest bimonthly journal covering the most interesting and important advances in the field of psychiatry. Eight sections on mental health disorders including schizophrenia, neurodevelopmental disorders and eating disorders, are presented alongside five area-specific sections, offering an expert evaluation on the most exciting developments in the field.