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Lethal hopelessness: Understanding and responding to asylum seeker distress and mental deterioration

Overview of attention for article published in International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, March 2017
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • One of the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#3 of 1,559)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (98th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (99th percentile)

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162 X users
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Title
Lethal hopelessness: Understanding and responding to asylum seeker distress and mental deterioration
Published in
International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, March 2017
DOI 10.1111/inm.12325
Pubmed ID
Authors

Nicholas G. Procter, Mary Anne Kenny, Heather Eaton, Carol Grech

Abstract

The mental deterioration of the so called 'legacy caseload' (asylum seekers who arrived in Australia by boat between August 2012-December 2013) has become a national concern and is garnering international attention. Prolonged uncertainty is contributing to mental deterioration and despair. There have been at least 11 deaths by suicide since June 2014. Social support services have been limited and legal assistance in short supply; this is associated with lengthy delays with visa applications. Thwarted belongingness, purpose and identity, a shortage of available services, and barriers to legal support for processes attendant upon Refugee Status Determination increase the likelihood that the mental health of asylum seekers will deteriorate further, potentially developing into worsening decline, which will lead to increased self-harm and suicide. This article summarises recent suicide deaths in Australia, positing practical assistance and support for asylum seekers living in the community. Therapeutic engagement should be trauma-informed wherever possible, helping asylum seekers to reframe their sense of lethal hopelessness.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 105 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 15 14%
Student > Ph. D. Student 11 10%
Researcher 10 10%
Student > Bachelor 10 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 9 9%
Other 19 18%
Unknown 31 30%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 29 28%
Social Sciences 12 11%
Medicine and Dentistry 8 8%
Nursing and Health Professions 8 8%
Arts and Humanities 3 3%
Other 8 8%
Unknown 37 35%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 197. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 03 February 2024.
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#200,701
of 25,394,764 outputs
Outputs from International Journal of Mental Health Nursing
#3
of 1,559 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#4,293
of 323,029 outputs
Outputs of similar age from International Journal of Mental Health Nursing
#1
of 29 outputs
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