Caring for Families Separated by Changing Immigration Policies and Enforcement: A Cultural Psychiatry Perspective.
Caring for Families Separated by Changing Immigration Policies and Enforcement: A Cultural Psychiatry Perspective.
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照顾因移民政策和执法变化而离散的家庭：文化精神病学视角。
DOI：
10.1176/appi.ps.201800076
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2018
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Lewis-Fernández,Roberto
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Kohrt,BrandonA;Lu,FrancisG;Wu,EmilyY;Hinton,DevonE;Aggarwal,NeilKrishan;Parekh,Ranna;Rousseau,Cécile;Lewis-Fernández,Roberto
最近美国移民政策和执法的变化导致逮捕和计划驱逐的人数增加了300%。虽然一些家庭成员面临被驱逐出境，但其他家庭成员可能有国家批准的身份。这种混合状态使成千上万的家庭面临被迫分离和相关精神健康问题的风险。基于对难民家庭和其他群体的跨文化工作，以及对因父母被监禁而分离的家庭的工作，作者提供了一些建议，以指导临床医生处理那些被分离或害怕分离的家庭。通过查明痛苦的根源、阐明家庭结构和作用、加强沟通做法、与法律和经济资源联系以及通过减少痛苦促进决策，可以在一定程度上解决失散家庭中的精神健康问题。
Recent changes in U.S. immigration policies and enforcement have precipitated a 300% rise in arrests and planned deportations. Although some family members face deportation, other family members may have state-sanctioned status. Such mixed status puts hundreds of thousands of families at risk of forced separation and associated mental health problems. Building on cross-cultural work with refugee families and other groups and on work with families separated by parental incarceration, the authors provide recommendations to guide clinicians working with families who are separated or who fear separation. Mental health problems among separated families can in part be addressed through identifying the origins of distress, elucidating family structures and roles, strengthening communication practices, linking with legal and economic resources, and facilitating decision making through distress reduction.