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A ‘silent’ political protest by an asylum seeker presenting to an Irish psychiatric service

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

David J Browne ,
Haseeb Rohllia  and
Miriam Gannon
David J Browne
Affiliation:
Health Service Executive, Connolly Norman House, 224 North Circular Rd, Dublin 7, Ireland
Haseeb Rohllia
Affiliation:
Health Service Executive, Connolly Norman House, 224 North Circular Rd, Dublin 7, Ireland
Miriam Gannon
Affiliation:
Health Service Executive, Connolly Norman House, 224 North Circular Rd, Dublin 7, Ireland
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Abstract

We report a case of a male asylum seeker, protesting politically, who stitched his lips together, presenting to a psychiatric service for assessment. We review the literature in this area. Funding of psychiatric services to meet the complex needs of immigrants should be an integral part of service development.

Keywords

Mental healthCultureMigrationPolitical dissent
Type
Case reports
Information
Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , Volume 25 , Issue 1 , March 2008 , pp. 31 - 32
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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