Gabriel is the director of al-Barkothi Mondial Bon Psychosal CenterContact points in West German city for refugees with psychological and social problems. Are and often experience violence.
That is, stress, any but easy. Al-Gargothi calculates difficult situations, “Long waiting, uncertainty, remains in huge shelters without any privacy, for the end of the refuge application process.” “Many people experience racism in the current political situation, everyday life and exclusion. All things that affect healthy people,” she says.
One of the three refugees suffers from mental illness
The Manosamiki Center in Bonn is one of the total 51 features in Germany that provides medical care for refugees across the country. According to his umbrella organization, he supported around 26,000 people in 2022, it is 3.1% of those who need help. According to the Federal Health Minister Karl robberback (SPD), 30% of refugees are suffering from mental health problems.
Thesis is figures that are lost in hot debate about the treatment of refugees. Subsequently, a deadly knife attack in Aschfenburg, Bavaria, in which a two -year -old child and a person died, immigration has become the number one subject in the campaign for the general election on 23 February. Mental health problems and a refugee from Afghanistan.
The discourse on refugees and immigration has been extended by the movements of the Orthodox CDU/CSU in Parliament: on Wednesday, January 29, he made a non-negotiable proposal to Parliament with a five-point scheme to tighten the shelter policy, which majority Winned from Votes of far-flung—into-anty-grooming party options partially for Germany (AFD).
Psychologist Milena Peitzman told DW that she experiences hand before every day what it does for refugees in this country. “I think my customers are extremely worried after Aschaffenburg, what about strict laws, hard exile rules or a new government. Surely, everyone knows about the debate, and it puts extra stress on people Is, “He told DW. He said, “A person has a feeling of being punished collectively to do something.”
Mental illnesses are not registered
Peitzmann and Al-Barghouthi list that they believe that should actually be done to improve immigration policy: initial eclipse features and a systematic assessment of the need for support in collective housing centers where people first come. Currently, refugees in the form are asked to fill on arrival, they are asked about their health conditions, but not even mental health issues. And finally, psychologists ask for better follow -up care through the doctor in private practices.
Gabriel al-Barghothi said with a bitter smile, “Two years ago, we wrote that all 300 psychiatrists in Bon have demanded participants for a project for their customers. Only three responded. They responded. They were probably ideologists. . ” Treating refugees is very stressful for many, he suspects: “First, a translator has to find, then a contract has to be prepared and in the end, the cost is often not covered.”
Suicide is the main subject
More emergency care is required. Often patients are finished in the hospital, but are discharged after just one night after handing over a box of pills without any clarification. Some swallow a lot of bullets. Bon psychologists say suicide is generally a major subject in medicine, in which more than half of patients said they have suicide views.
“I have been working at the Psychosal Center since 2020,” social activist Majid Ibrahim told DW “and at the time we have seen exactly one where the person has made a big danger of violence. Just one – and we have to the police Straightly called away.
Refugee assistance criticizes general doubt
Jenny Barons serve as a psychologist in BARN, Federal Association of Psychosal Centers, BAFF for refugees and torture victims. Shortly after the attack in Aschaffenburg, the Center received many questions about how this attack can happen and whether people with mental health problems are in general.
Baron told DW that it was surprised by the debate, as it feared and led the social division. She says that her organization has seen changes in society. “There is less recognition for those who work with refugees, to ensure the very high quality of refugee care for their great commitment in poor circumstances. We are seeing that the financial resource politician needs,” Baron said.
Baron explains that now, many people have to overcome the capacity of many people. Those seeking help sometimes have to wait for more than a year for treatment. Often, many mental illnesses become unfamiliar and those who simply withdraw, sometimes live in their rooms for days or weeks at a time.
Psychologist appealed not to keep people suffering from mental health disorders under general doubt: “We know that a third of the German population develops a mental illness during his life. Come on, not to be violent,” Bairon Explained.
*Note of Editor: If you are suffering from severe emotional stress or suicidal ideas, do not hesitate to seek professional help. You can find information about searching help, no matter what you live in the world, no matter on this website: https://www.befribnders.org/
This article was original in German.
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