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42.02. The health screening that is provided on arrival includes an examination of the mental health status of the detainee and is integrated with the assessment of other social, physical and medical vulnerabilities.

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42.03. Initial health screening of immigration detainees is attuned and sensitive to the possibility that a detainee may have been a victim of torture or trauma.

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42.04. Detainees have access to specialised mental health treatment if required, and in specialised institutions or civilian hospitals, as appropriate.

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42.05. Adults and children suffering from mental illness, whether pre-existing or acquired since being detained, are treated in a specialised institution under independent medical management.

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42.06. There are regular reviews of the social, physical and medical vulnerabilities of detainees, including mental health issues.

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42.07. There are regular independent medical reviews of the prescription and use of sedatives, sleeping pills and psychotropic medications.

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41.06. Gender-specific health care services at least equivalent to those available to women in the community are available to immigration detainees.

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41.07. Preventive health screening is available to women in immigration detention at the same level as is available to women in the host community.

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41.08. Medical practitioners are specially trained to identify vulnerabilities in the population of women detainees, taking into account their cultural and religious backgrounds.

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42.01. Mental health care that is culturally and religiously appropriate is provided by suitably qualified medical practitioners, with specialist knowledge of mental health issues in detention environments.

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