Kyli Hedrick

Uppsala University | UU · Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences

Background: Systematic research into self-harm in the Australian asylum seeker population is scarce, largely due to the lack of accessible data. The aim of this study was to examine the incidence and characteristics of self-harm across the Australian asylum seeker population, and to ascertain whether self-harm rates and characteristics vary by pro...

Background: Detained asylum seekers are at increased risk of self-harm, and the type of detention in which they are held may further exacerbate this risk. In Australia, there are four types of closed (or held) immigration detention for people seeking asylum, with varying levels of security and supports: Immigration Detention Centres [IDCs], Immigra...

Background: Asylum seekers are at elevated risk of self-harm, and the personal and public health costs of self-harm are high; yet the monitoring and reporting of self-harm has been limited and lacking in transparency. This study aims to evaluate the quality of self-harm incident reporting across the Australian asylum seeker population, including b...

Introduction Asylum seekers are at increased risk of self-harm compared with the general population, and the experience of detention may further exacerbate this risk. Despite this, evidence regarding the prevalence, methods and characteristics of self-harm among asylum seekers in Australia (including those detained in onshore and offshore immigrati...

New data shows self-harm incidents in immigration detention have spiked his year amid concerns over the pandemic. We must take steps to reduce asylum seekers' vulnerability and prevent further harm. https://theconversation.com/self-harm-in-immigration-detention-has-risen-sharply-here-are-6-ways-to-address-this-health-crisis-146679

Background Temporal patterns in the frequency and characteristics of self-harm episodes across the Australian asylum seeker population may have implications for self-harm prevention and public health policy. The aim of this study was to examine how the distribution of self-harm episodes and method(s) of self-harm used across the Australian asylum s...

The Lancet Public Health

Background: Status Resolution Support Service (SRSS) is a program that provides a basic living allowance and access to health services, including specialist torture and trauma counselling, to people whilst their asylum claims are being processed. In 2018, the Department of Home Affairs began a staggered exit of people from the program. The cuts to...

In Australia, mandatory, indefinite immigration detention has been applied to asylum seekers for over 25 years. There are currently five Australian-funded asylum seeker populations: (a) those in onshore detention; (b) those in offshore detention on Nauru; (c) those in offshore detention on Manus Island; (d) those in community detention and; (e) com...

The monitoring of self-harm among asylum seekers in Australian immigration detention has not occurred routinely or transparently. Thus whilst concerns regarding rates of self-harm among asylum seekers have been frequently raised, a paucity of systematic information regarding key factors associated with self-harm among asylum seekers exists. The pre...

Concerns regarding self-harm among asylum seekers in Australian immigration detention have been frequently and persistently raised by academics, health professionals, human rights organisations and refugee advocates, among others, over the past two decades. Despite these concerns, however, little systematic information exists regarding the incidenc...

Despite an understanding of the perception and consequences of apologies for their recipients, little is known about the consequences of interpersonal apologies, or their denial, for the offending actor. In two empirical studies, we examined the unexplored psychological consequences that follow from a harm-doer's explicit refusal to apologize. Resu...

Measures of self-forgiveness that merely focus on the outcome of positive self-regard risk neglecting the process through which offenders restore it. They may thus tap pseudo self-forgiveness where offenders downplay their responsibility for the wrongdoing. For genuine self-forgiveness, the process should instead involve an attenuation of the negat...

Presentation at College of Community Psychologists, Victorian Branch, AGM.

Despite an understanding of the perception and consequences of apologies for their recipients, little is known about the consequences of apologies (or their denial) for the offending actor. In two empirical studies employing both correlational and experimental methods, we examined the unexplored psychological consequences that follow from a harm-do...

Research has considered the role of identity in generating and maintaining patterns of human rights violations. Only recently, however, has attention shifted to the protective role of social identity following such violations. This poster outlines the background to research that aims to explore the relationship between exposure to human rights viol...