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https://scholarhub.balamand.edu.lb/handle/uob/5905| Title: | Lebanon: mental health system reform and the Syrian crisis | Authors: | Karam, Elie G. El Chammay, Rabih Richa, Sami Naja, Wadih Fayyad, John Ammar, Walid |
Affiliations: | Faculty of Medicine | Issue Date: | 2016 | Publisher: | National Library of Medicine | Part of: | BJPsych International | Volume: | 13 | Issue: | 4 | Start page: | 87 | End page: | 89 | Abstract: | The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health has launched a National Mental Health Programme, which in turn has established the Mental Health and Substance Use Strategy for Lebanon 2015-2020. In parallel, research involving refugees has been conducted since the onset of the Syrian crisis. The findings point to an increase in mental health disorders in the Syrian refugee population, which now numbers more than 1 million. |
URI: | https://scholarhub.balamand.edu.lb/handle/uob/5905 | ISSN: | 2056-4740 | DOI: | 10.1192/s2056474000001409 | Open URL: | Link to full text | Type: | Journal Article |
| Appears in Collections: | Faculty of Medicine |
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