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Mental health in Syria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Mohammed Abou-Saleh  and
Mamoun Mobayed
Mohammed Abou-Saleh
Affiliation:
Naufar (Qatar Addiction Treatment and Rehabilitation Centre), Doha, Qatar St George's, University of London, UK, email mabousal@sgul.ac.uk
Mamoun Mobayed
Affiliation:
Al-Aween Social Rehabilitation Centre, Doha, Qatar
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This paper begins by outlining the nature of the present conflict in Syria. It goes on to describe the psychological consequences of this conflict and the present state of the mental health services in the country.

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International Psychiatry , Volume 10 , Issue 3 , August 2013 , pp. 58 - 60
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