Mental health and psychosocial needs of Syrian refugees and the role of Syrian non-governmental organisations

Almost 5 million Syrians have been registered as refugees since the conflict started in 2011. Their mental health and psychosocial needs continue to grow as the situation at home gets more complicated. Syrian non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and mental health professionals have been offering th...

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Autores principales: Almoshmosh, Nadim, Mobayed, Mamoun, Aljendi, Mohammad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2016
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Thematic Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5619487/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29093913
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description Almost 5 million Syrians have been registered as refugees since the conflict started in 2011. Their mental health and psychosocial needs continue to grow as the situation at home gets more complicated. Syrian non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and mental health professionals have been offering their support to help meet these needs. They have set up various centres and teams on the ground that focus their efforts on the most needy individuals. They train and supervise healthcare volunteers, encourage self-management and build on people’s resilience. These NGOs require support to deal with the consequences of this unprecedented crisis.
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spelling pubmed-56194872017-11-01 Mental health and psychosocial needs of Syrian refugees and the role of Syrian non-governmental organisations Almoshmosh, Nadim Mobayed, Mamoun Aljendi, Mohammad BJPsych Int Thematic Paper Almost 5 million Syrians have been registered as refugees since the conflict started in 2011. Their mental health and psychosocial needs continue to grow as the situation at home gets more complicated. Syrian non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and mental health professionals have been offering their support to help meet these needs. They have set up various centres and teams on the ground that focus their efforts on the most needy individuals. They train and supervise healthcare volunteers, encourage self-management and build on people’s resilience. These NGOs require support to deal with the consequences of this unprecedented crisis. The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2016-11-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5619487/ /pubmed/29093913 Text en © 2016 The Royal College of Psychiatrists http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Non-Commercial, No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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