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Mental Health in Lebanon's Triple-Fold Crisis: The Case of Refugees and Vulnerable Groups in Times of COVID-19
Lebanon's management of the COVID-19 pandemic is largely being maneuvered amid the country's escalating triple fold crisis. As the country continues to grapple with political stagnation, a dwindling economy and currency, all while working through an ongoing refugee crisis, mental health in...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7855303/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33553090 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2020.589264 |
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author | Fouad, Fouad M. Barkil-Oteo, Andres Diab, Jasmin Lilian |
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description | Lebanon's management of the COVID-19 pandemic is largely being maneuvered amid the country's escalating triple fold crisis. As the country continues to grapple with political stagnation, a dwindling economy and currency, all while working through an ongoing refugee crisis, mental health in times of Coronavirus in Lebanon remains unaddressed. This piece explores the effects of this triple fold crisis upon the mental health of the country's refugees and most vulnerable groups, and provides room for discussions on the potential benefits of telemental health as an intervention in low-income and conflict settings. Although the implementation of TMH services in Lebanon among vulnerable communities in times of COVID-19 is not a priority, this piece insists it would ultimately fill a substantial mental health gap during the country's ongoing difficult transitory period. |
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spelling | pubmed-78553032021-02-04 Mental Health in Lebanon's Triple-Fold Crisis: The Case of Refugees and Vulnerable Groups in Times of COVID-19 Fouad, Fouad M. Barkil-Oteo, Andres Diab, Jasmin Lilian Front Public Health Public Health Lebanon's management of the COVID-19 pandemic is largely being maneuvered amid the country's escalating triple fold crisis. As the country continues to grapple with political stagnation, a dwindling economy and currency, all while working through an ongoing refugee crisis, mental health in times of Coronavirus in Lebanon remains unaddressed. This piece explores the effects of this triple fold crisis upon the mental health of the country's refugees and most vulnerable groups, and provides room for discussions on the potential benefits of telemental health as an intervention in low-income and conflict settings. Although the implementation of TMH services in Lebanon among vulnerable communities in times of COVID-19 is not a priority, this piece insists it would ultimately fill a substantial mental health gap during the country's ongoing difficult transitory period. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-01-20 /pmc/articles/PMC7855303/ /pubmed/33553090 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2020.589264 Text en Copyright © 2021 Fouad, Barkil-Oteo and Diab. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Public Health Fouad, Fouad M. Barkil-Oteo, Andres Diab, Jasmin Lilian Mental Health in Lebanon's Triple-Fold Crisis: The Case of Refugees and Vulnerable Groups in Times of COVID-19 |
title | Mental Health in Lebanon's Triple-Fold Crisis: The Case of Refugees and Vulnerable Groups in Times of COVID-19 |
title_full | Mental Health in Lebanon's Triple-Fold Crisis: The Case of Refugees and Vulnerable Groups in Times of COVID-19 |
title_fullStr | Mental Health in Lebanon's Triple-Fold Crisis: The Case of Refugees and Vulnerable Groups in Times of COVID-19 |
title_full_unstemmed | Mental Health in Lebanon's Triple-Fold Crisis: The Case of Refugees and Vulnerable Groups in Times of COVID-19 |
title_short | Mental Health in Lebanon's Triple-Fold Crisis: The Case of Refugees and Vulnerable Groups in Times of COVID-19 |
title_sort | mental health in lebanon's triple-fold crisis: the case of refugees and vulnerable groups in times of covid-19 |
topic | Public Health |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7855303/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33553090 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2020.589264 |
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