Victims of armed conflict in India: psychosocial impact and available support

India has been a part of 5 major wars since its independence in 1947 and hosts over 212,413 refugees from Sri Lanka, Tibet and Bangladesh. So, a wide spectrum of trauma survivors, both civilian and military, live in this country and require mental healthcare. We discuss the psychological impact of a...

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Autores principales: Sharma, Vasudha, Sharma, Vikrant, Arora, Harshit, Singh, Waryaam, Gulati, Nihal, Sharma, Rajeev
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2023
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Letter to the Editor
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9970191/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37052093
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2023.2178375
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description India has been a part of 5 major wars since its independence in 1947 and hosts over 212,413 refugees from Sri Lanka, Tibet and Bangladesh. So, a wide spectrum of trauma survivors, both civilian and military, live in this country and require mental healthcare. We discuss the psychological impact of armed conflict and how the country and culture tint it uniquely. We not only explore the current scene but the resources available and what can be done to make such vulnerable parts of the Indian population feel safer.
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spelling pubmed-99701912023-02-28 Victims of armed conflict in India: psychosocial impact and available support Sharma, Vasudha Sharma, Vikrant Arora, Harshit Singh, Waryaam Gulati, Nihal Sharma, Rajeev Eur J Psychotraumatol Letter to the Editor India has been a part of 5 major wars since its independence in 1947 and hosts over 212,413 refugees from Sri Lanka, Tibet and Bangladesh. So, a wide spectrum of trauma survivors, both civilian and military, live in this country and require mental healthcare. We discuss the psychological impact of armed conflict and how the country and culture tint it uniquely. We not only explore the current scene but the resources available and what can be done to make such vulnerable parts of the Indian population feel safer. Taylor & Francis 2023-02-23 /pmc/articles/PMC9970191/ /pubmed/37052093 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2023.2178375 Text en © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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