Lebanon: mental health system reform and the Syrian crisis.

BJPsych Int

Visiting Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut; Director General, Ministry of Public Health, Lebanon.

Published: November 2016

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.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5619489PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/s2056474000001409DOI Listing

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