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Lebanon: mental health system reform and the Syrian crisis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Elie Karam ,
Rabih El Chammay ,
Sami Richa ,
Wadih Naja ,
John Fayyad  and
Walid Ammar
Elie Karam
Affiliation:
Institute for Development, Research, Advocacy and Applied Care (IDRAAC), Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, Saint George Hospital University Medical Center, Balamand University, Faculty of Medicine, Beirut, Lebanon
Rabih El Chammay
Affiliation:
National Mental Health Programme, Ministry of Public Health Department of Psychiatry, Hôtel-Dieu de France Hospital Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Saint Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon, email rchammay@moph.gov.lb
Sami Richa
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine, Saint-Joseph University, Hôtel-Dieu de France Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon
Wadih Naja
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine, Lebanese University, Mont-Liban Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon
John Fayyad
Affiliation:
The Institute for Development, Research, Advocacy and Applied Care (IDRAAC) Saint George Hospital University Medical Center, Balamand University, Faculty of Medicine, Beirut, Lebanon
Walid Ammar
Affiliation:
Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut Ministry of Public Health, Lebanon
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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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BJPsych International , Volume 13 , Issue 4 , November 2016 , pp. 87 - 89
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