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United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Part of: BJPsych International Country Profiles Collection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Valsamma Eapen  and
Omer El-Rufaie
Valsamma Eapen
Affiliation:
Child Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, email valsa_eapen@hotmail.com
Omer El-Rufaie
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, UAE
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Abstract

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This paper will focus on the current state of mental health services in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and reflect on the various public health, socio-economic and psychosocial factors that have a major impact on the mental health needs of the population. It is to be borne in mind that the services described in this paper are in a state of rapid change, as the country is witnessing one of the fastest rates of development in the world.

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International Psychiatry , Volume 5 , Issue 2 , April 2008 , pp. 38 - 40
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