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Mental Health Care in Syrian Refugee Populations

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Handbook of Healthcare in the Arab World

Abstract

Almost a decade into the Syrian Civil War, and with no end in sight, the humanitarian crisis in the Middle East has reached a tipping point. Syrian refugees are flooding neighboring countries and struggling to receive basic access to mental health services, contributing to a mental health crisis in the younger generation of Syrians. Many host countries for Syrian refugees do not allocate enough resources to mental health services. Some provide free mental health services to refugees, but unfortunately many barriers exist that prevent refugees from benefiting from such services. The current state of mental health care of Syrian refugees is perilous, and with the refugee crisis worsening every day, it is vital that Middle Eastern and European countries follow the advice of experts on reforming mental health services for refugees.

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  1. Department of Neuroscience, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Kareem Sharif

  2. Department of Neuroscience, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA

    Ahmad Hassan

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  4. Palestinian American Research Center Fellow 2013–2014, Washington, DC, USA

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Sharif, K., Hassan, A. (2021). Mental Health Care in Syrian Refugee Populations. In: Laher, I. (eds) Handbook of Healthcare in the Arab World. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74365-3_224-1

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