Relevance or excellence? Setting research priorities for mental health and psychosocial support in humanitarian settings

Harvard Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-36

  Tol, Wietse A ^a,b   Patel, Vikram ^c   Tomlinson, Mark ^d   Baingana, Florence ^e   Galappatti, Ananda ^f   Silove, Derrick ^g   Sondorp, Egbert ^c   Van Ommeren, Mark ^h   Wessells, Michael G ⁱ   Panter Brick, Catherine ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Research and Development   (Netherlands)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^h WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

ⁱ London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Disasters; Global mental health; Humanitarian crises; Political violence; Psychosocial support; Research priorities

Indexed keywords

CONSENSUS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH; NEPAL; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; PERU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; REVIEW; SOCIAL WORK; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; UGANDA; UNITED NATIONS; UNIVERSITY;

EID: 84857532724     PISSN: 10673229     EISSN: 14657309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10673229.2012.649113     Document Type: Review

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