Improving mental health care in humanitarian emergencies

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 666-666A

  Ventevogel, Peter ^a   van Ommeren, Mark ^b   Schilperoord, Marian ^a   Saxena, Shekhar ^b  

^a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees   (Switzerland)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPARENT LIFE THREATENING EVENT; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84943160393     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.15.156919     Document Type: Editorial

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