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Implementation of mental health services in conflict and post-conflict zones: Lessons from Syria.
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- Psychological and psychosocial interventions for trauma-related psychological distress in adults living in ongoing conflict.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2026Article
- A conceptual multi-agent architecture for mental health triage in post-conflict Arabic-speaking populations: a theoretical proposition and staged validation argument.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- A scoping review of epidemics of substance misuse and suicide in Syria: casualties of protracted conflict and political instability.Conflict and health · 2025Article
- Post-crisis health reality and wellbeing of children within Syria: a scoping review of research from 2012 to 2024.Conflict and health · 2025Review
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- Social Stigma Toward Individuals with Schizophrenia in a Lebanese Population.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2024Article
- Demographics and risk factors for suicide in Syria: A retrospective media content analysis of online news sources.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2024Article
- Evaluation of clinical outcomes and comparison of prediction models in the burn population hospitalized from the emergency department: Can burn mortality scores be used in a post-conflict area such as northwest Syria?Ulusal travma ve acil cerrahi dergisi = Turkish journal of trauma & emergency surgery : TJTES · 2023Article
- Mental distress links with physical activities, sedentary lifestyle, social support, and sleep problems: A Syrian population cross-sectional study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveWe describe the challenges confronted and lessons learned in implementing mental healthcare during the Syrian war to inform effective services for conflict-affected Syrian populations. MATERIALS AND
methodsWe searched the academic and gray literature. We draw on the experiences of Syrian-American mental health professionals with nine years of experience providing clinical and programmatic mental healthcare in combat settings, siege, internally displaced person camps, and refugee camps.
resultsCollaboration with nonprofessional personnel was essential due to the shortage of formally trained mental healthcare professionals in Syria. The use of psychological and diagnostic terms increased stigma, whereas asking about the patient's identified problem, "suffering," or "challenges" supported engagement. War-related trauma and horizontal violence commonly affect Syrian children, adolescents, and adults. Resilience and engagement were enhanced by sensitivity to patients' dignity, religious acceptance, and faith.
conclusionsThe Syrian war remains an ongoing public health and humanitarian crisis in which mental healthcare must adapt rapidly to specific needs and resources of the patient and community. Psychiatrists can increase the acceptability and efficacy of their care by being sensitive to Syrian patients' experiences of horizontal violence, loss of dignity, stigma, worldviews in which religion and faith may be important sources of resilience, and culturally acceptable modes of communication.
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