Research Priorities for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Humanitarian Settings

Overview

Journal PLoS Med

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2011 Sep 28

PMID 21949644

Citations 50

Authors

Wietse A Tol

Vikram Patel

Mark Tomlinson

Florence Baingana

Ananda Galappatti

Catherine Panter-Brick

Derrick Silove

Egbert Sondorp

Michael Wessells

Mark van Ommeren

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