Refugee mental health challenges in Africa.

Journal: International psychiatry : bulletin of the Board of International Affairs of the Royal College of Psychiatrists

Volume: 4

Issue: 1

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Affiliated Institutions:  President, African Association of Psychiatrists and Allied Professions, Upper Hill Medical Centre, rd Floor, Suite C, Ralph Bunche Road, PO Box , Nairobi , Kenya, email fnjenga@africaonline.co.ke.

Abstract summary 

Nearly all low-income countries are either just themselves emerging from conflict or neighbour a country that has just emerged from one. According to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (http://www.unhcr.org), of the 38 million uprooted people in 2003 worldwide, Africa played host to 13 million internally displaced persons and 3.5 million refugees.

Authors & Co-authors:  Njenga

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Citations :  Holzer, C. E., Shea, B. M., Swanson, J. W., et al. (1986) The increased risk for specific psychiatric disorders among persons of low socioeconomic status. American Journal of Social Psychiatry, 6, 259–271.
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SSN : 1749-3676
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England