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37 - Migration, Displacement and Health

from Theme 6: - Conflict and Health

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2019

By
Chesmal Siriwardhana  and
Kolitha Wickramage
Edited by
Carrie D. Llewellyn ,
Susan Ayers ,
Chris McManus ,
Stanton Newman ,
Keith J. Petrie ,
Tracey A. Revenson  and
John Weinman
Carrie D. Llewellyn
Affiliation:
University of Sussex
Susan Ayers
Affiliation:
City, University of London
Chris McManus
Affiliation:
University College London
Stanton Newman
Affiliation:
City, University of London
Keith J. Petrie
Affiliation:
University of Auckland
Tracey A. Revenson
Affiliation:
City University of New York
John Weinman
Affiliation:
King's College London
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Summary

Professor Chesmal Siriwardhana tragically died in a fatal traffic accident in April 2017. He was an outstanding academic and psychiatric epidemiologist with a vision for transformative research for policy impact in fields of migration health and global mental health. He was committed to helping advance the domain of migration health research to the forefront of global health attention. He produced a substantial volume of empirical work spanning the health impact of forced migrants and war displaced to undertaking seminal studies on the mental health consequences of international labour migrants and their families left behind.

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Cambridge Handbook of Psychology, Health and Medicine , pp. 164 - 167
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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