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Mental health in Somalia

Part of: BJPsych International Country Profiles Collection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Rebecca J. Syed Sheriff ,
Massimiliano Reggi ,
Abdirizak Mohamed ,
Farhan Haibe ,
Susannah Whitwell  and
Rachel Jenkins
Rebecca J. Syed Sheriff
Affiliation:
King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK, email [email protected]
Massimiliano Reggi
Affiliation:
Gruppo per le Relazioni Transculturali, Milan, Italy
Abdirizak Mohamed
Affiliation:
General Assistance and Voluntary Organisation (GAVO), Hargeisa, Somaliland
Farhan Haibe
Affiliation:
General Assistance and Voluntary Organisation (GAVO), Hargeisa, Somaliland
Susannah Whitwell
Affiliation:
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Rachel Jenkins
Affiliation:
King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
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Somalia, in the Horn of Africa, suffers violence, political instability and high mortality rates. The recent major drought in Somalia led to what was termed the worst humanitarian disaster in the world. In July 2011 it was reported that nearly 60 000 people had entered into Kenya from Somalia already that year, including 1300 new arrivals every day to the Dadaab refugee camp, described as ‘the largest, most congested and one of the most remote refugee camps in the world’ (see http://www.unhcr.org/4e204b1e9.html). The drought along with mass migration into such poor conditions are likely to have significant short- and long-term mental health consequences for the populations involved.

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International Psychiatry , Volume 8 , Issue 4 , November 2011 , pp. 89 - 91
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