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Psychiatry in Cambodia: the phoenix rises from the ashes

Part of: BJPsych International Country Profiles Collection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

James MacCabe ,
Ka Sunbaunat  and
Pauv Bunthoeun
James MacCabe
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, PO 63, Institute of Psychiatry, London SE5 8AF, UK, email [email protected]
Ka Sunbaunat
Affiliation:
National Programme for Mental Health, Ministry of Health, No. 151-153, Kampuchea Krom Blvd, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Pauv Bunthoeun
Affiliation:
National Programme for Mental Health, Ministry of Health, Cambodia
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Cambodia is a low-income country in south-east Asia. It covers an area of 181 035 km2 and has a population of 14.5 million, of whom 42% are less than 15 years old. Life expectancy is 56.8 years and 36% of the population live on less than US$0.50 per day. Cambodia experienced a brutal civil war and genocide in the 1970s under the Khmer Rouge regime, during which approximately 1.7 million Cambodians were killed (Chandler, 1999) and the social and medical infrastructure was almost completely destroyed. No mental health services existed throughout the conflict and subsequent Vietnamese occupation, despite the incalculable impact of the Khmer Rouge regime on Cambodians' mental health. The current political situation is more stable, although there remain concerns about human rights abuses (Khan, 2005).

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International Psychiatry , Volume 4 , Issue 2 , April 2007 , pp. 37 - 38
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