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Psychiatry in Jordan

Part of: BJPsych International Country Profiles Collection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Adnan Takriti
Adnan Takriti*
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Arab Journal of Psychiatry, Consultant Psychiatrist, PO Box 5370, Amman 11183, Jordan, email [email protected]
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Jordan, one of the most recently established countries in the Middle East, was part of the Ottoman Empire. It was declared a political entity known as Transjordan under the mandate of the British government in 1923, until it gained independence and was declared a Kingdom in 1946. In 1950, Transjordan and the West Bank were united and assumed the current name of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The next major change for the Kingdom came in 1967, when the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip by Israeli forces caused a massive influx of migrants to the East Bank.

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International Psychiatry , Volume 1 , Issue 5 , July 2004 , pp. 9 - 11
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Ministry of Health (1988) Mental Health Strategy in Jordan. Report to the World Health Organization. Amman: Ministry of Health.Google Scholar
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