Poor mental health of victims and former FARC members represents a significant challenge for peace process in Colombia

Idrobo, Fabio, Hessel, Philipp, Harker, Arturo, Evans-Lacko, Sara ORCID: 0000-0003-4691-2630 and Avendano, Mauricio (2018) Poor mental health of victims and former FARC members represents a significant challenge for peace process in Colombia. The Lancet Psychiatry, 5 (6). pp. 467-468. ISSN 2215-0366

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Abstract

The peace accord between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the Colombian Government has been widely lauded by the international community, and rightly so. Yet, formidable challenges remain to its implementation. One substantial challenge is the high percentage of former guerillas as well as victims of the conflict in need of mental health care.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/issue/cu...
Additional Information:	© 2018 Elsevier Ltd.
Divisions:	Care Policy and Evaluation Centre
Subjects:	R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
Date Deposited:	16 Jul 2018 10:44
Last Modified:	03 Nov 2024 00:11
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/89250

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