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. 2013;10(1):e1001371.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001371. Epub 2013 Jan 15.

Implementation of a mental health care package for children in areas of armed conflict: a case study from Burundi, Indonesia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Sudan

Mark J D Jordans  1 , Wietse A Tol, Dessy Susanty, Prudence Ntamatumba, Nagendra P Luitel, Ivan H Komproe, Joop T V M de Jong
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Implementation of a mental health care package for children in areas of armed conflict: a case study from Burundi, Indonesia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Sudan

Mark J D Jordans et al. PLoS Med. 2013.

Abstract

As one article in an ongoing series on Global Mental Health Practice, Mark Jordans and colleagues describe their work developing and evaluating a community-based psychosocial and mental health care package for children in five conflict affected countries: Burundi, Indonesia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Sudan.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Figure 1. Service uptake of core interventions within the care package.
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