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. 2014 Dec 16;11(12):e1001769.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001769. eCollection 2014 Dec.

World Health organization guidelines for management of acute stress, PTSD, and bereavement: key challenges on the road ahead

Wietse A Tol  1 , Corrado Barbui  2 , Jonathan Bisson  3 , Judith Cohen  4 , Zeinab Hijazi  5 , Lynne Jones  6 , Joop T V M de Jong  7 , Nicola Magrini  8 , Olayinka Omigbodun  9 , Soraya Seedat  10 , Derrick Silove  11 , Renato Souza  12 , Athula Sumathipala  13 , Lakshmi Vijayakumar  14 , Inka Weissbecker  5 , Douglas Zatzick  15 , Mark van Ommeren  16
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World Health organization guidelines for management of acute stress, PTSD, and bereavement: key challenges on the road ahead

Wietse A Tol et al. PLoS Med. .

Abstract

Wietse Tol and colleagues discuss some of the key challenges for implementation of new WHO guidelines for stress-related mental health disorders in low- and middle-income countries. Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary.

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SS is a member of the editorial board of PLOS ONE. MvO is a member of the Editorial Board of PLOS Medicine.

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