Mental Health in Gaza: The Need for Culturally and Contextually Responsive Models

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Dominikus David Biondi Situmorang. Chronic Stress (Thousand Oaks). 2025.

. 2025 Jul 21:9:24705470251351914.

doi: 10.1177/24705470251351914. eCollection 2025 Jan-Dec.

¹ Department of Guidance and Counseling, Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia, DKI Jakarta, Indonesia.

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The author declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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