Hamza Mohammad K, Clancy Kevin
Counseling Department, Lamar University, Texas State System, Clinical Mental Health; Syrian American Medical Society, Mental Health, United States.
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, United States.
Avicenna J Med. 2020 Jan 23;10(1):54-59. doi: 10.4103/ajm.ajm_157_19. eCollection 2020 Jan-Mar.
The Syrian conflict has resulted in the most significant refugee crisis since World War II. Current estimates suggest there are over 13.5 million Syrians in need of comprehensive humanitarian assistance as a direct result of the conflict. These humanitarian needs include mental health services to address the elevated rates of psychiatric disorders in this population. Towards this end, the Syrian American Medical Society conducted its inaugural mental health mission trip to Lebanon and Jordan from June to July 2019 to advance the state of mental health care for displaced Syrians. Following two weeks of trainings by international experts in trauma psychology, the mission concluded with a two-day scientific symposium, identifying two key elements for the advancement of humanitarian mental health care: 1) the need for community-based mental health services, and 2) the importance of transitioning from a crisis-response model in humanitarian mental health towards a model of resilience and post-traumatic growth.
叙利亚冲突导致了自第二次世界大战以来最严重的难民危机。目前的估计表明，由于冲突，有超过1350万叙利亚人需要全面的人道主义援助。这些人道主义需求包括心理健康服务，以应对这一人群中精神疾病发病率的上升。为此，叙利亚裔美国医学会于2019年6月至7月首次前往黎巴嫩和约旦开展心理健康任务，以改善流离失所叙利亚人的心理健康状况。在接受了创伤心理学国际专家为期两周的培训后，该任务以一场为期两天的科学研讨会结束，确定了推进人道主义心理健康护理的两个关键要素：1）基于社区的心理健康服务的必要性，以及2）从人道主义心理健康的危机应对模式向恢复力和创伤后成长模式转变的重要性。
