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From the reviews: "The book is a very valuable resource for
agencies and multidisciplinarian teams who want to initiate and set
up efficient community mental health and psychosocial services in
low-income countries facing complex humanitarian and political
emergencies. This book is a very worthy addition to understanding
the nature of trauma and violence and how attempts are being made
to provide adequate public mental health programs."
(Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 49:2 (April 2004)
"De Jong’s book details theories of how to provide mental health
assistance in a public health model … . The overall purpose of the
book is to advance knowledge of how to address the psychosocial
consequences of war and other forms of mass violence and human
rights violations. … Among the interesting and useful offerings in
each chapter is a concise history of the culture, political system,
and origin of the causes of the trauma for which mental health
solutions have been sought." (James E. McCarrol, The Journal of
Nervous and Mental Disease, Vol. 192 (12), December, 2004)
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