Syrian crisis and mental health system reform in Lebanon

摘要

No numbers, no percentages can convey the tragedies lived by the people fleeing the war in Syria, the excessive violence witnessed and experienced by children, the crushed hopes of families to be reunited, orthe feelings of helplessness overwhelming those involved in the response. More than 3 years after the start of the war in Syria, more than 1 million registered refugees in Lebanon, thousands of Palestinian refugees and Lebanese returnees from Syria; and there is still no solution for the Syrian crisis in sight. Lebanon has a population of about 4350000, including 400000 Palestinian refugees, was ravaged by a violent civil war between 1975 and 1990; yet Lebanon is now trying to cope with more than 1 million Syrian refugees.