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WHO mhGAP based Pilot Study

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  • Migration Research
  • Completed

The mhGAP study was undertaken in Sri Lanka from 2012 – 2013, as part of Chesmal Siriwardhana’s SHARE fellowship.

It was titled “An intervention to improve mental health care for conflict-affected forced migrants in low-resource primary care settings: a WHO MhGAP-based pilot study in Sri Lanka (COM-GAP study)” .

Siriwardhana, C., Adikari, A., Van Bortel, T. et al. An intervention to improve mental health care for conflict-affected forced migrants in low-resource primary care settings: a WHO MhGAP-based pilot study in Sri Lanka (COM-GAP study). Trials 14, 423 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-14-423

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An intervention to improve mental health care for conflict-affected forced migrants in low-resource primary care settings: a WHO MhGAP-based pilot study in Sri Lanka (COM-GAP study)

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