Reducing psychological distress and depression in humanitarian emergencies: An essential role for nonspecialists

John A. Naslund; Eirini Karyotaki

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1003625

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Reducing psychological distress and depression in humanitarian emergencies: An essential role for nonspecialists

John A. Naslund ,

* E-mail: john_naslund@hms.harvard.edu

Affiliation Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6777-0104

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Eirini Karyotaki

Affiliations Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Clinical, Neuro- and Development Psychology, Section Clinical Psychology, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0071-2599

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Reducing psychological distress and depression in humanitarian emergencies: An essential role for nonspecialists

John A. Naslund,
Eirini Karyotaki

Published: June 17, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003625

About the Authors

John A. Naslund

* E-mail: john_naslund@hms.harvard.edu

Affiliation Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6777-0104

Eirini Karyotaki

Affiliations Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Clinical, Neuro- and Development Psychology, Section Clinical Psychology, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0071-2599

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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