Authors: K. E. Miller and A. Rasmussen
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The mental health of civilians displaced by armed conflict: an ecological model of refugee distress
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This paper proposes an ecological of refugee distress, drawing on research demonstrating that mental health among refugees and asylum seekers stems not only from prior war exposure, but also from a host of ongoing stressors in their social ecology, or displacement-related stressors.
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