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Published Online: 11 January 2024

Mental Health Priorities in the Arab World: Insights From Jordan

Dror Ben-Zeev, Ph.D. [email protected], Anna Larsen, Ph.D., Alexa Beaulieu, M.P.H., Jessy Guler, Ph.D., and Ahmad Bawaneh, Ph.D.Authors Info & Affiliations

Publication: Psychiatric Services

Volume 75, Number 6

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230365

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War, geopolitical instability, and natural disasters have contributed to enormous unmet mental health needs in the Middle East and North Africa. Jordan is a middle-income country that needs internal and international stakeholder engagement and support to effectively provide mental health services to its citizens and to the millions of immigrants and refugees who reside there. This column presents a snapshot of the state of mental health care in Jordan and outlines areas for future investment. Potentially high-yield areas for development include digital health technology, integrated care, and youth-focused interventions.

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Psychiatric Services

Volume 75 • Number 6 • June 01, 2024

Pages: 604 - 607

PubMed: 38204373

History

Received: 21 July 2023

Revision received: 13 September 2023

Revision received: 31 October 2023

Accepted: 1 December 2023

Published online: 11 January 2024

Published in print: June 01, 2024

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Dror Ben-Zeev, Ph.D. [email protected]

Behavioral Research in Technology and Engineering Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Ben-Zeev, Larsen, Beaulieu, Guler), and Department of Epidemiology (Larsen), University of Washington, Seattle; Mental Health Technical Committee at the Jordanian Ministry of Health and the International Medical Corps, Amman, Jordan (Bawaneh).

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Anna Larsen, Ph.D.

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Alexa Beaulieu, M.P.H.

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Jessy Guler, Ph.D.

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Ahmad Bawaneh, Ph.D.

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Notes

Send correspondence to Dr. Ben-Zeev ([email protected]). Pamela Y. Collins, M.D., M.P.H., Matías Irarrázaval, M.D., M.P.H., Helen E. Jack, M.D., and Lola Kola, Ph.D., are editors of this column.

Competing Interests

Dr. Ben-Zeev has financial interests in Merlin and FOCUS technology and has provided consultation services to Boehringer Ingelheim, Butler Hospital, Deep Valley Labs, eQuility, K Health, Otsuka Pharmaceuticals, and Trusst Health. The other authors report no financial relationships with commercial interests.

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These views represent those of the authors and not necessarily those of the University of Washington, the Jordanian Ministry of Health, or the International Medical Corps.

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Mental Health Priorities in the Arab World: Insights From Jordan

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