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Pandi-Perumal SR, van de Put WACM, Maercker A, Hobfoll SE, Mohan Kumar V, Barbui C, Mahalaksmi AM, Chidambaram SB, Lundmark PO, Khai TS, Atwoli L, Poberezhets V, Rajesh Kumar R, Madoro D, Andrés Marín Agudelo H, Hoole SRH, Teixeira-Santos L, Pereira P, Saravanan KM, Vrdoljak A, Meira E Cruz M, Ramasubramanian C, Tay AK, Grønli J, Sijbrandij M, Sivasubramaniam S, Narasimhan M, Mbong EN, Jansson-Fröjmark M, Bjorvatn B, de Jong JTVM, Braakman MH, Eisenbruch M, Acuña-Castroviejo D, van der Velden K, Brown GM, Partinen M, McFarlane AC, Berk M. Harbingers of Hope: Scientists and the Pursuit of World Peace. CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY IN EUROPE 2023; 5:e13197. [PMID: 38357426 PMCID: PMC10863676 DOI: 10.32872/cpe.13197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2024] Open
Abstract
The ongoing wars in many regions-such as the conflict between Israel and Hamas-as well as the effects of war on communities, social services, and mental health are covered in this special editorial. This article emphasizes the need for international efforts to promote peace, offer humanitarian aid, and address the mental health challenges faced by individuals and communities affected by war and violence.
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Affiliation(s)
- Seithikurippu R Pandi-Perumal
- Saveetha Medical College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, India
- Division of Research and Development, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, India
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- Section of International Health Policy, Institute for Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
- Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs (IIHA), Fordham University, Bronx, NY, USA
| | - Andreas Maercker
- Psychopathology and Clinical Intervention, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
| | - Stevan E Hobfoll
- STAR Consultants - STress, Anxiety and Resilience, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health and Service Evaluation, Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, Section of Psychiatry, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
| | - Arehally Marappa Mahalaksmi
- Department of Pharmacology, JSS College of Pharmacy, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysuru, India
| | - Saravana Babu Chidambaram
- Department of Pharmacology, JSS College of Pharmacy, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysuru, India
| | - Per Olof Lundmark
- Department of Optometry, Radiography and Lightning Design, University of South-Eastern Norway, Kongsberg, Norway
- National Centre for Optics, Vision and Eye Care, Kongsberg, Norway
| | - Tual Sawn Khai
- School of Graduate Studies, Lingnan University, Hong Kong SAR, China
| | - Lukoye Atwoli
- Medical College East Africa, Brain and Mind Institute, The Aga Khan University, Nairobi, Kenya
| | - Vitalii Poberezhets
- Department of Propedeutics of Internal Medicine, National Pirogov Memorial Medical University, Vinnytsya, Ukraine
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- Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dilla University, Dilla, Ethiopia
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- Center for Health Technology and Services Research, Porto, Portugal
- Nursing School of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
| | - Paulo Pereira
- Environmental Management Laboratory, Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius, Lithuania
| | - Konda Mani Saravanan
- Department of Biotechnology, Bharath Institute of Higher Education & Research, Chennai, India
| | - Anton Vrdoljak
- Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Geodesy, University of Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
| | - Miguel Meira E Cruz
- Centro Cardiovascular da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon School of Medicine, Lisbon, Portugal
| | | | - Alvin Kuowei Tay
- Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, School of Clinical Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
| | - Janne Grønli
- Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - Marit Sijbrandij
- Department of Clinical, Neuro- and Developmental Psychology, WHO Collaborating Center for Research and Dissemination of Psychological Interventions, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | | | - Meera Narasimhan
- Department of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Science, School of Medicine, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
| | - Eta Ngole Mbong
- MOMENTUM Integrated Health Resilience (MIHR), IMA World Health, Goma, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo
| | - Markus Jansson-Fröjmark
- Centre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
- Stockholm Health Care Services, Region of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
- Norwegian Competence Center for Sleep Disorders, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
| | - Joop T V M de Jong
- Cultural Psychiatry and Global Mental Health, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
| | - Mario H Braakman
- Transcultural Forensic Psychiatry, Tilburg Law School, Department of Criminal Law, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands
| | - Maurice Eisenbruch
- Department of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica, Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Public Health, Department of Primary and Community Care, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
| | - Markku Partinen
- Sleep Medicine, Helsinki Sleep Clinic, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Clinicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
| | - Alexander C McFarlane
- Psychiatry, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
| | - Michael Berk
- The Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation (IMPACT), School of Medicine, Deakin University, Barwon Health, Geelong, Australia
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