Mental Health Day: war and Covid-19 strain leave many in Middle East suffering in silence

  • Date: 19-Oct-2020
  • Source: The National
  • Sector:Healthcare
  • Country:GCC
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Mental Health Day: war and Covid-19 strain leave many in Middle East suffering in silence

Prolonged conflicts and the coronavirus pandemic have left mental-health services in the Middle East in crisis, with Lebanon and Syria worst hit.

Doctors Without Borders said twothirds of people seeking mental health support had