Mental Health in Complex Emergencies

A Mental Health Action Plan for Complex Emergencies: "A review carried out by researchers at the Harvard Programme in Refugee Trauma suggests that psychological needs constitute a very large part of the human damage inflicted by complex emergencies. For example, 33 percent of all casualties in World War II were attributable to psychiatric causes and 15 percent of Vietnam veterans still suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder 10 years after the war."