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Peacekeepers deserve more mental health research and care
Jun Shigemura1, Masanori Nagamine2, Nahoko Harada3
1, MD, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Japan.
Summary:
United Nations peacekeeping personnel face numerous stressors due to their challenging deployments. Past studies have had inconsistent results regarding whether or not their deployment experience affects their mental health outcomes. Further studies are required to ascertain the associations between their outcomes and factors before, during and after their peacekeeping missions.
Declarations Of Interest:
None.
Copyright And Usage:
© The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2016. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Non-Commercial, No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) licence.
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