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Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: Mental health repercussions and challenges in Azerbaijan

Asian Journal of Psychiatry, Volume 73, Article 103095, Year 2022

The Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict has made many Azerbaijanis internally displaced (IDP), missing, wounded, disabled, or killed. The war and its aftermath have drastically impacted the mental health of these populations, leading to depression, anxiety, and stress-related psychosomatic illnesses such as dissociative disorder. However, their access to medical and psychological services is limited. Intervention in terms of policy making, healthcare services, information systems, and social support is required to promoting social integration and facilitate accessibility to mental healthcare. National and international organisations, foreign aids, and media support can contribute to this end. The psychological effects of the war on children, healthcare shortage associated with COVID-19, accommodation and welfare problems, limited access to vaccination, technology, and educational opportunities, dangerous explosive remnants, as well as isolation and marginalisation of the IDPs can all be challenges facing the mental health of these populations. Organising programs such as support groups to share wartime experience, resilience promotion, psychosocial support for healthcare providers, religious identification, integral COVID-19 management, beside accommodation and education support are recommended to enhance the condition of these Azerbaijani populations.
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Citations: 22
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Research Areas
Covid
Health System And Policy
Infectious Diseases
Maternal And Child Health
Mental Health
Study Design
Randomised Control Trial