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Lebanon

Part of: BJPsych International Country Profiles Collection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

F. Antun ,
Charles Baddoura  and
Mounir Khani
F. Antun
Affiliation:
WHO National Focal Point for Mental Health, Ministry of Health, Beirut, Lebanon, email antun@cyberia.net.lb
Charles Baddoura
Affiliation:
Saint Joseph University, Beirut, Hospital of the Cross, Lebanon
Mounir Khani
Affiliation:
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
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Lebanon is a western Asian country with an area of 10 452 km2 and a population of around 4 million (excluding the 10 million Lebanese immigrants worldwide). It has approximately 60 psychiatrists, mostly concentrated in the capital, Beirut, although a trend for decentralisation is currently observed. The number of psychiatrists is steadily increasing as postgraduate training centres have been established during the past decade. There are, however, few sub-specialists, owing to a lack of adequate training programmes.

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International Psychiatry , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , January 2007 , pp. 14 - 16
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References

Naja, W. J., Pelissolo, A., Haddad, R. S., et al (2000) A general population survey on patterns of benzodiazepine use and dependence in Lebanon. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 102, 429–431.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
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