WPA.Series.-.Disasters.and.Mental.Health.-.Wiley.(2005).pdf

Disasters and
Mental Health
Disasters and
Mental Health
Edited by
Juan Jose´ Lo´pez-Ibor
Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
e Christodoulou
University of Athens, Greece
Mario Maj
University of Naples, Italy
Norman Sartorius
University of Geneva, Switzerland
and
Ahmed Okasha
Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
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