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Mental health of earthquake survivors in Turkey–Syria: what is needed?

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In this Comment, Patwary et al. discuss the mental health needs of the Turkey–Syria earthquake survivors from an internal point of view, providing suggestions on what could be done for short- and long-term mental health improvement.

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  1. Environment and Sustainability Research Initiative, Khulna, Bangladesh

    Muhammad Mainuddin Patwary

  2. Environmental Science Discipline, Life Science School, Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh

    Muhammad Mainuddin Patwary

  3. Faculty of Medicine, Aleppo University, Aleppo, Syria

    Sarya Swed

  4. Department of Psychiatry, Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial Hospital, Srinagar, Kashmir, India

    Sheikh Shoib

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M.M.P. and S. Swed conceived of the research idea. M.M.P. produced the first draft of the manuscript. S. Swed and S. Shoib revised the manuscript. All authors approved the final version to be published and agreed to be accountable for the integrity and accuracy of all aspects of the work.

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Patwary, M.M., Swed, S. & Shoib, S. Mental health of earthquake survivors in Turkey–Syria: what is needed?. Nat. Mental Health 1, 236–237 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44220-023-00051-x

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