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Beyond The Personal Pain:

Integrating social and political concerns in therapy with refugees

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Forced Migration and Mental Health

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  1. Centrum’ 45, De Vonk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Julia Bala

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  1. Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    David Ingleby

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Bala, J. (2005). Beyond The Personal Pain:. In: Ingleby, D. (eds) Forced Migration and Mental Health. International and Cultural Psychology Series. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-22693-1_10

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