Karim the AI delivers psychological support to Syrian refugees
by Olivia Solon in San Francisco from Technology | The Guardian on (#17XK2)
More than 1m Syrians have fled to Lebanon since the conflict began with as many as one-fifth suffering from mental health disorders, says WHO
More than 1 million Syrians have fled to Lebanon since the start of the conflict and as many as one-fifth of them may be suffering from mental health disorders, according to the World Health Organisation.
But Lebanon's mental health services are mostly private and the needs of refugees - who may have lost loved ones, their home, livelihood and community - are mostly going unmet.
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