This report describes the serious and significant mental health impact of South Sudan’s conflict to highlight the urgency for more attention and resources to improve the availability, accessibility, and quality of mental health services in the country. It is based on interviews with 161 internally displaced people living in United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) Protection of Civilians (PoC) sites in Juba, Malakal and Bentiu and in an informal settlement at Mahad School in Juba. Amnesty International researchers also interviewed government and UN officials, donors, representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and international and South Sudanese mental health professionals—including psychiatrists, psychologists and psychosocial workers.
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