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Impact of trauma on Palestinian children's mental health: lessons from the Gaza studies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Panos Vostanis
Panos Vostanis*
Affiliation:
University of Leicester, Westcotes House, Westcotes Drive, Leicester LE3 0QU, UK, email pv11@le.ac.uk
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Abstract

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Children exposed to violence are at high risk of developing a range of mental health problems, predominantly post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression (Yule, 1999). Children in war zones can be affected not only directly but also indirectly, for example through their basic health needs not being met, the loss of family members, disruption of social networks, internal displacement and their parents’ responses.

Type
Thematic Paper – Trauma and the Mental Health of Children
Information
International Psychiatry , Volume 1 , Issue 2 , October 2003 , pp. 5 - 6
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2003

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