Doctors Start Work as UN Estimates 400,000 Gaza Children Need Psychological Care

Newsweek | Filed: 8/15/14 at 2:10 PM Palestinian boy Mohammed Wahdan, whom medics said was wounded in Israeli shelling, receives psychological care at Shifa hospital in Gaza City August 14, 2014. Mohammed Salem/Reuters   In a ward at Shifa, Gaza’s largest hospital, child therapist Rabeea Hamouda is trying to elicit a response from two small […]

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#GazaUnderAttack| UNICEF: 400,000 children in Gaza suffer trauma

[ PIC 06/08/2014 – 02:39 PM ] GENEVA, (PIC)– Pernille Ironside, head of the field office run by the UN children’s agency in Gaza, confirmed that more than 400 children have been killed in Israel’s aggression on Gaza, and almost 400,000 others are traumatized and face an “extraordinarily bleak” future. Ironside pointed out that rebuilding […]

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UNRWA: Sharp rise in children suffering post-war traumas in Gaza – With Must See Video

[ PIC 22/01/2013 – 09:49 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The UNRWA said the incidence of psychological trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the Gaza Strip has risen by more than 100 percent following the last Israel war. It added that the number of Gazans it was treating from November to December for psychological […]

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#UNICEF: #Gaza children suffer psychological problems due to Israel’s war

[ PIC 02/12/2012 – 01:13 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– A survey conducted by the UNICEF showed that the recent Israeli war on the Gaza Strip affected the psychological health of children very badly. According to the preliminary results of the survey, the Gazan children suffer from different psychological traumas caused by the Israeli aerial and […]

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#VIDEO | 41% of the Palestinian children suffer PTSD

PressTV | Aug 4, 2012 Psychology reports show that 41 percent of Palestinian children suffer from PTSD as a consequence of the brutal Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) also known as ‘shell shock’ or ‘battle fatigue syndrome’ is a serious mental condition, which is a lasting consequence of traumatic ordeals that […]

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Memories of violence haunt Gaza children

Most of them spending sleepless nights Image Credit: AFP | Wounded Palestinian children receive medical attention at a hospital in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on Monday, following an Israeli air raid. By Ahmad Najjar, Correspondent Published: 00:00 March 18, 2012 | Gulfnews Gaza: While a fragile truce between Palestinians and Israelis that […]

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Trauma of Palestinian children increasing, say health groups

  The Electronic Intifada |Ramallah |27 July 2011 Children are doubly affected by traumas related to the Israeli occupation. (Anne Paq /ActiveStills) RAMALLAH, occupied West Bank (IRIN) – The number of Palestinian children with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other anxiety disorders including depression has increased, according to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and Palestinian organizations specializing […]

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Report: Growing number of children with anxiety disorders

Photo: Erica Silverman/IRIN Many children have been affected, sometimes by multiple traumatic events (file photo) RAMALLAH, 26 July 2011 (IRIN) – The number of children with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other anxiety disorders including depression has increased in the occupied Palestinian territory where conflict continues with Israel, according to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and […]

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Health-related quality of life of Palestinian preschoolers in the Gaza Strip

A cross-sectional study Research on children’s responses to wartime trauma has mostly addressed Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). However, PTSD is only one aspect of a complex set of responses. This study proposes to expand knowledge of well-being in children exposed to political violence through widening the conceptualization of well-being beyond PTSD, morbidity, and mortality by […]

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