This study focuses on war experiences, war-related distress, and health. It is based on face-
to-face interviews in a representative survey of 1,000 Kosovar Albanians. Results show that …

Threatening life events shatter peoples 'selves, weakening their sense of connectedness,
stability of perception and values, along with many other responses. In a way, this also holds …

Throughout the 20th century, genocide has claimed many lives across the world.
Government genocidal policies alone have resulted in over 210 million deaths—80 percent …

In this book we provide information about a variety of public mental health programs in
conflict and post-conflict situations in Africa and Asia. Massive traumatic stress and human …

Despite ongoing local and international peace efforts, the Jews, Arabs, and other residents
of Israel and the Palestinian territories (ie, the West Bank and Gaza) have endured decades …

The Arab world is one of the most conflict-ridden regions in the world today. The dozens of
wars that have troubled the region during the past 70 years has resulted in an increase in …

Aim: This study aimed to explore the effects of war traumatic exposure on emotional and
behavioral problems in a sample of Kosovar war veterans and the wives of veterans 16 …

Using telephone surveys, we examined exposure to terror, coping, and mental health
response in randomly selected Jewish‐Israelis (n= 100) and Arab‐Israelis (n= 100) living in …

War trauma leads to a wide range of psychological consequences and disorders that can be
quite disabling to individuals and their families. At times of war, existing resources become …

Iraq is a Middle East country, part of the Arab world. The region is known as
Mesopotamia,“the land between the two rivers”, Tigris and Euphrates. It has been of …