For many decades, the Middle East has been troubled with numerous long‐standing armed
conflicts and wars. Children and adolescents were not spared the trauma and its …

There is growing awareness of the mental health impact of all types of mass violence. The
exposure of large population groups, mostly having no mental health problems prior to the …

Background: The protective role of parenting factors on the mental well-being of children
exposed to war trauma remains an under-researched area. Aim: To establish the …

Background The situation in the Gaza Strip is uncommon in the frequency with which
children are exposed to war-related traumatic events on a daily basis and because of the …

Objective: We aimed to assess the nature and patterns of psychiatric disorders among
adolescents who had been war-abducted in the war in northern Uganda, compared to non …

Before the 1970s, today's older Americans were exposed to high levels of lead in the
environment. The authors previously reported that lifetime cumulative lead dose was …

The present article studies war-related trauma and its effects on children living in the Gaza
Strip, 6 months after the attack launched by the Israeli army on July 8, 2014, which lasted for …

Meeting the mental health needs of those persons in conflict and post-conflict situations in
the eastern Mediterranean region (EMR) is an important goal of the World Health …

Background: Exposure to adversity does not necessarily lead to the development of
psychopathology in all affected children. This study examined the factors associated with …

Background Since 1967, the Palestinian Occupied Territories are marked by a political
conflict between Palestinians and Israel. During this conflict, about one fifth of the …