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Mental disorder and PTSD in Syria during wartime: a nationwide …

(5 days ago) Our study showed that 80.7% of people in Syria scored above 20 in the K10 test, and around 60% of the population reported symptoms consistent with moderate to severe mental disorder. Changing places of living multiple times due to war, being females, having a low SES, low educational levels, younger age … See more

https://bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12888-020-03002-3

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Syria’s mental health crisis Brookings

(3 days ago) WEBA 2015 study by the German Federal Chamber of Psychotherapists estimated that half the Syrian refugees in Germany had mental issues, with 70 percent witnessing violence and 50 percent having been

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/syrias-mental-health-crisis/

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Psychological health problems among Syrians during war and the …

(3 days ago) WEBThe Syrian conflict, now spanning a decade, paralleled with the domestically spreading coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), is threatening the lives of civilians across Syria. The mental health of Syrians has been immensely challenged during the viral pandemic that emerged in this ongoing crisis.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8314981/

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Prevalence of common mental disorders in adult Syrian refugees

(5 days ago) WEBThe immense social upheaval and ongoing humanitarian crisis created by the 2011 war in Syria has forced millions of civilians to flee their homeland, many of whom seek refugee status in Western nations. Whilst it is known that the prevalence of mental illness is higher within refugee populations, this systematic review and meta-analysis aims to pool …

https://bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12888-021-03664-7

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Mental health and psychosocial wellbeing of Syrians affected by …

(3 days ago) WEBResults. Conflict affected Syrians may experience a wide range of mental health problems including (1) exacerbations of pre-existing mental disorders; (2) new problems caused by conflict related violence, displacement and multiple losses; as well as (3) issues related to adaptation to the post-emergency context, for example living …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6998596/

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Refugee Mental Health, Global Health Policy, and the Syrian Crisis

(3 days ago) WEBAlthough research on refugee mental health has only recently gained momentum, the emerging evidence describes high rates of mental disorder associated with trauma, stress, and cultural isolation due to forced migration, often met by a lack of adequate resources (7–10).While the available evidence on the mental health of Syrian …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8369241/

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Deepening mental health crisis in Syria, following last month's

(9 days ago) WEBHowever, mental health experts at World Vision, a child-focused NGO who have been working in Syria since 2013, believe that the devastation of February 6's 7.8 magnitude earthquake, and the series of aftershocks and displacement resulting from it, will further worsen the mental health needs of children and their families as additional …

https://www.wvi.org/newsroom/syria-crisis-response/deepening-mental-health-crisis-syria-following-last-months

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Mental health during the Syrian crisis: How Syrians are dealing …

(7 days ago) WEBLooking at the physical damage caused by the Syrian war, one can begin to imagine the scale of the psychological toll that eight years of crisis have taken on the Syrian people. In a country where mental health was still considered an emerging field before the war, Syrians are working to address and manage the mental health and psychological …

https://international-review.icrc.org/articles/mental-health-during-syrian-crisis-how-syrians-are-dealing-psychological-effects

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Syria: WHO-supported mobile teams deliver mental health care in …

(1 days ago) WEBIn Syria, 75% of people with mental health conditions receive no treatment at all, and the current pandemic is further aggravating the situation. To help thousands of people, WHO continues to support health partners to ensure that medicines and health services for mental health patients are available. To reduce the risk of exposure to …

https://www.who.int/news-room/feature-stories/detail/syria-who-supported-mobile-teams-deliver-mental-health-care-in-syria

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8 ways WHO supports health in Syria - World Health Organization …

(6 days ago) WEBIn 2018, WHO trained 30 865 people on a wide range of health issues to help address these gaps. 6. Making mental health services more widely available WHO estimates that, as a result of prolonged exposure to violence, one in 30 people in Syria is suffering from a severe mental health condition and at least one in 5 is suffering from a …

https://www.who.int/news-room/feature-stories/detail/how-does-who-work-amidst-conflict

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Public health consequences after ten years of the Syrian crisis: a

(4 days ago) WEBTen years of the Syrian war had a devastating effect on Syrian lives, including millions of refugees and displaced people, enormous destruction in the infrastructure, and the worst economic crisis Syria has ever faced. The health sector was hit hard by this war, up to 50% of the health facilities have been destroyed and up to …

https://globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12992-021-00762-9

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Mental health during the Syrian crisis: How Syrians are dealing …

(7 days ago) WEBPsychotherapists found that half of the Syrian refugees in Germany had mental health problems,9 with the Turkish authorities producing similar findings about refugees in Turkey.10 An analysis by the IMC,11 carried out through IMC-supported health facilities for the Syrian refugee and internally displaced

https://international-review.icrc.org/sites/default/files/906_5.pdf

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Syria crisis - World Health Organization (WHO)

(5 days ago) WEBSyria crisis. Syria is experiencing a protracted political and socio-economic crisis that has resulted in a severe deterioration of living conditions. The already fragile health system is overstretched with additional strain from the COVID-19 pandemic. Nearly a quarter of all hospitals and one third of all primary health care centres remain non

https://www.who.int/emergencies/situations/syria-crisis

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Rebuilding futures: How UNHCR is empowering Syrian refugees …

(1 days ago) WEBOver the last 12 years, the Syrian people have endured war, displacement and heartbreak, leaving many with physical and emotional scars. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), individuals living in protracted conflicts in countries like Afghanistan, Iraq, South Sudan and Syria are more susceptible to experiencing mental …

https://www.unrefugees.org/news/rebuilding-futures-how-unhcr-is-empowering-syrian-refugees-through-mental-health-support/

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A look into the mental health crisis in Syria International Rescue

(2 days ago) WEBAbdullah*, a 27-year-old community health worker with Syria Bright Future, one of the International Rescue Committee’s Syrian partner organizations, says depression and other mental health problems are rampant across Idlib. More than 50 percent of Syria’s population is in need of mental health support. Even before the war began, the …

https://www.rescue.org/article/look-mental-health-crisis-syria

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Mental health of Syrian refugees: looking backwards and forwards

(3 days ago) WEBThe conflict in Syria, now in its fourth year, is almost unprecedented in the magnitude of humanitarian and public health catastrophe. More than 220 000 people are estimated to have been killed, most of whom were civilians with a high proportion of women and children. An estimated 9 million Syrians have fled their homes and the UN High …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(15)00419-8/fulltext

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Syria: children struggle with physical and psychological scars

(9 days ago) WEBAcross Syria, and in the neighbouring countries hosting an estimated 5.8 million children in need of assistance, UNICEF and partners continue to work to protect children, to help them cope with the impact of conflict. UNICEF and partners provided 220,892 children with mental health and psychosocial support services through child …

https://www.unicef.org/syria/press-releases/syria-children-struggle-physical-and-psychological-scars-after-11-years-war

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Prevalence and predictors of mental health problems in refugee

(Just Now) WEBHere we show that the prevalence and comorbidity of mental health problems in Syrian refugee children living in settlements in Lebanon are high. We assessed individual, familial and social factors

https://www.nature.com/articles/s44220-023-00017-z

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Culture, Context and the Mental Health and Psychosocial - UNHCR

(1 days ago) WEBCulture, Context and the Mental Health and Psychosocial Wellbeing of Syrians: A Review for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support staff working with Syrians Affected by Armed Conflict

https://www.unhcr.org/media/culture-context-and-mental-health-and-psychosocial-wellbeing-syrians-review-mental-health-and

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The Educational and Mental Health Needs of Syrian Refugee …

(Just Now) WEBSyrian refugee children are also at risk for a range of mental health issues, having experienced very high levels of trauma: 79 percent had experienced a death in the family; 60 percent had seen someone get kicked, shot at, or physically hurt; and 30 percent had themselves been kicked, shot at, or physically hurt.

https://www.migrationpolicy.org/research/educational-and-mental-health-needs-syrian-refugee-children

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Syrian Refugee Health Profile CDC

(9 days ago) WEBMental Health. Historically, mental illness has been stigmatized in the Syrian community. Syrians may be reluctant to acknowledge mental health issues, as such issues may be viewed as personal flaws and might bring shame upon family and friends. As a result, individuals are often reluctant to seek professional psychological or psychiatric care.

https://www.cdc.gov/immigrantrefugeehealth/profiles/syrian/index.html

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Qualitative study on mental health and well-being of Syrian …

(4 days ago) WEBObjective This study aimed to explore the mental well-being of Syrian refugees and identify their coping mechanisms and pathways towards integration into new communities. Design Qualitative study using in-depth semi-structured interviews. Setting and participants Adult Syrian refugees (>18 years old) currently residing in South East of England. Results 12 …

https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/8/e046065

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Sociopolitical Factors and Mental Health Following the Turkey …

(8 days ago) WEBLarge-scale natural disasters like the 7.8-magnitude Turkey-Syria earthquake on February 6, 2023, can be followed by substantial mental health consequences. 1 The impact of these events can be modified by ongoing stressors of financial strain, 2 political turmoil, and civil unrest. 3,4 This study aims to investigate the associations between …

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2818731

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Frontiers Mental health and conflict: a pilot of an online eye

(5 days ago) WEBThe training of forcibly displaced Syrian mental health professionals to deliver online therapy is a relatively low cost, scalable, sustainable solution to ensure that those who are affected by the conflict can access specialised support. Further research is needed using a control group to confirm that the observed effects are due to EMDR

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1295033/abstract

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Mental distress links with physical activities, sedentary lifestyle

(5 days ago) WEBThe mental health of Syrian women in distress was associated with a lack of participation in both organized activities and physical exercise in their free time. Furthermore, sleep issues and financial troubles were seen in persons with mental diseases of both males and females.

https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2023-43452-001

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Health-promoting physical activities for refugees from Syria

(6 days ago) WEBRefugees constitute a vulnerable group with many physical and mental health issues (Satinsky et al., Citation 2019). Due to the escalating Syrian civil war, almost 400,000 refugees traveled to Europe, including Denmark, in 2015, and many obtained asylum and residence permits and resettled in Denmark.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09593985.2024.2353244

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Understanding Mental Health Status of Syrian Refugee and …

(3 days ago) WEBIn a review conducted to evaluate the primary health needs of displaced Syrians in Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey, mental health was identified as one of the greatest health concerns . This is particularly relevant for Syrian refugee women, as they are considered to be highly vulnerable to adverse mental health outcomes [ 15 , …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9959545/

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Social Isolation and Loneliness: Understanding a Mental Health Crisis

(7 days ago) WEBExploring and developing a better understanding of the social determinants of health is becoming standard in medical education and training. Social isolation and loneliness are important social determinants of physical and mental health that we, as a society, need to pay attention to and develop ways to mitigate their deleterious effects.

https://www.aha.org/news/blog/2024-05-15-social-isolation-and-loneliness-understanding-mental-health-crisis

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Inside Gaza's mental health crisis impacting civilians, aid workers

(3 days ago) WEBA "catastrophic" mental health crisis has unfolded in Gaza, affecting both civilians and humanitarian workers, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, according to international aid organizations

https://abcnews.go.com/International/inside-gazas-mental-health-crisis-impacting-civilians-aid/story?id=110257381

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As mental health crisis in Israel grows, child psychiatrists leave

(3 days ago) WEBThe National Council for the Child said that the rate of mental health problems among children and teenagers since October 7 has spiked. According to the data it presented at the Knesset, during the first three months of the war there was a 33 percent increase in diagnosed anxiety among boys and girls between the ages of 12 and 17, …

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-05-16/ty-article/.premium/as-mental-health-crisis-in-israel-grows-child-psychiatrists-leave-public-sector-in-droves/0000018f-81df-d720-a79f-abdf54270000

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Employee mental health accommodation requests increased last …

(8 days ago) WEBThere was a 74% surge in employees requesting leave or accommodations for mental health-related issues over the past year, according to a new report from Littler, an employment and labor law

https://fortune.com/2024/05/13/worker-mental-health-skyrockets-companies-are-unprepared/

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Are Schools Too Focused on Mental Health? - The New York Times

(8 days ago) WEBIn fact, students at highest risk for mental health problems did somewhat worse after receiving the training, the authors concluded. But by the end of the eight-year project, “mindfulness is

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/06/health/mental-health-schools.html

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Social Media Bans Alone Won’t Improve Mental Health, Say …

(4 days ago) WEBEducators are quick to blame platforms like TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat—or at least argue that they have exacerbated students’ mental health problems. But for students, the list of causes

https://www.edweek.org/leadership/social-media-bans-alone-wont-improve-mental-health-say-student-advocates/2024/05

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Public Health Considerations for Correctional Health

(6 days ago) WEBStudies show an association between people in correctional or detention facilities with a history of TBI and mental health problems, such as severe depression and anxiety, substance use disorders, difficulty controlling anger, and suicidal thoughts and/or attempts. Haysom L. Traumatic brain injury, mental health, substance use, and

https://www.cdc.gov/correctional-health/about/index.html

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As mental health issues plague community, Asian Americans fight …

(2 days ago) WEBEarlier this year, the National Museum of Asian Art convened a group of artists, community leaders and health providers to discuss the mental health issues facing the nation’s Asian American

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/05/10/asian-american-community-mental-health-stigma/73590929007/

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A Plan to Remake the Middle East - The New York Times

(7 days ago) WEBThis transcript was created using speech recognition software. While it has been reviewed by human transcribers, it may contain errors. Please review the episode audio before quoting from this

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/08/podcasts/the-daily/israel-gaza-middle-east-plan.html

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California Moves Faster to Transform Mental Health System for All, …

(9 days ago) WEBWHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: California is accelerating the distribution of billions of dollars in new funding available to counties and others to construct outpatient, inpatient, and residential behavioral health facilities and creating new mental health resources for Californians across the state.. REDWOOD CITY – Today, while visiting a …

https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/05/14/california-moves-faster-to-transform-mental-health-system-for-all-with-urgent-focus-on-most-seriously-ill-homeless/

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