ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2019
Effectiveness of a School-Based Intervention on the Students' Mental Health After Exposure to War-Related Trauma.
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- Prevalence and Characteristics of Posttraumatic Nightmares in War- and Conflict-Affected Students.Nature and science of sleep · 2021Article
- Children's prolonged exposure to the toxic stress of war trauma in the Middle East.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2020Article
- Psychopathology in children exposed to trauma: detection and intervention needed to reduce downstream burden.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2020Article
- Adversity in childhood is linked to mental and physical health throughout life.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundAfter the war, which was conducted against Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip, the prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among children and adolescents has increased. The counselling department at the Ministry of Education in the Gaza Strip applied a counselling program in schools in order to alleviate the effect of exposure to war. The aim of the study is to investigate the effectiveness of the counselling program after exposure to war-traumatic events among Palestinian children and adolescents in the Gaza Strip.
methodsThe sample consists of 572 students aged 12-18 years old. Of them, 331 (57.9%) were female and 241 (42.1%) were male. Traumatic events were measured by
resultsAfter applying the school-based counselling program, the prevalence of PTSD (according to DSM-V) decreased from 57.5% to 45.6% among the children and adolescents who were exposed to war-traumatic events. In addition, PTSD symptoms, and emotional, somatic and cognitive functional impairment symptoms has decreased after the implementation of the counselling program especially amongst girls.
conclusionsThe school-based counselling program was effective in decreasing the PTSD symptoms among children and adolescents after the exposure to war-traumatic events.
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