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Post-traumatic stress disorder and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in Palestinian children affected by the war on Gaza

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Abdel Aziz Thabet ,
Abu Tawahina ,
Eyad El Sarraj ,
David Henely ,
Henrick Pelleick  and
Panos Vostanis
Abdel Aziz Thabet
Affiliation:
Gaza Community Mental Health Programme, Gaza, Palestine
Abu Tawahina
Affiliation:
Gaza Community Mental Health Programme
Eyad El Sarraj
Affiliation:
Gaza Community Mental Health Programme
David Henely
Affiliation:
Uppsala University, Sweden
Henrick Pelleick
Affiliation:
Uppsala University, Sweden
Panos Vostanis
Affiliation:
Greenwood Institute of Child Health, University of Leicester, UK, email [email protected]
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The Gaza Strip has been badly affected by war and conflict over the past four decades. Palestinians are exposed to repeated incursions of the border areas, with many resulting casualties. At the end of December 2008, more than 230 Palestinians were killed and at least 770 were injured, including 100 in critical condition, after an Israeli airstrike. This was followed by a military operation that continued for 23 days, in which 1420 Palestinians, including 446 children, were killed. At least 4000 houses were totally destroyed and 16000 partially damaged (Palestinian Red Crescent, 2008).

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Thematic Papers – Children Caught Up In Conflict
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International Psychiatry , Volume 8 , Issue 4 , November 2011 , pp. 84 - 85
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