Sick or Sad? Supporting Palestinian Children Living in Conditions of Chronic Political Violence
In this article we reflect on the relatively recent emphasis on Palestinian children's mental health and well‐being in the context of exposure to chronic warlike conditions, as we position this trend within the larger framework of the generations‐long history of political turmoil and suffering....
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Veröffentlicht in: | Children & society 2014-05, Vol.28 (3), p.172-181 |
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Zusammenfassung: | In this article we reflect on the relatively recent emphasis on Palestinian children's mental health and well‐being in the context of exposure to chronic warlike conditions, as we position this trend within the larger framework of the generations‐long history of political turmoil and suffering. We describe how a process that started with no attention to psychosocial health of children in relation to exposure to dispossession, expulsion, occupation, repression and military attacks, proceeded with a focus on presumed mental disorders, and the more recent approach of designing context appropriate and community‐based psychosocial interventions. |
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ISSN: | 0951-0605 1099-0860 |
DOI: | 10.1111/chso.12061 |