Sick or Sad? Supporting Palestinian Children Living in Conditions of Chronic Political Violence
Rabaia, Y. Saleh, Mahasin F. Giacaman, R.
Rabaia, Y.
Saleh, Mahasin F.
Giacaman, R.
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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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Rabaia Y, Saleh MF and Giacaman R (2014) Sick or Sad? Supporting Palestinian Children Living in Conditions of Chronic Political Violence. Children & Society. 28(3): 172-181.
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