The Israel-Gaza conflict is likely to leave people in the region struggling with trauma-related mental health symptoms for a long time to come.
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. The rates of these symptoms were nearly double the national baseline prevalence of 3.6% for PTSD and 4.9% for depression.declined about 6 months after the attackIn Israel and Gaza, people are now coping with the death and kidnapping of loved ones, of watching others die, of trying to stay safe and simply get food and medicine needed to get by. Past studies of mass traumas suggest that they're all at risk of trauma-related mental health problems.
Mental health issues are emerging even in these early days of the war. Following the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre, Israel's mental health crisis line saw a surge in calls, says sociologist Nira Kaplansky, who oversees the hotline, which is run by an organization called"From a line of 25 to 100 calls a day, we became a line of 1,200 calls a day," she says.
"The only thing that you can do is stay there with" the caller, says Kaplansky, and reassure them they are doing the best thing to protect their family. Counselors tell the callers that these are all normal reactions to traumatic circumstances — and they may keep people from functioning in their daily lives. For people who need further mental health care, the counselors refer them to Natal's clinics.
One of her brothers has been carrying their 85-year-old father on his back from shelter to shelter, she says. Lately, sometimes days pass before she receives any word from them because of limited electricity and internet access in Gaza. Children and adolescents in Gaza were already struggling with a range of mental health and behavioral symptoms.
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