PTSD among children and adolescents in the Arab World
Other Title(s)
اضطراب عقبى الكرب الرضحي بين الأطفال و المراهقين في العالم العربي
Joint Authors
Source
The Arab Journal of Psychiatry
Issue
Vol. 26, Issue 2 (30 Nov. 2015), pp.129-136, 8 p.
Publisher
The Arab Federation of Psychiatrists
Publication Date
2015-11-30
Country of Publication
Jordan
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
adversities of war have long been related to mental disorders.
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a syndrome referring to the constellation of symptoms experienced by a subset of traumatized individuals, has been extensively associated with war.
The rates of PTSD among the children and adolescents in the Arabic countries inflicted by war and conflict have reached alarming numbers.
As much as PTSD rates vary among different populations, as much as those rates are homogeneous among these Arabic countries ranging between 35-50%.
Adolescence is considered a vulnerable stage since it is a transition period between childhood and adulthood with a great deal of psychosocial component shaped by those traumatic experiences.
Nonetheless, these worrying numbers raise several questions that need to be answered concerning reliability of previous results, the effect of such disorders on the future of the nation, the mechanism parents’ mental state influences their children, the significance behind highlighting PTSD, and finally the methods to deal with PTSD in these populations.
The aim of this review is to investigate PTSD in the Arab world since many of the inciting traumatic events, especially wars, have been experienced by several Arab populations.
The review will compare the rates of PTSD in these Arab countries with global rates to deduce the effect of wars and conflicts on the development of PTSD.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Badura, Charle& Mari, Muhammad. 2015. PTSD among children and adolescents in the Arab World. The Arab Journal of Psychiatry،Vol. 26, no. 2, pp.129-136.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-628951
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Badura, Charle& Mari, Muhammad. PTSD among children and adolescents in the Arab World. The Arab Journal of Psychiatry Vol. 26, no. 2 (Nov. 2015), pp.129-136.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-628951
American Medical Association (AMA)
Badura, Charle& Mari, Muhammad. PTSD among children and adolescents in the Arab World. The Arab Journal of Psychiatry. 2015. Vol. 26, no. 2, pp.129-136.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-628951
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 134-136
Record ID
BIM-628951