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Sick or Sad? Supporting Palestinian Children Living in Conditions of Chronic Political Violence
Author(s) -
Rabaia Yoke,
Saleh Mahasin F.,
Giacaman Rita
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
children and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1099-0860
pISSN - 0951-0605
DOI - 10.1111/chso.12061
Subject(s) - psychosocial , context (archaeology) , mental health , psychological intervention , politics , position (finance) , psychiatry , psychology , medicine , criminology , political science , history , law , business , archaeology , finance
In this article we reflect on the relatively recent emphasis on P alestinian 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.