mardi 26 juin 2007

Iraqi youth face lasting scars of war

Iraqi youth face lasting scars of war
Conflict's psychological impact on children is immense, experts say

In a World Health Organization survey of 600 children ages 3 to 10 in Baghdad last year, 47 percent said they had been exposed to a major traumatic event over the past two years. Of this group, 14 percent showed symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. In a second study of 1,090 adolescents in the northern city of Mosul, 30 percent showed symptoms of the disorder.
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