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Lynne Lamberg

JAMA. 2007;298:501-503.

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San Diego—A boy living in the Palestinian territories told psychiatrist Viveca Hazboun, MD, that he wished to be a suicide bomber.

He also reported frequent dreams of being kidnapped and harmed. "Perhaps you are the kidnapper," ventured Hazboun, director of the Guidance and Training Center for Children and Families, in the ancient city of Bethlehem. She tried to help the boy understand the consequences of his contemplated act.

Although the boy dropped out of therapy, his grandmother came to the center some months later to hug Hazboun and report that the boy had returned to school.

"It's sad to see children whose only wish is to self-destroy and to destroy others," Hazboun said. "We try to help them imagine a better future."

Lynne Jones, MD, PhD, a mental health advisor with the International Medical Corps, uses finger puppets to perform stories aimed at helping children traumatized by . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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