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Lynne Lamberg

JAMA. 2008;300(6):642-643.

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Washington, DC—Most of the casualties of the estimated 50 armed conflicts that currently rage around the world are civilians, many of them children.

Survivors of these conflicts, which are mostly in developing countries, often contend with loss of parents and other family members, injuries, forced displacement, sexual and other violence, hunger, unsafe water, lack of medical care and schools, disease, and other woes. Earthquakes, floods, and other natural disasters that strike areas disrupted by war or struggling with poverty compound such problems.

Children exposed to the violence of armed conflict—such as the violence depicted in this Palestinian child's drawing of aircraft dropping bombs or missiles and a soldier shooting a civilian—may develop posttraumatic stress disorder and other mental health problems. (Photo credit: Jeff Hoelscher/University of Missouri)

Speakers described programs to help alleviate psychological trauma in children and families caught up in war and other catastrophes in 2 . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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