Why war’s emotional wounds run deeper for some kids and not others
‘Environmental sensitivity’ raises PTSD risk for Syrian refugee kids
PRIMED FOR PTSD The horrors of Syria’s war take the biggest emotional toll on refugee children who are highly sensitive to their environment and encountered few adversities before the war, a study finds. Here, young refugees play outside tents at a Lebanese camp.
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After her husband’s death in Syria’s civil war, Amouna Sharekh Housh gathered her eight children and headed for safety in the neighboring country of Lebanon.