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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