Status of post traumatic stress in children in armed conflict

Author: 
Mouhadi K., Gassim S., Yassari M and RAMMOUZ I

Armed conflicts represent a major situation on the state of post-traumatic stress, especially among this young population.
Children form a vulnerable population to the development of post-traumatic stress disorder.
Its incidence among children survivors of disasters varies from 30 to 60%.
After a given event, the children exposed could have this type of disorder in the following months. They can have an evolution over the years, which can be prolonged until adulthood, become complicated, weigh heavily on the development and be responsible for a significant handicap.
The aim of the work is to illustrate the clinical features of this disorder through two cases of children seen in the context of the humanitarian medical mission on the Tunisian-Libyan border and in the camp of Syrian refugees in Jordan.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijcar.2018. 16697.3095
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