Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anger and mental health of school students in Syria after nine years of conflict: a large-scale school-based study
| Autor: | Youssef Latifeh, Rawan N K Abdelwahed, Ayham Alyousbashi, Ragheed Al Zohbi, Mohammad Marwan Alhalabi, Ameer Kakaje, Ayham Ghareeb, Osama Hosam Aldeen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
media_common.quotation_subject Anger War Exposure Stress Disorders Post-Traumatic 03 medical and health sciences Mental distress Social support 0302 clinical medicine medicine Humans Students Applied Psychology Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) media_common Schools Syria Public health medicine.disease Mental health 030227 psychiatry Psychiatry and Mental health Distress Mental Health Cross-Sectional Studies Quality of Life Psychology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Psychological medicine. 52(10) |
| ISSN: | 1469-8978 0033-2917 |
| Popis: | BackgroundThe Syrian crisis has entered its ninth year with many being affected by the war. This is the largest-scale study that aims to evaluate the psychological profile of secondary school students in Syria.MethodsThis is a cross-sectional study in schools in Damascus, Syria. The surveys assessed working habits, smoking, war exposure, grades, socioeconomic status (SES), social support, health-related quality of life (HRQL), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), problematic anger, and other parameters.ResultsThis study included 1369 students of which 53% suffered from PTSD and 62% from problematic anger. Around 46% declared a fair or worse general health and 61% had moderate or severe mental health. Only 9.3% did not report exposure to any war-related variable. War exposure had an impact on PTSD, anger, and HRQL, but not on students' grades. Smoking, having consanguineous parents, and working did not have a clear association with grades or anger. Social support weakly reduced PTSD and anger scores. Interestingly, working was associatedwith lowerPTSD scores but was associated with a worse physical component of HRQL.ConclusionThis is the largest study on school students in Syria that reports the psychological ramifications of war. Although the direct effects of war could not be precisely described, the high burden of PTSD and anger distress was a strong reflection of the chronic mental distress. |
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