Displaced Children: The Psychological Implications.
Millions of people across the world have been displaced or live in exile and/or as refugees largely as a consequence of wars, acts of terrorism, and catastrophic natural disasters. There are serious psychological consequences as a result of these extremely difficult life circumstances. Adults often can express their needs and have them be heard, whereas children are unable to do so. The children may be provided food, shelter, and clothing and have their medical needs attended to, but their emotional and psychological needs go unrecognized and unmet, with dire and monumental long-term consequences.
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Children's National Medical Center, George Washington University School of Medicine, 111 Michigan Avenue Northwest, Floor 2.5 West, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20010, USA. Electronic address: PJOSHI@childrensnational.org.
Paramjit T
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Faculty of Medicine, St George Hospital, University Medical Center, Balamand University, Institute for Development, Research, Advocacy and Applied Care (IDRAAC), Beirut, Lebanon.
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Fayyad
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Children; Displacement; Exile; Refugees; War