Mental health: Coping with the trauma of living in Gaza
More resources are needed to help people in Gaza suffering from trauma, the director of the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme has said. The number of patients visiting community centres with poor mental health has increased by about 50% since 2014, Dr Yasser Abu Jamei explained. “So rather than having around 2,000 patients per year now they are having more than 3,000 patients per year. It's a huge responsibility. “All the time resources are not up to the level of the needs, you know," he said. In 2014 Dr Jamei's family home was bombed ...
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