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Hadassah Medical Organization grapples with hundreds of wounded, PTSD

January 25, 2024January 25, 2024Arsen Mayer

Since the October 7 attacks on Israel and the onset of the Israel-Hamas war, hundreds of Israeli soldiers and civilians have been treated at the two Hadassah hospitals in Jerusalem. For more stories from The Media Line go to themedialine.org But many Israelis, soldiers and civilians alike, are also dealing with another kind of problem, […]

Nightmares of Gaza war highlight Israeli trauma and resilience

January 23, 2024January 23, 2024Arsen Mayer

The days since October 7 have been a living nightmare for all Israelis, but does it also affect our dreams when we sleep? Dr. Udi Bonstein, chief psychologist at the Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya, who has conducted a study on our dreams during the current Gaza war, has found that there has been a […]

Israeli health system prepares for largest post-trauma wave in history

January 15, 2024January 15, 2024Arsen Mayer

Israel is confronting the most severe mental trauma wave since its founding, according to psychiatry experts. The mental health system is already inundated with unresolved requests for help. Waiting lists stretch for months, and health maintenance organizations (HMO) have been struggling to manage the escalating number of mental health cases, a volume never before encountered. […]

Digital innovation can help Israel deal with Oct. 7 trauma. Here’s how

January 9, 2024January 10, 2024Arsen Mayer

After October 7, All Israel has found itself in a condition of trauma. According to Dr. Eran Harary, a psychiatrist and a Senior Vice-President at Teva’s Global R&D, trauma can be described as a situation where you are exposed to an overwhelming event or series of events that your body and mind cannot comprehend or […]

Psychoactive drug treats traumatic brain injury in veterans

January 8, 2024January 8, 2024Arsen Mayer

A recently published study shows that the use of a psychoactive drug can lead to reducing military veterans’ symptoms of PTSD and traumatic brain injuries. For military veterans, many of the most painful wounds of war are invisible. Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) resulting from head trauma or blast explosions are a leading cause of post-traumatic […]

PTSD, depression, anxiety nearly doubles across Israel in war aftermath

January 7, 2024January 7, 2024Arsen Mayer

There have been sharp increases in the amount of depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among both Jewish and Arab Israelis since October 7, according to a study conducted by researchers at Ruppin Academic Center near Moshav Kfar Monash and New York’s Columbia University. The study, just published in the Lancet’s “EClinicalMedicine 2023,” found […]

National PTSD clinic launched at Tel Aviv University

January 4, 2024January 6, 2024Arsen Mayer

Trauma, as defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary, means “a disordered psychic or behavioral state resulting from severe mental or emotional stress or physical injury.” Beginning with the Hamas terror attacks on Oct. 7 and continuing with Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, the atmosphere in the country over the past three months has been one of […]

TAU launches permanent national PTSD clinic for civilians, soldiers

December 24, 2023December 24, 2023Arsen Mayer

The horrendous Hamas terrorism against Israeli civilians on October 7 and the experiences of combat soldiers in the Gaza Strip since then are causing serious post-traumatic syndrome disorder (PTSD) among many who need expert treatment to help them recover. To cope with this, Tel Aviv University (TAU) has established a national PTSD clinic for treating […]