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Palestine: The invisible mental health crisis plaguing the West Bank

MSF has offered mental health consultations in the city of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, since 1996. In Hebron Palestinian civilians suffer frequent abuses such as the demolition of their homes, arbitrary detention, and systematic attacks by Israeli settlers with the tacit support of the Israeli army. As well as experiencing physical injury men, women, and particularly children suffer from significant long-term mental health impacts of these routine occurrences.

The effects of the occupation of Palestinian territory are far-reaching and leave very few people untouched, with children in particular vulnerable to long-term mental health issues as a result of witnessing or suffering traumatic events. Between February and July 2019, MSF reached 8145 people with mental health services, of whom more than 60% were children.

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Title Palestine: The invisible mental health crisis plaguing the West Bank

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Date taken / Date Recorded 05/08/2019 12:00 AM

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Date taken / Date Recorded 05/08/2019 12:00 AM