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The Alpha Perspective on Global Issues
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SOCIAL SUPPORT - RELATIVELY WEAK EFFECT ON SYMPTOMS
MORE CONCERNED ABOUT FINANCIAL AND PERSONAL SECURITY
POPULATION - DISPLACED SYRIANS WITHIN SYRIA
HIGHER MENTAL HEALTH DISTRESS WITHIN COUNTRY THAN IN REFUGEE CAMPS IN OTHER COUNTRIES
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SOMATIC SYMPTOMS
LOSS OF INTEREST
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LOW MOOD/ENERGY
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EXPERIENCE MENTAL HEALTH COMPLICATIONS
SUPPORT IS NEEDED DURING & AFTER FOR BETTER WELL-BEING
HARDER TIME LEARNING
PEOPLE WITHIN COUNTRY EXPERIENCE MORE MENTAL HEALTH DISTRESS
FINANCIAL AND PERSONAL SECURITY MOST IMPORTANT
SUPPORT NEEDED DURING/AFTER
IDIOMS OF DISTRESS ARE IMPORTANT IN UNDERSTANDING SYMPTOMS
Anyaegbu, G. N., Carney, C., Howell, H.-J., Zaza, A., & Alaeddin, A. (2022). How cognitive and Psychosocial Difficulties Affect Learning Outcomes: A study of primary school children in Syria. Journal on Education in Emergencies, 8(1), 50. https://doi.org/10.33682/gr0e-hnjz
Kakaje, A., Al Zohbi, R., Hosam Aldeen, O., Makki, L., Alyousbashi, A., & Alhaffar, M. B. (2021). Mental disorder and PTSD in Syria during wartime: A nationwide crisis. BMC Psychiatry, 21(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-020-03002-3
Vink, H., Carlsson, J., Poulsen, S., & Vindbjerg, E. (2020). Comparing western symptoms of depression with Arabic idioms of distress: A qualitative study. Current Psychology, 41(5), 2985–2997. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-020-00829-7