At the time of release from prison and return home, psychiatric needs are massive but staff and resources are lacking. Report from a health center near the Turkish border
Published on January 8, 2025 at 2:36 p.m. / Modified on January 8, 2025 at 5:10 p.m.
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Mutiaa repeats it three times, she is “stressed”. Her husband, still angry since he was seriously burned on the face by bombings, does not stop shouting at their two children who are sick. It is to treat them that she came here, to this Doctors of the World center called “Salam” (peace in Arabic), backed by a vast refugee camp between Idlib and the Turkish border. But doctors quickly identified psychological needs in her and her children. So all the members of the family come to vent once a week in the center’s small mental health office, set up in a container.
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