PTSD | Israel news feed

“PTSD symptoms may have been dormant for many years for many Holocaust survivors, but it got triggered as a result of what is happening both in Israel and in America,” psychologist Eva Fogelman said.

Researchers from the Ruppin Academic Center found that compared to Jews, Arabs were about 2.5 times more likely to have probable PTSD, roughly 1.7 times more likely to have depression and 6.4 times more likely to have anxiety

According to the IDF, most of the PTSD cases are soldiers who were exposed to the October 7 Hamas massacre. The IDF mental health department is worried about reservists returning to civilian life, says concerned of 'functioning difficulties, of a situation where daily life starts to feel meaningless'