PTSD | Israel news feed
"PTSD" in Israel feed
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Haaretz - 20:07 Aug 25, 2025
Amid a surge in soldier suicides following October 7 and ongoing war, a group of veterans suffering from PTSD in an encampment outside Israel's parliament is protesting the red tape around mental health care. Can they make their invisible illness seen before it wrecks lives? -
Haaretz - 13:27 Aug 03, 2025
'We have one goal: Stop the next suicide': A surge in soldier suicides has driven longtime PTSD survivors to camp outside the Defense Ministry's Rehabilitation Department, demanding urgent reform. Calling on the public to join them, they cry: 'Our brothers are taking their own lives' -
Haaretz - 21:12 Jul 03, 2025
Data from Maccabi, Leumit and Meuhedet, which together insure about 5 million Israelis, show an increase of approximately 100 percent in the number of PTSD diagnoses among those aged 18 and over. Mental health NGO ERAN says it received more than 13,000 calls during the war with Iran -
JPost.com - Antisemitism - 23:47 Aug 08, 2024
“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.
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Haaretz - 16:21 May 23, 2024
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 -
Haaretz - 16:19 Jan 03, 2024
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'