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Why ignoring mental health needs of young Syrian refugees could harm us all

  • Written by M. Zaher Sahloul, Associate Clinical Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago
A Syrian child drew a picture of helicopters dropping bombs and children dying as a result. The surviving children are crying, while the deceased ones have smiles on their faces. Zaher Sahloud, CC BY-SA

When a seven-year-old student in eastern Aleppo was asked at the peak of the bombardment campaign by the Assad regime in 2015 to draw a picture, he...

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