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MHPSS.net Webinar: "The impact of war and displacement on children’s mental health in Iraq"

Marcia Brophy and Eileen McCarthy explored the very recent publication “An Unbearable Reality – The impact of war and displacement on children’s mental health in Iraq”. This report, the first comprehensive study of this size since the conflict escalated in 2014, details the heart-breaking accounts from children who have been displaced by the fighting. The study explores how children’s experiences of violence and displacement have impacted on their mental health and psychosocial needs. It highlights how children are experiencing very different mental health issues depending on whether they fled ISIS early on or stayed and endured its control for several years. Children who have recently fled talked of “monsters”, “dead bodies in the streets” “bloodied faces” and “bombs”. They spoke of their extreme sorrow of losing loved ones – experiences that are being felt by whole communities in a collective trauma. Of those who have spent years displaced, the family unit has provided a protective shield for children, although concerningly, experts believe that the findings show a normalization of violence and insecurity and parents overwhelmingly worried about their children’s mental health. Despite varied responses to horrible events, in the face of significant shortages, all of these children face dim futures if immediate, targeted and long-term assistance is not given to provide the mental health and psychosocial support that they need. This webinar will explore how the MHPSS sector can shape and advocate for a wider range of appropriate responses. Webinar held on 22nd August 2017.