Dr Yasser Abu Jamei: Mental health in Gaza

Published: Feb. 26, 2020, 10:59 a.m.

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HARDtalk\\u2019s Stephen Sackur speaks to Dr Yasser Abu Jamei, director of Gaza\\u2019s biggest mental health program. The past few days have seen rising tension in Gaza \\u2013 Islamist militants fired rockets into Israel; the Israelis responded with air strikes aimed at the Islamic Jihad group. Hardly unusual and certainly not the stuff of international headlines but that in itself is telling. In Gaza conflict is the norm, so too an economic blockade that has long choked the economy. What happens to a people living with trauma and collective despair?

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