Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Tromsø - the Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
Department of Psychiatry, Cambridge Health Alliance, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, United States.
Psychiatry Res. 2022 Nov;317:114798. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2022.114798. Epub 2022 Aug 18.
The news from Ukraine is currently full of heart-wrenching stories accompanied by graphic images of civilian casualties and massacres that are telecast world-wide on a daily basis. It is hard to fathom the magnitude of the devastation and disruption to regular lives and everyday routines that war brings with it, the witnessing of countless deaths, the associated trauma of living in perpetual fear, and the daily experience of many families and orphans who are crowded into basement bomb shelters now for months on end. These issues make us contemplate the mental health consequences, among other lasting effects, of this costly war in Ukraine, and wars in other countries not so widely featured in Western news. Despite people of all ages being affected by war, children are especially vulnerable. This commentary outlines some of the epidemiology of the consequences of war, the mental health sequelae specifically, and the complexity of providing culturally and contextually relevant interventions that meet the needs of children.
目前，有关乌克兰的新闻充满了令人痛心的故事，还有每日在全球范围内播放的平民伤亡和大屠杀的图片。很难理解战争带来的破坏和日常生活的中断有多大，目睹无数的死亡，生活在持续恐惧中的相关创伤，以及现在许多家庭和孤儿在地下室防空洞拥挤生活长达数月的日常经历。这些问题让我们思考这场代价高昂的乌克兰战争以及西方新闻报道较少的其他国家战争的其他持久影响，包括心理健康后果。尽管所有年龄段的人都受到战争的影响，但儿童尤其脆弱。本评论概述了战争后果的一些流行病学情况，特别是心理健康后果，以及提供具有文化和背景相关性的干预措施以满足儿童需求的复杂性。
