According to research displaced Yazidi women coronavirus can harm their mental health

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According to a study conducted by a non-governmental organization and health workers in a camp for internally displaced persons in Dohuk province, the number of cases of mental illness among Yazidi women has increased since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic.

From October 2019 to April 2020, the study was conducted at the Rwanga Hawar camp.help, a registered non-profit organization with offices in Kurdistan and Germany, under the leadership of the famous Yazidi psychologist and writer Jan Ilhan Kizilhan.

According to these studies, a quarter of Yazidi women in the camp need psychological treatment. The main causes of psychological distress are the suffering suffered during the persecution of ISIL, the difficult living conditions of internally displaced persons, and now the coronavirus pandemic.

"Comparing Dr. Ilhan's data for 2019 and 2020, the number of Yazidi women who had suicidal thoughts increased by 47 percent," says psychologist Aileen Abdulsalam. "Reports of anxiety increased by 11 percent and injuries by 6 percent. Psychological disorders increased by 10 percent."

Fears of a pandemic have exacerbated mental illness among those who already had such illnesses, including Manye Naamat, a 50-year-old woman displaced from Shangal, and a resident of the Rwanga camp.

Although she is still afraid of the virus, a dozen regular visits to the treatment center at the camp have eased her condition.

"I was always afraid when I went to bed. With the virus spreading, I couldn't sleep. I was in a bad situation and often said that my children would soon catch the virus, and that this would lead to many people dying. I feel good since I visited the doctor at the center, "

"Now I feel more relaxed, I take two tablets a month, whereas I used to take one tablet a day. Now I take two tablets a month and feel very light."

Iraq was once home to 500,000 Yazidis. Six years after is captured the center of the Yazidi minority of Shangal and surrounding areas as part of its takeover of territories in Syria and Iraq, nearly 360,000 Yazidis remain in camps for internally displaced persons; approximately 100,000 people are seeking refuge abroad.

International medical organizations and other NGOs have asked for help in fighting the" mental health crisis " among Yazidis.

Reporting By Ayub Nasri

Source rudaw.net





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According to research displaced Yazidi women coronavirus can harm their mental health

2020/06/3-ezi-1593241009.jpg
Read: 969     12:00     27 Июнь 2020    

According to a study conducted by a non-governmental organization and health workers in a camp for internally displaced persons in Dohuk province, the number of cases of mental illness among Yazidi women has increased since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic.

From October 2019 to April 2020, the study was conducted at the Rwanga Hawar camp.help, a registered non-profit organization with offices in Kurdistan and Germany, under the leadership of the famous Yazidi psychologist and writer Jan Ilhan Kizilhan.

According to these studies, a quarter of Yazidi women in the camp need psychological treatment. The main causes of psychological distress are the suffering suffered during the persecution of ISIL, the difficult living conditions of internally displaced persons, and now the coronavirus pandemic.

"Comparing Dr. Ilhan's data for 2019 and 2020, the number of Yazidi women who had suicidal thoughts increased by 47 percent," says psychologist Aileen Abdulsalam. "Reports of anxiety increased by 11 percent and injuries by 6 percent. Psychological disorders increased by 10 percent."

Fears of a pandemic have exacerbated mental illness among those who already had such illnesses, including Manye Naamat, a 50-year-old woman displaced from Shangal, and a resident of the Rwanga camp.

Although she is still afraid of the virus, a dozen regular visits to the treatment center at the camp have eased her condition.

"I was always afraid when I went to bed. With the virus spreading, I couldn't sleep. I was in a bad situation and often said that my children would soon catch the virus, and that this would lead to many people dying. I feel good since I visited the doctor at the center, "

"Now I feel more relaxed, I take two tablets a month, whereas I used to take one tablet a day. Now I take two tablets a month and feel very light."

Iraq was once home to 500,000 Yazidis. Six years after is captured the center of the Yazidi minority of Shangal and surrounding areas as part of its takeover of territories in Syria and Iraq, nearly 360,000 Yazidis remain in camps for internally displaced persons; approximately 100,000 people are seeking refuge abroad.

International medical organizations and other NGOs have asked for help in fighting the" mental health crisis " among Yazidis.

Reporting By Ayub Nasri

Source rudaw.net





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