Mental health

Trauma induced disorders and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Ethno-Medizinisches Zentrum e.V. Hannover
This guide answers your questions on how mental disorders, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), develop following traumatic experiences and how these can then be treated.

Talking to Children about War
National Child Traumatic Stress Network/ Universitätsklinikum Ulm
This factsheet addresses ways to support young and pre-school children in special crisis situations. Exposure to a traumatic event can often lead to changes in behaviour, such as more intense crying, tantrums or disrupted sleep. The authors set out ways to offer care and support.

Age-related reactions to traumatic events
National Child Traumatic Stress Network/ Universitätsklinikum Ulm
Children and adolescents experience traumatic events differently from adults. This leaflet tells parents, therapists and other persons of reference how children and adolescents might respond, broken down by age group, and what they can do to help them.