Mehad Talk: trauma care in conflict zones

4 April 2024

Watch the replay of our Mehad Talk: dealing with physical and psychological trauma in conflict zones, which took place on 15 March.

This instagram live event marked 13 years of conflict in Syria.

Our speakers, Lyna Chami, a psychiatrist specialising in psychotrauma, and Samra Seddik, a midwife, shared their knowledge and experience at the event.

We covered a number of topics:

What is trauma and post-traumatic stress?

-Can trauma be healed?

-Emergency pregnancy and childbirth

-Post partum in refugee camps

Find out more about all these topics in this live report on our commitment to the people affected by the conflict in Syria.

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