PNN – The Zionist regime’s ceaseless wars have plunged its society into a tsunami of mental health problems.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network; the Hebrew-language news site Ynet reported that a highly alarming report has recently been released regarding the situation of reservists’ families.
According to the report, 75 percent of children from Israeli army reservist families have developed long-term psychological problems.
A section of the report states: Parents who care for their children are the ones paying the heaviest price—emotionally and in terms of family life.
Their children are also currently paying a heavy psychological and physical price, and unless trauma-focused treatment is provided for them, they will continue to bear this heavy burden in the future.
Experts believe that without therapeutic interventions, these traumas will continue to plague Israeli society for years to come.
Ruth Feldman of Reichman University has documented this alarming warning, citing comprehensive research conducted under her supervision.
He, who heads the Center for Brain and Human Development at the Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology at Reichman University, emphasized that research conducted under his leadership involved 2,500 families of Israel Defense Forces reservists.
All of these families have children under the age of seven.
The results of this study reveal a deeply alarming picture: high rates of abnormal post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among both parents and children, severe marital discord—even leading to divorce requests—impaired family functioning, and potential long-term consequences for the children have been observed within these families.
According to these statistics, 75 percent of the children in these families exhibit sub-clinical (high-level) symptoms of post-traumatic stress, while 31.4 percent have been diagnosed with full-blown, acute post-traumatic stress disorder.
Among the fathers—who are army reservists—35 percent reported clinical or sub-clinical symptoms, and 21 percent suffer from acute post-traumatic stress disorder.
Among the mothers (wives of Zionist military personnel), 42 percent exhibited clinical or sub-clinical symptoms, and 28 percent were diagnosed with acute post-traumatic stress disorder.
All Zionists will pay the price for this war.
Explaining the situation, Feldman described the entire state of Israel (the occupying regime) as being in a state of shock, stating: Since the October 7th operation (Al-Aqsa Flood) and the ensuing war, we have become a traumatized society. Families of reservists raising young children have faced—and continue to face—countless challenges. On one hand, women are tasked with raising the children and managing the household amidst the wartime routine, while their husbands spend hundreds of days in reserve units, leaving these women in a constant state of worry about their safety. On the other hand, the men fighting at the front are separated from their young children and deeply concerned about their families.
Meanwhile, young children also react to the war with symptoms of post-traumatic stress; these include bedwetting, excessive dependency, constant crying, nightmares, restlessness and a lack of behavioral control, nervous tension, aggression, sleep disturbances, and developmental delays, as well as severe signs of psychological trauma affecting their developing brains—such as social withdrawal, difficulty communicating, and mistrust.
According to Feldman, the families of IDF reservists are facing a grueling reality: The situation in families with young children resembles absolute chaos and a massive wave of mental health issues.