Yezidi survivors suffering from PTSD, severe depression medically recognized

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Yezidi survivors suffering from PTSD, severe depression medically recognized
By Rudaw


Yezidi women and girls celebrate their New Year at Lalish, in the Duhok province, Kurdistan Region, on April 15, 2018. Photo: A.C. Robinson | Rudaw

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – A recent evaluation of formerly enslaved Yezidi women and girls in the Kurdistan Region is the first comprehensive study proving traumatized individuals are suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression.

"The current study demonstrated the psychosocial consequences of genocide and enslavement among Yazidi women and girls living in (Internally Displaced Persons) IDP camps in (the Kurdistan Region of Iraq) KRI," read the report published on Thursday.

The assessment using ethical practices for research was approved by Bielefeld University in Germany and Koya University in the Kurdistan Region.

Read more at: http://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/14092018

For the record, the Yazidis are a Kurdish people: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yazidis

[Sanguine]

I would be surprised if they weren't.