Understanding Palestine’s colonial, intergenerational trauma from a mental health perspective
Dr. Samah Jabr, head of the Mental Health Unit at Palestine’s Ministry of Health talks to The Hindu’s Saumya Kalia about authentically defining and measuring the trauma that Palestinian bodies and minds face. She explains what makes PTSD a Western concept, why clinical mental health systems fail people facing oppressive policies and colonial injustice, and the urgent need to build communal forms of care that address Palestine’s collective trauma.