Abstract

Dorit Segal-Engelchin

Mental health professionals (MHPs) area unit among the primary responders to deal with the wants of traumatized folks following exposure to terrorist attacks and war-related stressors. In Southern Israel, MHPs encounter a double exposure to war-related trauma as community members and professionals providing service to terror victims. Analysis on MHPs exposed to a shared war reality show that they're subject to inflated emotional pressure, family conflict associate degreed an inflated risk for PTSD and vicarious symptoms. The aim of this study was to look at the effectiveness of associate degree art-based intervention in reducing stress among Israeli MHPs UN agency shared war-related stress with their shoppers throughout operation protecting edge.