Data reported by Yedioth Ahronoth show a sharp increase in mental health problems nationwide.
Diagnoses of depression and anxiety in 2024 were double those recorded in 2013. PTSD diagnoses rose by 70 percent each month from October 2023 to the end of 2024, adding 23,600 new patients.
Nearly half of Israelis now report symptoms of persistent grief. Calls to mental health helplines have increased sixfold, while use of psychiatric medications has doubled. Sleep disorders rose by 19 percent during the war.
A study by Clalit Health Services and the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute found that 50 percent of those affected by the 7 October attacks are still struggling today. One in five people in the general population suffers severe functional impairment due to mental health issues.
Israeli Ministry of Health data show a 25 percent increase in therapy sessions since 7 October.
Short-term psychotherapy cases jumped 471 percent, reaching 20,000 in 2024 compared to 3,500 in 2022.
However, these numbers reflect only treatments provided. Coalition organisations say the real situation is far more severe.
Professor Merav Roth of the University of Haifa said clinics report sharp rises in depression, anxiety, addiction, marital problems and regressive behaviour among children.
One in four people is now at risk of addiction, Roth said. In 2018, it was one in ten.
“This increase is terrifying.”
I’d cry too if I were a Herzlian.
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programming can't totally erase inbuilt humanity it would seem
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Never could, during WW2 the soldiers doing the mass executions of undisireable people were wrecked by it, which lead to a widepsread use of alcohol and opiates to numb themselves emotionally. Of course the conclusions the nazis took from it was not to stop mass murdering but to industrialize it, thus keeping the personal participation to a minimum and let Kappos do much of the sorrounding work.
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Settler population faces ‘mental health tsunami’ after two years of war, report finds
https://www.middleeasteye.net/node/431813I’d cry too if I were a Herzlian.
programming can't totally erase inbuilt humanity it would seem
Never could, during WW2 the soldiers doing the mass executions of undisireable people were wrecked by it, which lead to a widepsread use of alcohol and opiates to numb themselves emotionally. Of course the conclusions the nazis took from it was not to stop mass murdering but to industrialize it, thus keeping the personal participation to a minimum and let Kappos do much of the sorrounding work.