WAR AND TRAUMA IN CHILDREN: (I) WAR AND ITS VICTIMS

NAGAO Keizou, OKUNO Masakage

doi:10.11261/iryo1946.58.271

Objective: Analyze different types of wars and their victims from children' s point of view, and explain the influential factors on children' s mental health.<br>Method: Used references containing the subject of mental and physical health damage as well as covering the sufferings and developmental problems of children in war chosen from publications from the past 30 years on wars and children.<br>Result: The type of damage or victims differs depending on the type of war as to which weapons are used or strategies are taken. Therefore, the type of damage/sufferings from wars is divided into two categories (conventional wars/high technology wars), differentiating by types of weapons in war. Low intensive wars are also added as a special type of wars. Children' s war victims are found in all aspects of life: high mortality, victims of injuries and other physical damage, victims of massacres of family or local area people, victims of shortages in clothing, food or residence, victims of destruction of social infrastructures of education, medical services or health services, an increase in number of victims from infectious diseases, or victims of war-caused mental disorders.<br>Discussion: How to decrease children's victims or prevent children from war sufferings are suggested in light of three points: how to decrease victimization of children during war, how to prevent children from post war sufferings, and how to avoid exposing children to war.

WAR AND TRAUMA IN CHILDREN: (I) WAR AND ITS VICTIMS

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