CBS News Sunday Morning - 1995-12-10 - 2 of 2

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[0:00] of trauma u and among [clears throat]

[0:02] the refugees this percentage are nearly

[0:07] 90 or 80%. So uh there is problem of

[0:12] sleep disturbances uh problem of

[0:14] concentration

[0:16] uh depressive science uh and uh we will

[0:20] face with this problem more now when

[0:24] peace will come.

[0:25] >> No peace does not bring peace of mind.

[0:28] It is a double-edged sword. The

[0:30] psychiatrists say when the war is over,

[0:33] the struggle for sanity only begins.

[0:36] >> The problems uh of mental health

[0:39] problems, children and adults all is

[0:42] going to uh mushroom. I think now that

[0:46] the people have the chance to u not

[0:50] focus on their survival, but now to

[0:52] focus on their losses.

[0:54] >> American help is coming in many guises.

[0:57] This team of psychiatrists from the

[0:59] University of Missouri is bringing in

[1:01] plain loads of Prozac and at least a

[1:03] desire to help. But where do you begin?

[1:06] Dr. Arshad Hussein says you begin with

[1:09] the children.

[1:10] >> One of our study showed that 92% of them

[1:14] uh want to die. They they are in our

[1:17] study.

[1:18] >> 92% of children want to die.

[1:20] >> Right.

[1:20] >> When children have been through

[1:21] something like this, is there any pill

[1:23] or any therapy that can really help?

[1:25] >> There is none. I think the only thing is

[1:28] to uh give them hope, give them support,

[1:32] uh make them feel that they are safe. Uh

[1:34] these children if you talk them about

[1:36] their future really uh don't have a

[1:40] future. They can't think about future.

[1:42] And when does the future begin for a

[1:45] nowhere man sitting in a nowhere land?

[1:54] But Tusla does have a lot going for it.

[1:57] There have never been interethnic

[1:59] struggles

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