Amid conflict and crisis: addressing the mental health challenges of pregnant women in gaza through integrated humanitarian and healthcare interventions.
Qasim Mehmood, Muhammad Uzair Ishaq, Muhammad Shahwaiz Lund, Muhammad Haseeb
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Abstract
This manuscript highlights the mental health challenges faced by pregnant women in Gaza amidst ongoing conflict and a collapsing healthcare system. Limited access to prenatal care and psychological support and the destruction of healthcare infrastructure has worsened mental health issues like anxiety and depression. Pregnant women in Gaza are at higher risk of miscarriage, stillbirth, and birth defects, further impacting their mental well-being. This study calls for urgent interventions, including vaccination, nutrition campaigns, and improved sanitation to control infectious diseases. It emphasizes the need for 24-hour mental health centers and trained professionals to provide care. Additionally, digital health solutions such as telemedicine and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) can be crucial in diagnosing and managing health conditions in conflict zones.
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Archives of Women’s Mental Health is the official journal of the International Association for Women''s Mental Health, Marcé Society and the North American Society for Psychosocial Obstetrics and Gynecology (NASPOG). The exchange of knowledge between psychiatrists and obstetrician-gynecologists is one of the major aims of the journal. Its international scope includes psychodynamics, social and biological aspects of all psychiatric and psychosomatic disorders in women. The editors especially welcome interdisciplinary studies, focussing on the interface between psychiatry, psychosomatics, obstetrics and gynecology. Archives of Women’s Mental Health publishes rigorously reviewed research papers, short communications, case reports, review articles, invited editorials, historical perspectives, book reviews, letters to the editor, as well as conference abstracts. Only contributions written in English will be accepted. The journal assists clinicians, teachers and researchers to incorporate knowledge of all aspects of women’s mental health into current and future clinical care and research.
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