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How Survivors Dealt With Trauma “New Families” Stories Expression Through Art

Mental Effects of the Holocaust

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Page 1: Mental Effects of the Holocaust

How Survivors Dealt With Trauma  

 ­“New Families”  ­Stories  ­Expression Through Art 

 

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What Games Children Played After

Experiencing the Holocaust:

"Gas Chamber"

"Gestapo Agent"

"Blowing Up Bunkers"

"Slaughter"

"Seizing the Clothes of the Dead"

"Burial”

"Doctor"

"Blockade"  

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Research done from Washington Post Results were as followed: 

●Holocaust survivors had poorer psychological well­being. More post­traumatic stress symptoms and more psychopathological symptoms. 

 ●There were no 

significant differences in cognitive functioning or physical health.  

●Holocaust survivors who lived in Israel showed better psychological well­being and social adjustment than survivors who lived in other countries. 

 

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Suicide During and After  Holocaust  

 ­ Study was conducted by doctors at the 

Abarbanel Mental Health Center and researchers at Tel Aviv University  ­ Rate in the camps was about 

25,000 suicides per 100,000 people  

­ Researchers found that 24 percent of Abarbanel patients who were Holocaust survivors had tried to commit suicide. 

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Mental Effects on Adults ­Massive repression 

­Intrusive memories 

­ Anhedonia 

­Survivor guilt 

­Sleep disturbances and nightmares 

­Problems with anger regulation and in 

dealing with interpersonal conflicts 

­Excessive worries 

­Suspiciousness 

­Utilization of survival strategies 

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Lasting Effects of Holocaust 

 The lasting mental effects of the holocaust were passed down through the generations of survivors of the holocaust.