Only mental health clinic in northern Syria helps people with mental trauma

27 July 2017 4:46 PM IST

Some cases predate Syria's conflict, but others -- particularly of post-traumatic stress disorder -- have been directly caused by the war.

The horrors of Syria's six-year war have left the country's population with devastating psychological scars (Photo: AFP)
Male patients with shaved heads squat barefoot in a courtyard, some dressed in uniforms and others in T-shirts and tracksuit trousers (Photo: AFP)
Others have developed anxieties related to the relentless bombing and violence that has killed more than 330,000 people (Photo: AFP)
They were tortured and beaten, especially on the head. They started to have mental problems (Photo: AFP)
The horrors of Syria's six-year war have left the country's population with devastating psychological scars (Photo: AFP)
The second floor houses female patients in patterned dresses and flowery headscarves (Photo: AFP)
A male patient from the neighbouring province of Raqa came back to his bombed-out home to find the lifeless bodies of his wife and six children (Photo: AFP)

The horrors of Syria\'s six-year war have left the country\'s population with devastating psychological scars (Photo: AFP)

Some cases predate Syria's conflict, but others -- particularly of post-traumatic stress disorder -- have been directly caused by the war.