Associations between mental health symptoms in Palestinian captives' wives and in their children

Abstract

Background: Since 1967, the Palestinian Occupied Territories are marked by a protracted political conflict. During this conflict, about one fifth of the Palestinians have been detained; one third is married. Although parental detention negatively impacts family member's psychological wellbeing, little is known about the associations between the mental health of mothers and adolescents psychological wellbeing. Therefore, this study aimed at investigating the relationship between mother's mental health and children's psychological wellbeing of home is having husbands/ fathers in Israeli prisons.