A Call for Social Justice and for a Human Rights Approach with Regard to Mental Health in the Occupied Palestinian Territories

Volume 24/2, December 2022, pp. 305-318 |  PDF Maria Helbich and Samah Jabr Abstract This paper examines the process of depoliticization of mental health in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) and links it to a critical analysis of post-traumatic stress disorder and the role of international humanitarian aid. It is based on a human rights framework that focuses on the right to health and that is instrumental in connecting human rights violations to…