6in the life of Iraqi children

following the 1991 Gulf War we were part of what was calledThe International Study Team, documenting the effects of the warand the United Nations sanctions on the Iraqi civilian population.In a study following a group of ninety-three children in Baghdadover the two years after the war, we found that children continuedto experience sadness and remained afraid of losing their families.Trauma scores continued to be high, indicating that symptoms per-sisted, with somewhat diminished intensity over time. It was con-cluded that the psychological impact of war on children is not overwhen the fighting ceases.