The Psychological Perspective of Silent Victims: Impacts on Terrorism and Security in The Modern Era

Abstract

The psychological effects of terrorism on children in Middle East war torn countries, making them the unseen casualties of the contemporary security dilemmas. It identifies that terrorism is psychological warfare that extends the destruction of the victims into the long term instability of the society. Through qualitative methodology, the study explores trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and interrupted development in children in Gaza, Yemen, Syria and Iraq. The study also concludes that psychosocial interventions have significant gaps and the involvement of child-based mental health interventions to counterterrorism and humanitarian policies should be incorporated. Findings indicate that the next generations need resilience-building measures to safeguard them.