While the millions of those affected by the devastating earthquake and its continuous aftershocks in Turkey and Syria, who lost their families, loved ones and property, are still trying to shed their tears and treat the misfortunes and tragedies that befell them, and overcome the painful experience they went through, until two new earthquakes occurred, Monday, in many regions. Originally affected by the first earthquake that occurred on February 6th.
In Syria, deaths, hundreds of injuries, and critical cases have been reported as a result of panic, stampede, jumping from balconies and buildings, psychological breakdowns, and nervous shocks, in a number of governorates such as Aleppo, Tartous, and Latakia.
The death of a child
Where a 12-year-old girl died, in the city of Safita, as a result of a violent nervous shock, due to fear at the moment of the earthquake.
In the details, the head of the forensic medicine clinic in the coastal city of Tartous, Dr. Ali Saif al-Din Bilal, revealed that “the death of the child Nour Dawood in Safita due to a nervous shock that led to her heart stopping as a result of fear of the tremor, and the injury of many citizens with bruises and fractures as a result of their fall while leaving their homes in the midst of fear.” panic, and take them to hospitals for treatment.”
Elderly death
In the city of Hama, the Syrian News Agency, quoting the Hama National Hospital, revealed the death of “an elderly woman who died of a sudden heart attack caused by extreme panic and fear, as a result of the aftershock that hit the country.”
Therapists and psychologists warn of the consequences of negligence in providing psychiatric care to the survivors and affected residents of the affected areas, especially the most vulnerable groups such as children and the elderly.
They warn of the danger of the spread of feelings of fear, negativity and anxiety, and their control over people in light of such disasters and crises, where a nervous breakdown and acute psychological trauma may lead to the life of the injured, according to them.
Psychiatric opinion
Psychiatrist Husam al-Dareer, who resides in the city of Aleppo, the center of one of the most affected Syrian governorates, said in an interview with Sky News Arabia:
Unfortunately, due to the continuing psychological repercussions among people as a result of the first earthquake, deaths and health emergencies such as premature births occurred in a number of Syrian regions, as a result of the new earthquake that occurred on Monday. Feel constant shaking and other symptoms that vary in severity depending on the condition of each person.
The need for psychological treatment
Therefore, psychological treatments are necessary for the injured and affected, old and young, but for children, double health and psychological care must be provided to them, as they are more affected to the extent that some children embody the tragic earthquake event in their imaginary games, in addition to their exposure to nightmares, sleep disorders and tyranny. Memories of the event on them, and some cases may develop into dissociative reactions such as complete loss of awareness of the surroundings, and the feeling of repetition of the traumatic event.
People are afraid now doubly more than the first time, due to the tragedies and disasters they witnessed during the two weeks following the first earthquake, the rescue operations and the removal of rubble and the sad and painful stories that interspersed them, and so even the recipients in areas far from the afflicted areas are now living in that tragic situation, and here they lost Social networks had a negative role in showing painful scenes and stories that negatively affected people’s mental health, although they also contributed to promoting a state of solidarity and sharing pain.
Neurological shock and death
The sympathetic nervous system in the human body reacts at moments of danger, where shortness of breath, trembling hands, heart palpitations, tinnitus, general discomfort, and other signs occur, which are transformative symptoms resulting from the transformation of symptoms of psychological disorder into physical ones. In severe cases of shock and fear, the nerve may alert The vague force stops the heart, and this is what happened with this child, and in general, the elderly and children are the most exposed to such heartbreaking cases.
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