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Two years after Oct. 7, Nova Festival survivors face a mental health emergency

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Two years after the attack on the Nova Festival, survivors are grappling with a deepening mental health crisis. Clinicians are seeing a surge in requests for psychological support, and a recent study has found that more than half of survivors meet the criteria for severe post-traumatic stress disorder. As the immediate threat of war recedes, many survivors report that the psychological aftermath is intensifying, with previously suppressed trauma now coming to the surface. Experts caution that this period may be the most dangerous yet for those affected, as the protective effects of initial coping mechanisms begin to fade.

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