ABSTRACT
This chapter presents an integrative summary of these major themes, including psychological sequelae of political traumas; prevention and intervention considerations; institutional injustice; social support mediators; sociopolitical mediators; social policy; and research implications. With the recognition of the psychological damage and the associated stressors that follow political traumas among Palestinjans, there should be a growing concern among mental health professionals to prevent or minimize posttraumatic morbidity. The socioeconomic and political conditions in the West Bank and Gaza Strip have influenced the notion of social categories and defined the essential properties that maintain their mutual exclusivity. An important class of mediators of psychological responses to political traumas relates to the sociopolitical context of the affected family members. The rights and needs of victims of political violence may present a special problem for public policy as it relates to conflict over the nature of the problems confronting Palestinian society and the priority of needs.
