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A man and a woman draped in an Israeli flag watch the release by the Hamas terror group of hostages Ofer Calderon and Yarden Bibas in the Gaza Strip, on a screen at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, on February 1, 2025. (Photo by Jack GUEZ / AFP)
October 11, 2026, 3:20 pm
One in five Israelis ‘still struggling to function’ since Oct. 7 – new study
Study finds women have higher levels of severe impairment in daily functioning due to their mental health, with 32% of women, 18 to 35, reporting significant distress
By Diana Bletter
Children arrive for their first day of school at Gamla School in the northern town of Katzrin, on September 1, 2026. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
October 4, 2026, 11:43 pm
After three years of war, Israeli kids bear the brunt of still-rising mental toll
Clalit Health Services finds psychiatric emergency visits among children and adolescents rose 121.3% last year; PTSD diagnoses across population doubled after October 7 and continue to rise
By Diana Bletter
Illustrative: Rescue teams help shocked residents in a targeted residential neighborhood in the southern city of Ashkelon on May 11, 2021, after rockets were fired by Hamas from the Gaza Strip. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
March 31, 2026, 2:19 pm
Chatbot aims to help rescuers defuse acute anxiety, right after traumatic events
Ben-Gurion University team hopes free trilingual AI application will be adopted widely in Israel, Diaspora, and Arabian Gulf
By Sue Surkes
In this undated photo, Arab women from northern Israel take part in a resilience building activity run by Mashabim. (Mashabim)
March 25, 2026, 8:19 am
Facing violence on all fronts, Arab Israelis are unprecedentedly open to mental health help
After 18 months of expanded activity in Arabic-speaking towns, the Community Stress Prevention Center in northern Israel starts to see stigmas breaking down, uptick in calls
By Sue Surkes
In this undated photograph, a Mashabim therapist works with a young girl. (Mashabim)
March 18, 2026, 9:56 pm
Anxiety symptoms and lack of trust in adults are rising in children as war drags on
Veteran NGO reports marked return of symptoms such as bedwetting, nightmares, apathy and withdrawal in children who had already improved from previous rounds of war after therapy
By Sue Surkes
People look at the damage after a missile fired toward Israel overnight struck the Bedouin town of Zarzir, in northern Israel, March 13, 2026. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
March 18, 2026, 7:36 pm
Arab Israelis experiencing higher distress levels in war than Jews — study
Survey undertaken during current Iran war shows Arabs feel greatest losses in economic stability, social connections, emotional resilience, faith and hope
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative image of a former French soldier at the 'Athos' house - a place that welcomes veterans with traumas - in Toulon, southern France, on May 26, 2021. (Nicolas Tucat / AFP)
April 17, 2024, 10:17 am
As anxiety surges during war, Israeli GenAI platform can ease psychiatrists’ workload
A new cutting-edge platform, developed at Sheba Hospital in the wake of October 7, substantially streamlines intake of patients for mental healthcare
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative image of man looking anxious and depressed. (OcusFocus/iStock)
January 29, 2024, 3:20 pm
New Israeli study uncovers molecular connection between anxiety and testosterone
Ben-Gurion University researchers use cutting-edge genetic sequencing to connect the dots between a protein in the brain, low male hormone levels, and mental condition
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Staff of the new Hofim Center for youth in psychiatric crisis at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv. (Miri Gattenyo/Ichilov Hospital)
August 14, 2023, 5:34 pm
Teen mental health crisis center opens at Ichilov Medical Center
In Tel Aviv, Hofim Center’s short-term, intense therapeutic model aims to address major increase in depression, anxiety, OCD and other disorders seen in Israeli youth post-COVID
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative: People take cover during a rocket warning siren in Sderot, southern Israel, November 12, 2019. (AP Photo/ Tsafrir Abayov)
April 10, 2023, 9:34 am
How to help yourself and others when acute anxiety hits during rocket attacks
As calls for emotional support spike, mental health professionals say it’s normal to be highly stressed when the country is under attack on multiple fronts, as it was in past week
By Renee Ghert-Zand
This Dec. 13, 2011, photo shows workers inside Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
September 18, 2022, 10:36 am
Facebook directly linked to decline in mental health, new study says
While previous research established correlation between social media platform and increased anxiety and depression, study in American Economic Review finds direct causation
By Ash Obel
Illustrative: A young woman sits alone (torwai; iStock by Getty Images)
May 23, 2022, 2:38 am
Report finds 360% increase in violence, anxiety among youth after pandemic’s onset
The Elem welfare organization received 1,682 complaints of sexual violence in 2021, a 230% increase from 2019, pointing to COVID as a catalyst for several such trends
By ToI Staff
Illustrative image: Fatigue, brain fog, and depression are among the symptoms of long COVID. (Ridofranz vis iStock by Getty Images)
March 23, 2022, 5:06 am
Big data shows mental health issues spiked during pandemic among teen girls
Huge Israeli study reveals markedly higher rates of depression, stress, anxiety, eating disorders, and associated medication among girls, though experts say boys impacted as well
By Nathan Jeffay
Illustrative image: a bootle of Prozac (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)
May 18, 2021, 11:55 pm
Israeli study: Food supplement could lower Prozac dosage, reduce side effects
Taken alongside drug, plant-derived substance shown to reduce dose needed to calm mice; researchers hope this could translate to humans
By Nathan Jeffay
Illustrative -- Israeli students wearing face masks return to a school in Yad Mordechai, March 7, 2021. (Flash90)
April 16, 2021, 12:37 pm
Study: 1 in 5 Israeli kids have clinical anxiety symptoms amid pandemic
Research finds ultra-Orthodox children mostly unaffected; majority of kids had difficulties with online classes
By ToI Staff
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