Abstract
Recent attack on the Army Public School in Peshawar, Pakistan, is perhaps one the worst act of terrorism committed involving children and adolescent. There have been numerous acts of school shootings reported from Western and American schools but these have generally been acts of individuals [1]. Although this trauma is unique in many aspects, the region in which this school is located has borne the brunt of trauma and terror suffering for almost three decades now. Many school buildings have been destroyed in the region. A complex interplay of social, political and religious values, and witnessing violence as an everyday phenomenon already had an impact on the mental health of the population in general, and women and children in particular [2-4].
Highlights
Recent attack on the Army Public School in Peshawar, Pakistan, is perhaps one the worst act of terrorism committed involving children and adolescent
The mental health professionals are faced with a number of challenges in these situations
The psychological therapies used in these studies were cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), exposure-based, psychodynamic, narrative, supportive counselling, and eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR)
Summary
Recent attack on the Army Public School in Peshawar, Pakistan, is perhaps one the worst act of terrorism committed involving children and adolescent. Almost all of this psychiatric morbidity either goes undetected and untreated. If sufficient attention is not paid to the application of evidence based interventions in the field and learning from the practice in real World,, the entire process may become merely a theoretical exercise
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