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Last week’s looting and violence, which rocked KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, could cause a spike in post-traumatic stress disorder cases among children and adolescents (Photo by MARCO LONGARI / AFP)
ANUSHA LACHMA

Riots and looting could cause PTSD among children

The South African Society of Psychiatrists has warned that children and adolescents are vulnerable to post-traumatic stress disorder

  • Charma du Plessis
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