A Teen Refugee's Brain May Be Disrupted More By Poverty Than Past Trauma
A new study of Syrian teen refugees finds the poverty of their current lives may cloud parts of their thinking more than the experience of war.
Alexandra Chen was a trauma specialist working in Lebanon and Jordan when she noticed that a specific group of kids were struggling in schools.
Chen kept getting referrals for refugee students who had fled the war in Syria. They were having trouble focusing and finishing schoolwork. Some had even dropped out of school.
She wondered to what extent the different stressors they faced — exposure to violence in Syria, lack
