Psychological Effects
Many survivors experienced long lasting emotional pain after the Holocaust
What is Trauma?
Many prisoners suffered from extreme lack of food in camps
What is Starvation?
What is the definition of CPTSD?
What is Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder?
This condition includes, flashbacks, nightmares, and severe anxiety
What is PTSD?
This physical condition caused weakness and rapid weight loss due to poor nutrition
What is Malnutrition?
What is Epigenetics?
What is how your behaviors and environment can cause changes that effect how your genes work?
A feeling many survivors had for living while others died
What is survivors guilt?
Crowded camps and poor hygiene led to the spread of these
What are Diseases?
What is Osteoporosis?
What is a bone disease that makes bones weak and brittle?
Forced labor caused long term damage to this part of the body
What are muscles, joints, and bones?
What is GAD?
What is general anxiety disorder?
This effect influenced not only survivors but also their children
What is intergenerational trauma?
What percent of females have higher mortality rate?
What is 15%?
What is Insomnia?
What is a sleep disorder making it hard to fall and stay asleep