The Director-General's comments were in response to the research study conducted jointly by New York University and Bahcesehir University which revealed high level of post-traumatic stress and severe depression amongst the children in the refugee camps.

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The report cites numerous commonly-used herbs with potential toxic effects, including Belladonna (which can cause respiratory depression) and Pokeroot (which may be fatal in children).

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No one wants to see again the endless breadlines and starving children that we saw in the Great Depression.

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And recent studies show that children with serious depression often receive significant long-term benefits in their lives from being treated with medicines.

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But even in this condition, children are about twice as likely to develop depression instead of bipolar disorder.

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In retrospect, Loo believes she experienced postpartum depression with each of her three children, but the most intense feelings of losing control came with her youngest.

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We were led by better people, many of them children of the Depression or veterans of World War II or people who had exhibited steady hands in the Cold War.

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Studies have shown that such disconnectedness leads not only to anxiety, depression, and underachievement but also to substance abuse, disruptive behavior, and a host of medical problems in both children and adults.

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