{
  "id": 5236021,
  "title": "Conflict Trauma: Eight in 10 Displaced Nigerian Children Suffering PTSD, Says FG",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/conflict-trauma-eight-in-10-displaced-nigerian-children-suffering",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-03T03:28:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Day",
    "slug": "this-day",
    "url": "https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/09/03/conflict-trauma-eight-in-10-displaced-nigerian-children-suffering-ptsd-says-fg/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The federal government of Nigeria has issued a stark warning about the mental-health crisis among children displaced by conflict, revealing that nearly eight in ten affected children suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), while more than four in five battle depression. According to Dr Bernard Doro, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, this crisis is not only a humanitarian concern but also a threat to Nigeria’s education system, public health, and national security if the psychological wounds of childhood displacement are left untreated. He emphasized that humanitarian interventions should now focus on mental health as well, stating that \"a child who has been fed, but not healed in mind, has not truly been rescued.\"",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}