[HIGHLIGHTS] The director of the children's psychiatry clinic in Sheba: "I'm in a panic. This is just the beginning of the beginning of the trauma wave"

Half a year into the "Iron Swords" war, the mental health of a high percentage of Israelis has been getting worse. Dr.

Shlomit Zafarir, director of Israel's largest psychiatric clinic for children and adolescents, admits: the worst is yet to come. Even doctors who were not experts in working on trauma issues, have become experts in the field out of necessity, but according to her this is a drop in the ocean. "Aggravation in behavior, depression, social situation, distance, all of these are initial symptoms of trauma," says Dr. Tzafrir. "I am now in a panic. It is clear to me that we are at the Beginning of the beginning of the trauma wave," she says. "We are short of personnel, we are under increasing load along with crazy attrition of the teams, and if we continue in the same direction, the situation will not get better," she adds. "In my opinion,we are in a serious national problem," says Tzfrir.