{"id":326859,"date":"2026-03-17T18:00:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T18:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-ive-learned-about-ptsd-in-children-from-war-zones-the-global-story\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T18:00:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T18:00:19","slug":"what-ive-learned-about-ptsd-in-children-from-war-zones-the-global-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-ive-learned-about-ptsd-in-children-from-war-zones-the-global-story\/","title":{"rendered":"What I\u2019ve learned about PTSD in children from war zones | The Global Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/IuVWC_xNhMU\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"What I\u2019ve learned about PTSD in children from war zones | The Global Story\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IuVWC_xNhMU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Unicef reports that 1,100 children have been either injured or killed in the Middle East since the war broke out between Iran, the United States and Israel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fergal Keane has reported for the BBC from some of the world\u2019s most brutal conflicts \u2013 in Gaza, Iraq, Rwanda, Sudan, Ukraine and beyond \u2013 and in that time interviewed scores of children who are the innocent victims of adult wars.<\/p>\n<p>As he came to understand the impacts of trauma on young minds, Keane began too to experience his own mental breakdowns \u2013 the result of a troubled childhood and a career spent running towards danger \u2013 and was eventually diagnosed with PTSD.<\/p>\n<p>In today\u2019s episode, he reflects on what he has learned from his own experiences and reporting about how childhood traumas can be treated, and the hope for those living through today\u2019s wars.<\/p>\n<p>New episodes of The Global Story are released daily. If you\u2019re in the UK, listen on BBC Sounds. If you live outside the UK, listen on BBC.com or wherever you get your podcasts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>LINK: https:\/\/app.magellan.ai\/listen_links\/the-global-story-ytl<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our channel here: https:\/\/bbc.in\/bbcnews<\/p>\n<p>For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>#BBCNews #iran #iranwar #gaza\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chapters:<br \/>\n00:00 How does living through war affect children?<br \/>\n01:30 Children and the trauma of the war in Gaza<br \/>\n03:48 Fergal&#8217;s childhood trauma\u00a0<br \/>\n06:00 Fergal&#8217;s &quot;Letter to Daniel&quot;<br \/>\n09:13 The war in Rwanda and Valentina&#8217;s story<br \/>\n12:08 Valentina&#8217;s trauma from the Rwandan genocide\u00a0<br \/>\n13:33 Fergal&#8217;s diagnosis with PTSD\u00a0<br \/>\n17:49 What is the scale of the crisis for children around the world?<br \/>\n20:10 How is the Iran war affecting children?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unicef reports that 1,100 children have been either injured or killed in the Middle East since the war broke out between Iran, the United States and Israel.\u00a0 Fergal Keane has reported for the BBC from some of the world\u2019s most brutal conflicts \u2013 in Gaza, Iraq, Rwanda, Sudan, Ukraine and beyond \u2013 and in that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":326860,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128810],"tags":[129042,129251,136915],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-326859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bbc-news","tag-reports","tag-that","tag-unicef"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What I\u2019ve learned about PTSD in children from war zones | The Global Story | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch What I\u2019ve learned about PTSD in children from war zones | The Global Story for free, here on News ISC. 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