(Health Day) Amanda Gardner - Although Israelis are deeply affected by terrorist acts that occur in their daily life, the psychological impact "may be considered moderate." The relatively muted psychiatric response may be related to a "habituation" process and to the wide use of coping mechanisms, say the authors of a survey appearing in the Aug. 6 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Said Marc Gelkopf, co-author of the study, "We knew that people would be stressed but we did not know that people would not be sick, that 19 months of extreme stress did not bring people to the brink." A high proportion of respondents reported feeling optimistic about their personal future (82%) and Israel's future (66%).
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