The effect of trauma on Palestinian children and mothers mental health in the Gaza Strip Abdel Aziz M Thabet, Yehia Abed, Panos Vostanis *Abdel Aziz Mousa Thabet Assistant Professor of Psychiatry School of Public Health, Al-Quds University, Gaza Strip, Palestine Director of Child and Family Counseling and Training Center P.O Box 5314, Gaza- Tel 972 8 2878166, Fax 972 8 2878177 Email: abdelazizt@hotmail.com , Yehia Abed Associate Professor of Public Health Dean of School of Public Health, Al Quds University, Palestine Chairman of Gaza Health Services Research Center School of Public Health, Al-Quds University, Gaza Strip, Palestine Gaza - Tel 972 8 2878166, Fax 972 8 2878177 Email: ghsrc@palnet.com Professor Panos Vostanis Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry University of Leicester, Greenwood Institute of Child Health, Westcotes House, Westcotes Road, Leicester LE3 OQU, Fax: 44-116-2252881 Email: pv11@leicester.ac.uk