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Symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder after ritual female genital surgery among bedouin in Israel: myth or reality?

Prim Care Companion J Clin Psychiatry. 2008;10(6):453-6. Symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder after ritual female genital surgery among bedouin in Israel: myth or reality? Applebaum J, Cohen H, Matar M, Abu Rabia Y, Kaplan Z. Ministry of Health, Mental Health Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel. juliaa@bgu.ac.il ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE:Continue reading “Symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder after ritual female genital surgery among bedouin in Israel: myth or reality?”

Successful Cultural Change: the Example of Female Circumcision among Israeli Bedouins and Israeli Jews from Ethiopia.

Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci. 2012;49(3):178-83. Successful Cultural Change: the Example of Female Circumcision among Israeli Bedouins and Israeli Jews from Ethiopia. Bellmaker RH. Beersheva Mental Health Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheva, Israel. ABSTRACT Female genital mutilation (FGM) is practiced in many areas of the world, including the Middle East, Africa and Australia.Continue reading “Successful Cultural Change: the Example of Female Circumcision among Israeli Bedouins and Israeli Jews from Ethiopia.”

Attitudes toward and perceived psychosocial impact of female circumcision as practiced among the Bedouin-Arabs of the Negev.

Fam Process. 1999 Winter;38(4):431-43. Attitudes toward and perceived psychosocial impact of female circumcision as practiced among the Bedouin-Arabs of the Negev. al-Krenawi A, Wiesel-Lev R. Department of Social Work, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel. alean@bgumail.bgu.ac.il ABSTRACT The present pilot study examines attitudes toward and the perceived psychosocial impact of circumcision as practiced amongContinue reading “Attitudes toward and perceived psychosocial impact of female circumcision as practiced among the Bedouin-Arabs of the Negev.”

Disappearance of female genital mutilation from the bedouin population of Southern Israel.

J Sex Med 2009;6:70–73. Disappearance of female genital mutilation from the bedouin population of Southern Israel. Halila S, Belmaker RH, Rabia YA, Froimovici M, and Applebaum J. ABSTRACT Introduction. Recently, clinicians in Southern Israel perceived that the practice of female genital mutilation had disappeared entirely in the Bedouin population. We previously studied the prevalence of thisContinue reading “Disappearance of female genital mutilation from the bedouin population of Southern Israel.”