Holocaust survivors mental health has succeeded in addressing multiple mental health and coping issues faced by aging holocaust survivors and how they interact with others case studies that are. Holocaust survivors had poorer psychological well being more post traumatic stress symptoms and more psychopathological symptoms there were no significant differences in cognitive functioning or physical health. His purpose in writing this book is to pull together chapters written by mental health professionals working with this population aging holocaust survivors in israel and the united states a it would be a mistake to think that simply because the oven fires have long been extinguished and their grisly remains have been interred the aftermath of the holocaust is still not an active . Ask at the reference desk to see the subject file labeled holocaust survivors mental health containing newspaper and periodical articles subject headings to search library catalogs or other electronic search tools for materials on psychological trauma and the holocaust use the following library of congress subject headings to retrieve the most relevant citations children of . Overall 213 of the survivor group reported that they had consulted a health professional or a traditional agent for a mental problem sometime in their life a similar rate 215 was found in the comparison group controlling for age religious observance education and lifetime anxiety and mood disorders combined or 11 95 ci 06 22 in addition 181 of the survivor group and