10.17192/meta.2018.11.7803 Brykalski, Tory Tory Brykalski Rayes, Diana Diana Rayes "It's a power, not a disease": Syrian Youth Respond to Human Devastation Syndrome Middle East - Topics + Arguments : Vol 11 (2018) Philipps-Universität Marburg 2018 ethnography Syrian children Syrian refugees Lebanon mental health Human Devastation Syndrome Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies (CNMS) 2018-11-14 2018-11-13 en JournalArticle https://journals.uni-marburg.de/0003/2018/229/7803 urn:nbn:de:hebis:04-0003-2018-229-78037 https://journals.uni-marburg.de/0003/2018/229/7803/7803.png 2196-629X application/pdf https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 While it is well acknowledged that the effects of war and exile are devastating for Syrian youth, there has been less focus on how they interpret their experience of war and displacement. Integrating anthropological and global health perspectives, we invite two Syrian youth, Karim and Khadijah, to speak to larger theoretical questions about humanitarianism. We describe the creation of a new diagnostic term, “Human Devastation Syndrome” (HDS) by the Syrian American Medical Society. Used describe the effects of war and displacement on Syrian youth, HDS provides a lens through which Karim and Khadija introduce their own theories of devastation. 2196-629X Middle East - Topics + Arguments Vol 11 (2018)