Background: The 7 October 2023 attack in southern Israel was one of the deadliest terror attacks in modern history, with 1,182 fatalities, more than 4,000 wounded individuals, and 251 hostages. The Nova music festival, an all-night outdoor rave near the Gaza border, suffered the highest number of civilian casualties, with more than 370 festival attendees killed. Survivors were exposed to...
Traumatic events play a causal role in the etiology of stress-related psychopathologies such as depression and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Recent research highlighted the therapeutic potential of psychoactive substances in alleviating trauma symptoms among chronic stress-related patients. This study is the first to investigate the impact of psychoactive substances consumed during...