The Department of Psychological Counseling and Educational Guidance at the College of Education for Human Sciences - University of Basra - organized a panel discussion on the concept of psychological hardship and methods of dealing with it.
The episode aims to clarify the meaning of the concept of psychological hardship, its definition, the theoretical opinions of its researchers, what its effects are on the individual’s personal, psychological and social life and how to deal with it.
The episode presented by Dr. Tahani Anwar Ismail included defining the concept of psychological hardship and its relation to mental health, and its most important physical and psychological causes or triggers, whether the individual himself, such as personal thoughts and perceptions, or in the social framework that surrounds him, such as negative events and situations, which can take social, economic, or physical forms. .
In addition to discussing its types and the most important methods used in the field of psychological counseling to deal with and live with psychological hardship.

