The majority of young children lose their temper or become frustrated when they don’t get what they want. Also, children can have an angry or irritable mood, or hit other children. These behaviors are part of their typical development and it has been found that children who do not initiate physical aggression before the age of 3 are extremely rare (Tremblay, 2010). Developmental studies have shown that aggressive behavior in children peaks between 2 and 3 years of age and that boys show this behavior more frequently than girls (Alink et al., 2006).

1. Introduction and support from the European Commission
According to the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other
Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the term «torture»
is any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is
intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a
third person information or a confession, punishing him for an act he or a third
person has committed or is suspected of having committed, or intimidating or

Mental health and psychosocial support activities are increasingly becoming a core component of humanitarian response and support for displaced persons in emergencies. However, recognition of the mental health and psychosocial impacts of conflict, disaster and displacement is relatively new within the sphere of humanitarian assistance. This paper, therefore, describes and expands on findings from a review of the UN Refugee Agency's engagement with mental health and psychosocial support for refugees.

The ongoing conflict in Syria has provoked mass exodus on an unprecedented scale, with over four million Syrian refugees now registered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Most of these refugees fled across the borders to Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Iraq and Turkey, where the vast majority of Syrian refugees now live outside of the camps, their priorities and coping mechanisms shifting due to their protracted displacement.