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13 - Child Mental Health in the Aftermath of Disaster:

A Review of PTSD Studies

from Part Four - Special Groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2010

By
Christina W. Hoven ,
Cristiane S. Duarte ,
J. Blake Turner  and
Donald J. Mandell
Edited by
Yuval Neria ,
Sandro Galea  and
Fran H. Norris
Yuval Neria
Affiliation:
Columbia University, New York
Sandro Galea
Affiliation:
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Fran H. Norris
Affiliation:
Dartmouth Medical School, New Hampshire
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Summary

This chapter deals with disaster mental health research in children, and systematically examines the extant literature, focusing on methodological issues. Children represent the ideal age group to study in order to gain insight into the etiology of psychopathology in the aftermath of disaster. Any postdisaster child assessment should necessarily involve a two-step process, including a detailed characterization of the child's exposure and the possible related reactions. The chapter proposes a three-category disaster typology based on the distribution of different types of disaster exposures. The chapter focuses on reports of reactions related to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in children after mass traumatic events, with studies being reviewed within the context of the proposed typology. Psychiatric disorders observed in children after large-scale traumatic events include a range of disorders, with PTSD and depression being the most commonly assessed.
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Mental Health and Disasters , pp. 218 - 232
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2009

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