Posttraumatic stress symptoms in children after Hurricane Katrina: predicting the need for mental health services
| Autor: | Joy D. Osofsky, Tonya Cross Hansel, Mindy E. Kronenberg, Adrianne Brennan, Howard J. Osofsky |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Mental Health Services medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Poison control Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health Disasters Stress Disorders Post-Traumatic Young Adult Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Predictive Value of Tests Injury prevention Developmental and Educational Psychology medicine Humans Psychiatry Child business.industry Cyclonic Storms Public health Traumatic stress medicine.disease Louisiana Mental health Psychiatry and Mental health Female Psychology (miscellaneous) business Anxiety disorder Needs Assessment |
| Zdroj: | The American journal of orthopsychiatry. 79(2) |
| ISSN: | 0002-9432 |
| Popis: | The purpose of this study was to examine factors related to the development of posttraumatic stress symptoms in children and adolescents after Hurricane Katrina. It was hypothesized that a positive correlation would exist between trauma exposure variables and symptoms indicating need for mental health services experienced 2 years after Hurricane Katrina. Specifically, the authors hypothesized that experiences associated with natural disaster including personal loss, separation from family and/or community, and lack of community support as well as previous loss or trauma would be related to increased symptomatology in both children and adolescents. This study included 7,258 children and adolescents from heavily affected Louisiana parishes. Measures included the Hurricane Assessment and Referral Tool for Children and Adolescents developed by the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN, 2005). Results were generally supportive of our hypotheses, and specific exposure and demographic variables were found to be strongly related to posttraumatic stress symptoms in children and adolescents. |
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