Coping and Post-Traumatic Stress in Children and Adolescents after an Acute Onset Disaster: A Systematic Review

• 2021

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• Tara Powell; Kate Wegmann; Emily Backode
PMID: 34063567DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390%2Fijerph18094865

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This review article examines how children and teens cope with stress after sudden disasters like earthquakes or hurricanes. It describes that many young people face mental health challenges, such as PTSD, due to these events. The way they cope can affect their recovery. Some coping methods, like avoiding problems or blaming others, lead to more stress symptoms. Positive strategies like problem-solving help reduce stress. The review highlights the need for better tools to measure coping in kids and suggests improving research methods to support their mental health after disasters.

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Focus Areas: CBRNE; Mental Health; Natural Disasters; Severe Weather; Trauma; Violence

Audiences: Behavioral Health Professionals; Physicians

Emergency Management Stages: Response; Recovery

Bundles: Disaster Research Literature Review

Keywords: Child; Disasters; Earthquakes; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic; Adolescent; Cyclonic Storms; Adaptation, Psychological

Institutions: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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