Child Disaster Mental Health Services: a Review of the System of Care, Assessment Approaches, and Evidence Base for Intervention

• 2016

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• Betty Pfefferbaum; Carol North
PMID: 26719308DOI: 10.1007/s11920-015-0647-0

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The article discusses children's reactions to disasters and the factors influencing them, emphasizing the system of care for child disaster mental health services. It highlights using population risk to identify necessary services and a stepped care approach for assessing and monitoring children to match them with suitable services. The article also provides a summary of recent reviews on various child disaster mental health interventions to assess the evidence base for these interventions.

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Focus Areas: Everyday Emergency; Mental Health

Audience: Behavioral Health Professionals

Emergency Management Stage: Response

Bundles: Disaster Research Literature Review

Keywords: Child; Child Health Services; Disaster Planning; Disasters; Mental Health Services; Needs Assessment; Disaster Medicine; Psychological Trauma

Institutions: University of Oklahoma; University of Texas Southwestern; The Altshuler Center for Education and Research

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