Psychosocial Effects of Disaster in Children and Adolescents: Significance and Management

• 2013

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• Sara Jones; Cheryl Schmidt
PMID: 23659810DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cnur.2013.01.005

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This article is about how disasters affect the mental and social health of children and teens. It describes ways to help protect them from long-term problems. The article uses information from a 2010 report on children and disasters to give advice for healthcare workers. It also lists similar studies that explore children's needs after big disasters, stress disorders in kids after events like tsunamis, and how community volunteers' mental health is affected by their work during such times. The goal is to understand better ways to support young people during these challenging situations.

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

Audiences: Behavioral Health Professionals; Nurses; Physicians; Public Health Professionals

Emergency Management Stages: Response; Recovery

Collection: Disaster Research Literature Review

Keywords: Disaster Planning; Mental Health Services; Red Cross; Risk Factors; Social Support; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic; United States; Adaptation, Psychological; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

Institutions: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

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