Vulnerability factors for disaster-induced child post-traumatic stress disorder: The case for low family resilience and previous mental illness

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 384-389

  McDermott, Brett M ^a,b   Cobham, Vanessa E ^a,b   Berry, Helen ^c   Stallman, Helen M ^d  

^a Mater Centre for Service Research in Mental Health   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c The Australian National University   (Australia)

^d QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Family resilience; Post traumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NATURAL DISASTER; PARENT; PERCEPTION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY SCHOOL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SYMPTOM; THREAT; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DISASTERS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEW ZEALAND; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTORS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 77949907281     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048670903489916     Document Type: Article

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