Prevalence of mental health problems in adolescent schoolchildren in Galle district, Sri Lanka: Eight months after Tsunami

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 588-600

  Agampodi, Thilini Chanchala ^a   Agampodi, Suneth Buddhika ^a   Fonseka, Pushpa ^b  

^a RAJARATA UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SRI JAYEWARDENEPURA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

adolescents; mental health problems; post tsunami; Sri Lanka; Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; RISK; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SRI LANKA; TSUNAMI;

ADOLESCENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SRI LANKA; TSUNAMIS;

EID: 79960497285     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539509349866     Document Type: Article

References (43)

1. State of World Population 2005, The Promise of Equality Gender Equity, Reproductive Health and the Millennium Development Goals. New York, NY: UNFPA ; 2005 :
2. Investing When It Counts. Generating the Evidence Base for Policies and Programmes for Very Young Adolescents, Guide and Tool Kit. New York, NY: UNFPA ; 2006 :
3. Kleinert S. Adolescent health: an opportunity not to be missed. Lancet. 2007 ; 369: 1057-1058 (Pubitemid 46483641)
4. Izutsu T, Tsutsumi A, Sato T, Naqibullah Z, Wakai S, Kurita H. Nutritional and mental health status of Afghan refugee children in Peshawar, Pakistan: a descriptive study. Asia Pac J Public Health. 2005 ; 17: 93-98 (Pubitemid 41768065)
5. Barker P Basic Child Psychiatry. 6 th ed. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Science ; 1993 :
6. Hackett R, Hackett L. Child psychiatry across cultures. Int Rev Psychiatry. 1999 ; 11: 225-235 (Pubitemid 29358637)
7. Patel V, Flisher AJ, Hetrick S, McGorry P. Mental health of young people: a global public-health challenge. Lancet. 2007 ; 369: 1302-1313 (Pubitemid 46552025)
8. Patton GC, Viner R. Pubertal transitions in health. Lancet. 2007 ; 369: 1130-1139 (Pubitemid 46483639)
9. Child and Adolescents Mental Health Policies and Plans. Geneva: Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health Cluster, WHO ; 2005 :
10. Norris FH, Friedman MJ, Watson PJ, Byrne CM, Diaz E, Kaniasty K. 60,000 disaster victims speak: part I. An empirical review of the empirical literature, 1981-2001. Psychiatry. 2002 ; 65: 207-239 (Pubitemid 35191281)
11. Azarian AG, Skriptchenko-Gregorian V Children in Natural Disasters. Commack, NY: American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress ; 1999 :
12. Garrison CZ, Bryant ES, Addy CL, Spurrier PG, Freedy JR, Kilpatrick DG. Posttraumatic stress disorder in adolescents after Hurricane Andrew. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 1995 ; 34: 1193-1201
13. Vernberg EM, Silverman WK, La Greca AM, Prinstein MJ. Prediction of posttraumatic stress symptoms in children after Hurricane Andrew. J Abnorm Psychol. 1996 ; 105: 237-248 (Pubitemid 26134148)
14. La Greca A, Silverman WK, Vernberg EM, Prinstein MJ. Symptoms of posttraumatic stress in children after Hurricane Andrew: a prospective study. J Consult Clin Psychol. 1996 ; 64: 712-723 (Pubitemid 26274533)
15. Shaw JA, Applegate B, Schorr C. Twenty-one-month follow-up study of school-age children exposed to Hurricane Andrew. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 1996 ; 35: 359-364 (Pubitemid 26072294)
16. Norris FH, Friedman MJ, Watson PJ. 60,000 disaster victims speak: part II. Summary and implications of the disaster mental health research. Psychiatry. 2002 ; 65: 240-260 (Pubitemid 35191282)
17. Sri Lanka Tsunami Response, Six Months and Beyond. Colombo, Sri Lanka: World Health Organization ; 2005 :
18. Sri Lanka Post Tsunami Recovery Programme 2005, Preliminary Damage and Needs Assessment. Colombo, Sri Lanka: Asian Development Bank/Japan Bank for International Cooperation/World Bank ; 2005 :
19. Neuner F, Schauer E, Catani C, Ruf M, Elbert T. Post-tsunami stress: a study of posttraumatic stress disorder in children living in three severely affected regions in Sri Lanka. J Trauma Stress. 2006 ; 19: 339-347 (Pubitemid 46422037)
20. Wickrama KA, Kaspar V. Family context of mental health risk in tsunami-exposed adolescents: findings from a pilot study in Sri Lanka. Soc Sci Med. 2007 ; 64: 713-723 (Pubitemid 44969322)
21. Wickrama KA. Family context of mental health risk in tsunami affected mothers: findings from a pilot study in Sri Lanka. Soc Sci Med. 2008 ; 66: 994-1007 (Pubitemid 351187829)
22. Catani C, Jacob N, Schauer E, Kohila M, Neuner F. Family violence, war, and natural disasters: a study of the effect of extreme stress on children's mental health in Sri Lanka. BMC Psychiatry. 2008 ; 8: 33
23. Ranasinghe PD, Levy BR. Prevalence of and sex disparities in posttraumatic stress disorder in an internally displaced Sri Lankan population 6 months after the 2004 tsunami. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2007 ; 1: 34-41
24. de Mel S, McKenzie D, Woodruff C. Mental health recovery and economic recovery after the tsunami: high-frequency longitudinal evidence from Sri Lankan small business owners. Soc Sci Med. 2008 ; 66: 582-595 (Pubitemid 350266959)
25. Mahoney J, Chandra V, Gambheera H, De Silva T, Suveendran T. Responding to the mental health and psychosocial needs of the people of Sri Lanka in disasters. Int Rev Psychiatry. 2006 ; 18: 593-597 (Pubitemid 44950949)
26. Smith DW, Christiansen EH, Vincent R, Hann NE. Population effects of the bombing of Oklahoma City. J Okla State Med Assoc. 1999 ; 92: 193-198
27. Lwanga SK, Lemeshow S Sample Size Determination in Health Studies. A Practical Manual. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization ; 1991 :
28. Perera H. Mental health of adolescent school children in Sri Lanka: a national survey. Sri Lanka J Child Health. 2004 ; 33: 78-81
29. Goodman R. The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire: a research note. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 1997 ; 38: 581-586 (Pubitemid 27341892)
30. Goodman R, Scott S. Comparing the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire and the Child Behavior Checklist: is small beautiful?. J Abnorm Child Psychol. 1999 ; 27: 17-24 (Pubitemid 29144689)
31. Obel C, Heiervang E, Alina Rodriguez A, et al. The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire in the Nordic countries. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2004 ; 13 (suppl 2). II32 - II39
32. McDermott BM, Lee EM, Judd M, Gibbon P. Posttraumatic stress disorder and general psychopathology in children and adolescents following a wildfire disaster. Can J Psychiatry. 2005 ; 50: 137-143 (Pubitemid 40515967)
33. Agampodi TC Mental health problems of school children aged 14-16 years in Galle district, eight months after tsunami. Colombo, Sri Lanka: Community Medicine, University of Colombo ; 2005 :
34. Armen KG, Alan MS, Louis MN, Lynn AF, Madeline T, Robert SP. Prospective study of posttraumatic stress, anxiety, and depressive reactions after earthquake and political violence. Am J Psychiatry. 2000 ; 157: 911-916
35. Kar N, Mohapatra PK, Nayak KC, Pattanaik P, Swain SP, Kar HC. Post-traumatic stress disorder in children and adolescents one year after a super-cyclone in Orissa, India: exploring cross-cultural validity and vulnerability factors. BMC Psychiatry. 2007 ; 7: 8
36. Vogel JM, Vernberg EM. Psychological responses of children to natural and human-made disasters: I. Children's psychological responses to disasters. J Clin Child Psychol. 1993 ; 22: 464-484
37. Groome D, Soureti A. Post traumatic stress disorder and anxiety symptoms in children exposed to 1999 Greek earthquake. Br J Psychiatry. 1999 ; 95 (pt 3). 387-397
38. March JS, Amaya-Jackson L, Terry R, Costanzo P. Posttraumatic symptomatology in children and adolescents after an industrial fire. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 1997 ; 36: 1080-1088 (Pubitemid 27337658)
39. Pynoos RS, Nader K Preventing Mental Health Disturbances in Childhood. Goldston S Yaker J Heinicke C Pynoos RS, ed. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press ; 1990: 211-234.
40. Senanayake MP, Fernando AD Children Affected by Disaster: Post Tsunami Pediatric Perspective. 1 st ed. Colombo, Sri Lanka: Childhealth Advocacy International ; 2005 :
41. Rigby K, Slee PT, Martin G. Implications of inadequate parental bonding and peer victimization for adolescent mental health. J Adolesc. 2007 ; 30: 801-812 (Pubitemid 47371884)
42. Shochet IM, Dadds MR, Ham D, Montague R. School connectedness is an underemphasized parameter in adolescent mental health: results of a community prediction study. J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 2006 ; 35: 170-179 (Pubitemid 43723173)
43. Dhuria M, Sharma N, Taneja DK, Kumar R, Ingle GK. Assessment of mental health status of senior secondary school children in Delhi. Asia Pac J Public Health. 2009 ; 21: 19-25