Universal Preventive Interventions for Children in the Context of Disasters and Terrorism

Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 363-382

  Pfefferbaum, Betty ^a   Varma, Vandana ^a   Nitiéma, Pascal ^a   Newman, Elana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children and adolescents; Disaster; Disaster interventions; Disaster mental health services; Preparedness; Screening; Terrorism; Universal interventions

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISASTER; EMOTION; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SCHOOL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERRORISM; ADOLESCENT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DISASTER MEDICINE; MENTAL STRESS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; DISASTER MEDICINE; DISASTERS; HUMANS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PREVENTIVE PSYCHIATRY; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TERRORISM;

EID: 84896548375     PISSN: 10564993     EISSN: 15580490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chc.2013.12.006     Document Type: Review

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