Citation

Pfefferbaum B, North CS. Curr. Psychiatry Rep. 2016; 18(1): e5.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 6363 Forest Park Road, Dallas, TX, 75390-8828, USA. Carol.North@utsouthwestern.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s11920-015-0647-0

PMID

26719308

Abstract

Several decades of research have informed our knowledge of children's reactions to disasters and the factors that influence their reactions. This article describes the system of care for child disaster mental health services using population risk to determine needed services and a stepped care approach built on assessment and monitoring to advance children to appropriate services. To assess the evidence base for disaster interventions, recent reviews of numerous child disaster mental health interventions are summarized.

Language: en