TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Natural course of posttraumatic symptoms in late-adolescent maritime disaster survivors: results of a 12-month follow-up study
JO  - Psychiatry investigation
A1  - Jeon, Sang Won
A1  - Yoon, Ho-Kyoung
A1  - Kim, Yong-Ku
A1  - Han, Changsu
A1  - Ko, Young-Hoon
A1  - Yoon, Seo Young
A1  - Shin, Cheolmin
SP  - 574
EP  - 583
VL  - 15
IS  - 6
N2  - OBJECTIVE: This study is a prospective observational study on 75 late-adolescent survivors of a large passenger ship accident from immediately after the accident to one year later. <br><br>METHODS: Assessments of student survivors were conducted on day 2 and at months 1, 6, and 12. The PTSD Checklist (PCL), Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), State subscale of the State and Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-S), Athens Insomnia Scale (AIS), and Brief Resilience Scale (BRS) were administered. <br><br>RESULTS: When the assessments for day 2 and month 12 were compared, all the scales, except the PCL-avoidance subscale, showed a significant improvement in symptoms among males. However, among females, all the scales, except the PCL-re-experience subscale and the STAI-S, failed to show a significant improvement. All the symptoms for both males and females showed a pattern that decreased to the lowest level at month 1 (camp-based controlled intervention period), then increased at months 6 and 12 (voluntary individual treatment after returning to school). <br><br>CONCLUSION: The rapid deterioration of psychological symptoms was found during the chronic phase, when students returned to their daily routines and received voluntary individual therapy. There is a need to screen high-risk adolescents and be more attentive to them during this period.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1738-3684
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.30773/pi.2017.11.30.3
ID  - ref1
ER  -