Background Depression is often reported as co-occurring with post-traumatic stress disorder
in children and adolescents, but its prevalence within trauma-exposed child and adolescent …

Aims The goal of this paper was to systematically review evidence on (1) the potential
magnitude of the psychopathological impacts of community-wide disasters on child and …

Objective: Meta-analyze the literature on posttraumatic stress (PTS) symptoms in youths post-
disaster. Method: Meta-analytic synthesis of the literature (k= 96 studies; N total= 74,154) …

This study examined the symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, and
depression among 2,250 adolescents 6 months after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in …

Trauma symptoms, recovery patterns, and life stressors of children between the ages of 9
and 18 (n= 387) following Hurricane Katrina were assessed using an adapted version of the …

Background There are no studies of the distinct trajectories of children's psychological
distress over the first year after a destructive natural disaster and the determinants of these …

Every year, millions of young people are exposed to the dangers and trauma of disasters,
war, terror, and political conflict. This chapter highlights findings from research on children …

BACKGROUND: The current study examined rates of comorbidity among children's
symptoms of posttraumatic stress (PTS) and depression after a natural disaster, Hurricane …

Background It has been asserted that psychological responses to disasters in children and
adolescents vary widely across cultures, but this has rarely been investigated. The …

Purpose To examine the associations between trauma severity, trait resilience, and
posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depressive symptoms among adolescent survivors …