The Impact of Natural Disasters on Youth: A Focus on Emerging Research Beyond Internalizing Disorders

Overview

Journal Curr Psychiatry Rep

Publisher Current Science

Specialty Psychiatry

Date 2017 Jul 7

PMID 28681356

Citations 9

Authors

Shannon Self-Brown

Betty Lai

Alexandria Patterson

Theresa Glasheen

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Abstract

Purpose Of Review: This paper reviews youth outcomes following exposure to natural disaster, with a focus on three relatively understudied outcomes: externalizing behavior problems, physical health, and posttraumatic growth. Recent, high-impact studies focusing on each outcome are summarized.

Recent Findings: Studies highlighted in this review utilize innovative and comprehensive approaches to improve our current understanding of youth broad-based physical and mental health outcomes beyond PTSD. The review concludes with recommendations to advance the field of youth disaster research by exploring how disasters may impact children across multiple domains, as well as using cutting edge ecobiological approaches and advanced modeling strategies to better understand how youth adjust and thrive following natural disaster.

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