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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Adolescents After a Natural Disaster

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Major traumatic natural disasters have occurred worldwide. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been the most common psychiatric disorder discussed by the studies addressing the psychological sequelae of adolescents after traumatic natural disasters. In this chapter we reviewed the classification and impacts of natural disasters; prevalence of PTSD; change of diagnostic criteria in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders system; factors related to the development of PTSD; predisposing, precipitating, and perpetuating factors related to the development of PTSD; courses and factors related to changes in PTSD; roles of developmental stages for adolescents who have experienced natural disasters; methods for evaluating psychological reactions to natural disasters in adolescents; roles of PTSD on mental health problems other than PTSD; and treatment strategies for PTSD in adolescents.

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Abbreviations

CESD:

Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale

EMDR:

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing

ID:

Intellectual disabilities

IES-R:

Impact of Event Scale – Revised

MASC-T:

Taiwanese version of the Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children

MDD:

Major depressive disorder

PTSD:

Post-traumatic stress disorder

PTSS:

Post-traumatic stress symptoms

TF-CBT:

Trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine and Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, 100 Tzyou 1st Road, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

    Cheng-Fang Yen

  2. Mymama Psychiatric Clinic, 118 Yong-Kang Street, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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Yen, CF., Hsu, CC. (2016). Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Adolescents After a Natural Disaster. In: Martin, C., Preedy, V., Patel, V. (eds) Comprehensive Guide to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08359-9_33

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