作者
Judite Blanc, Dominique Eugene, Elizabeth Farrah Louis, Jeff Matherson Cadichon, Jolette Joseph, Anderson Pierre, Roudly Laine, Margarett Alexandre, Keng-Yen Huang
发表日期
2020/11
来源
Current psychiatry reports
卷号
22
页码范围
1-13
出版商
Springer US
简介
Purpose of Review
There is evidence that the exposure to a major natural disaster such as the 2010 earthquake in Haiti may have devastating short- and long-term effects on children’s mental health and overall development. This review summarizes what has been reported in the past 3 years (2017–2020) regarding emotional, psychological, and behavioral effects of exposure to this particular earthquake on children 10 years and older.
Recent Findings
Twenty-six articles were screened, of which twenty-one were selected for final analysis. The main themes addressed in the literature over the 3 years concerned prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, determinants of resilience factors, prevalence of sexual violence as well as prenatal exposure, and subsequent autism behaviors/symptoms.
Summary
The majority of the findings analyzed in this review on mental health in young Haitian …
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