NDLI: Preliminary Evidence for a Classroom Based Psychosocial Intervention for Disaster Exposed Children with Posttraumatic Stress Symptomatology

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Author	Rønholt, Stine Karsberg, Sidsel Elklit, Ask
Copyright Year	2013
Abstract	In 2004, a firework factory in a residential area of a large Danish city exploded. The children at the local school were screened for symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 16 months and 3½ years after the incident. A large proportion of the children still suffered from a substantial number of symptoms 3½ years after the incident. Thus, a treatment program designed to target PTSD symptoms in trauma-exposed children was established.The first aim of this study was to provide preliminary evidence that a classroom-based psychosocial intervention program for children with posttraumatic stress would be associated with reductions in symptoms. The second aim was to evaluate the usefulness of the Darryl, a cartoon-based PTSD screening instrument.One hundred and eight children participated in the treatment program, all of whom fulfilled at least two out of the three DSM-IV PTSD symptom clusters. The children were screened for PTSD symptoms at baseline and 1 month after treatment using Darryl.There was a statistically significant reduction in PTSD symptoms from pre-treatment to post-treatment. Furthermore, a logistic regression analysis revealed that being female, being young, and having a high PTSD score at baseline predicted a probable PTSD diagnosis post-treatment.The present study provides preliminary evidence of feasibility and that the treatment program described may help to alleviate PTSD symptoms children with chronic PTSD symptoms. Furthermore, the results indicated that the Darryl instrument is a useful screening tool for assessing PTSD symptoms in this sample of children.
Starting Page	617
Ending Page	631
Page Count	15
File Format	PDF
ISSN	10531890
Journal	Child & Youth Care Forum
Volume Number	42
Issue Number	6
e-ISSN	15733319
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2013-07-19
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Trauma Disaster Treatment Children Assessment Child and School Psychology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Life-span and Life-course Studies

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