Child Disaster Mental Health Interventions: Therapy Components. Issue 5 (16th September 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Pfefferbaum, Betty; Sweeton, Jennifer L.; Nitiéma, Pascal; Noffsinger, Mary A.; Varma, Vandana; Nelson, Summer D.; Newman, Elana
• Is Part Of: Prehospital and disaster medicine. Volume 29:Issue 5(2014)
• Page Start: 494
• Page End: 502
• Publication Date: 2014-09-16
• Subjects: children and adolescents, -- cognitive behavioral therapy, -- disaster, -- disaster mental health interventions, -- intervention components, -- mental health interventions, -- terrorism, -- trauma; Emergency medical services -- Periodicals; Emergency medicine -- Periodicals; Disaster medicine -- Periodicals; 616.025
• DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X14000910
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1049-023X

Abstract

Abstract: Children face innumerable challenges following exposure to disasters. To address trauma sequelae, researchers and clinicians have developed a variety of mental health interventions. While the overall effectiveness of multiple interventions has been examined, few studies have focused on the individual components of these interventions. As a preliminary step to advancing intervention development and research, this literature review identifies and describes nine common components that comprise child disaster mental health interventions. This review concluded that future research should clearly define the constituent components included in available interventions. This will require that future studies dismantle interventions to examine the effectiveness of specific components and identify common therapeutic elements. Issues related to populations studied (eg, disaster exposure, demographic and cultural influences) and to intervention delivery (eg, timing and optimal sequencing of components) also warrant attention. B Pfefferbaum, JL Sweeton, P Nitiéma, MA Noffsinger, V Varma, SD Nelson, E Newman .Child disaster mental health interventions: therapy components .Prehosp Disaster Med .2014 ;29 (5 ):1 -9 .