Post-traumatic stress disorder in children and adolescents one year after a super-cyclone in Orissa India: exploring cross-cultural validity and vulnerability factors

摘要

BackgroundIt has been asserted that psychological responses to disasters in children and adolescents vary widely across cultures, but this has rarely been investigated. The objectives of the study were to clinically evaluate the construct of traumatic stress symptoms and disorder in children and adolescents after a super-cyclone in Orissa, India; to find out the prevalence at one year; compare the effect in high and low exposure areas and study the factors associated with it.