Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Parents and Youth After Health-Related Disasters

By G. Sprang, Miriam Silman. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 2013

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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Young children’s emotional stress reactions during the COVID-19 outbreak and their associations with parental emotion regulation and parental playfulness (2020, background): “In an earlier quarantine situation related to the H1N1 and the SARS pandemic in the United States and Mexico, Sprang and Silman (2013) reported that the mean post-traumatic stress scores were four times higher in children who had been quarantined than in those who had not.”
How mental health care should change as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic (2020, background): “27 An increase in young people making calls to helplines with symptoms of anxiety has been reported.”
The impact of COVID-19 lockdown on child and adolescent mental health: systematic review (2021, background): “This prevalence is lower than the one previously found in children quarantined or isolated due to the influenza A (H1N1) pandemic [92].”
Child Development During the COVID‐19 Pandemic Through a Life Course Theory Lens (2020, background): “…adjustment (e.g., anxiety, depression, posttraumatic stress disorder [PTSD]) in school-aged children, adolescents, and young adults who were affected directly or experienced more pandemic-related stressors (Ko, Yen, Yen, & Yang, 2006; Main, Zhou, Ma, Luecken, & Liu, 2011; Sprang & Silman, 2013).”
The likely impact of COVID-19 on education: Reflections based on the existing literature and recent international datasets (2020, background): “Sprang and Silman (2013) show that children who were isolated or quarantined during pandemic diseases are more likely to suffer from acute stress disorder, adjustment disorder, and grief.”
Mental health considerations for children quarantined because of COVID-19 (2020, background): “[5] Furthermore, separation from parents or parental loss during childhood also has long-term adverse effects on mental health, including a higher risk of developing mood disorders and psychosis, and death by suicide in adulthood.”
Review: Mental health impacts of the COVID‐19 pandemic on children and youth – a systematic review (2021, neutral): “…of the SARS epidemic, 9–11, Hurricane Katrina, and other humanitarian emergencies (Furr, Comer, Edmunds, & Kendall, 2010; Galea, Merchant, & Lurie, 2020; Purgato et al., 2019; Sprang & Silman, 2013; B. Tang, Liu, Liu, Xue, & Zhang, 2014; Tang, Deng, Glik, Dong, & Zhang, 2017; Tol et al., 2011).”
Challenges and burden of the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic for child and adolescent mental health: a narrative review to highlight clinical and research needs in the acute phase and the long return to normality (2020, background): “In a study conducted after the H1N1 and SARS epidemics in Central and North America, criteria for PTSD based on parental reporting were met by 30% of the children who had been isolated or quarantined [34].”
Psychological Impact of COVID-19 and Lockdown among University Students in Malaysia: Implications and Policy Recommendations (2020, background): “During outbreaks of transmittable diseases such as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) [2–4] and equine influenza [5], damaging psychological implications have been documented [6,7].”
Mental Health of Children and Adolescents Amidst COVID-19 and Past Pandemics: A Rapid Systematic Review (2021, methodology): “On the whole, the mixed-method studies did not discuss in depth their interpretation of the data and failed to identify discrepancies [21].”
Psychosocial impact of COVID-19 (2020, neutral): “The interaction between their daily-routine changes, home confinement, and fear of infection could further intensify these undesirable mental reactions resulting in a vicious cycle [66,69].”
Parents' Stress and Children's Psychological Problems in Families Facing the COVID-19 Outbreak in Italy (2020, background): “One study found that levels of post-traumatic stress were four times higher in children who had been quarantined than in those who were not (Sprang and Silman, 2013).”
COVID-19 and Student Well-Being: Stress and Mental Health during Return-to-School (2020, background): “…these disasters differ from a pandemic in many ways (e.g., degree of separation and isolation, required quarantine), given that these disasters also involve widespread community impact, fatalities, and unpredictability, they are still applicable in the COVID-19 context (Sprang & Silman, 2013).”