TY - JOUR
T1 - Mental Health Among Children Older than 10 Years Exposed to the Haiti 2010 Earthquake
T2 - a Critical Review
AU - Blanc, Judite
AU - Eugene, Dominique
AU - Louis, Elizabeth Farrah
AU - Cadichon, Jeff Matherson
AU - Joseph, Jolette
AU - Pierre, Anderson
AU - Laine, Roudly
AU - Alexandre, Margarett
AU - Huang, Keng Yen
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/11/1
Y1 - 2020/11/1
N2 - 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. The majority of the findings analyzed in this review on mental health in young Haitian survivors of the 2010 earthquake came from cross-sectional studies conducted in West region of Haiti, spefically Port-au-Prince. There was a paucity of longitudinal and translational data available. The results of this critical review can be used to inform disaster preparedness programs with the aim of protecting children's development and mental health, which are much needed on this disaster-prone island.
AB - 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. The majority of the findings analyzed in this review on mental health in young Haitian survivors of the 2010 earthquake came from cross-sectional studies conducted in West region of Haiti, spefically Port-au-Prince. There was a paucity of longitudinal and translational data available. The results of this critical review can be used to inform disaster preparedness programs with the aim of protecting children's development and mental health, which are much needed on this disaster-prone island.
KW - Behavioral impairments
KW - Children
KW - Emotional
KW - Haiti 2010 earthquake
KW - Psychological
KW - Cross-Sectional Studies
KW - Humans
KW - Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/epidemiology
KW - Mental Health
KW - Haiti/epidemiology
KW - Disasters
KW - Earthquakes
KW - Child
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U2 - 10.1007/s11920-020-01178-9
DO - 10.1007/s11920-020-01178-9
M3 - Review article
C2 - 32876808
AN - SCOPUS:85090081789
SN - 1523-3812
VL - 22
JO - Current Psychiatry Reports
JF - Current Psychiatry Reports
IS - 11
M1 - 57
ER -