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Posttraumatic Stress Among Young Children After the Death of a Friend or Acquaintance in a Terrorist Bombing

Posttraumatic Stress Among Young Children After the Death of a Friend or Acquaintance in a... The effects of traumatic loss on children who reported a friend or acquaintance killed in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing of a federal office building were examined. Twenty-seven children who lost a friend or acquaintance and 27 demographically matched controls were assessed eight to ten months after the bombing. All but three of the children continued to experience posttraumatic stress symptoms. Those who lost a friend watched significantly more bombing-related television coverage than those without losses. Those who lost a friend had significantly more posttraumatic stress symptoms at the time of the assessment than those who lost an acquaintance. Parents and those working with children should be alert to the impact of loss even when it involves nonrelatives. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Psychiatric Services American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc (Journal)

Posttraumatic Stress Among Young Children After the Death of a Friend or Acquaintance in a Terrorist Bombing

Posttraumatic Stress Among Young Children After the Death of a Friend or Acquaintance in a Terrorist Bombing

Psychiatric Services , Volume 51 (3): 386 – Mar 1, 2000

Abstract

The effects of traumatic loss on children who reported a friend or acquaintance killed in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing of a federal office building were examined. Twenty-seven children who lost a friend or acquaintance and 27 demographically matched controls were assessed eight to ten months after the bombing. All but three of the children continued to experience posttraumatic stress symptoms. Those who lost a friend watched significantly more bombing-related television coverage than those without losses. Those who lost a friend had significantly more posttraumatic stress symptoms at the time of the assessment than those who lost an acquaintance. Parents and those working with children should be alert to the impact of loss even when it involves nonrelatives.

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Publisher
American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc (Journal)
Copyright
Copyright © 2000 American Psychiatric Association. All rights reserved.
ISSN
1075-2730
DOI
10.1176/appi.ps.51.3.386
pmid
10686250
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Abstract

The effects of traumatic loss on children who reported a friend or acquaintance killed in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing of a federal office building were examined. Twenty-seven children who lost a friend or acquaintance and 27 demographically matched controls were assessed eight to ten months after the bombing. All but three of the children continued to experience posttraumatic stress symptoms. Those who lost a friend watched significantly more bombing-related television coverage than those without losses. Those who lost a friend had significantly more posttraumatic stress symptoms at the time of the assessment than those who lost an acquaintance. Parents and those working with children should be alert to the impact of loss even when it involves nonrelatives.

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Psychiatric ServicesAmerican Psychiatric Publishing, Inc (Journal)

Published: Mar 1, 2000

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