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A school based study of psychological disturbance in children following the Omagh bomb

dc.contributor.authorFITZGERALD, MICHAELen
dc.date.accessioned2015-06-15T13:49:05Z
dc.date.available2015-06-15T13:49:05Z
dc.date.issued2013en
dc.date.submitted2013en
dc.identifier.citationM. McDermott, M. Duffy, A. Percy, M. Fitzgerald, C. Cole, A school based study of psychological disturbance in children following the Omagh bomb, Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health, 7, 1, 2013, 36en
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2262/74145
dc.descriptionPUBLISHEDen
dc.descriptionTo assess the extent and nature of psychiatric morbidity among children (aged 8 to 13 years) 15 months after a car bomb explosion in the town of Omagh, Northern Ireland. A survey was conducted of 1945 school children attending 13 schools in the Omagh district. Questionnaires included demographic details, measures of exposure, the Horowitz Impact of Events Scale, the Birleson Self-Rating Depression Scale, and the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale. Children directly exposed to the bomb reported higher levels of probable PTSD (70%), and psychological distress than those not exposed. Direct exposure was more closely associated with an increase in PTSD symptoms than in general psychiatric distress. Significant predictors of increased IES scores included being male, witnessing people injured and reporting a perceived life threat but when co-morbid anxiety and depression are included as potential predictors anxiety remains the only significant predictor of PTSD scores. School-based studies are a potentially valuable means of screening and assessing for PTSD in children after large-scale tragedies. Assessment should consider type of exposure, perceived life threat and other co-morbid anxiety as risk factors for PTSD.en
dc.format.extent36en
dc.relation.ispartofseriesChild and adolescent psychiatry and mental healthen
dc.relation.ispartofseries7en
dc.relation.ispartofseries1en
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dc.titleA school based study of psychological disturbance in children following the Omagh bomben
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.type.supercollectionscholarly_publicationsen
dc.type.supercollectionrefereed_publicationsen
dc.identifier.peoplefinderurlhttp://people.tcd.ie/mifitzgeen
dc.identifier.rssinternalid104014en
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/1753-2000-7-36en
dc.rights.ecaccessrightsopenAccess
dc.subject.TCDThemeNeuroscienceen
dc.subject.TCDTagAdolescent Psychiatryen
dc.subject.TCDTagCHILD PSYCHIATRYen
dc.subject.TCDTagCOMMUNITY PSYCHIATRYen
dc.subject.TCDTagCONSULTATION LIAISON PSYCHIATRYen
dc.subject.TCDTagCONSULTATION-LIAISON PSYCHIATRYen
dc.subject.TCDTagGENERAL HOSPITAL PSYCHIATRYen
dc.subject.TCDTagLIAISON PSYCHIATRYen
dc.subject.TCDTagNeuropsychiatryen
dc.subject.TCDTagNeuropsychiatryen
dc.subject.TCDTagOmagh bombingen
dc.subject.TCDTagPSYCHIATRYen
dc.subject.TCDTagPSYCHOLOGICALen
dc.subject.TCDTagPSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERen
dc.subject.TCDTagPhilosophy of Psychiatryen
dc.subject.TCDTagPsychiatryen
dc.subject.TCDTagPsychiatryen
dc.subject.TCDTagTRAINEES IN PSYCHIATRYen
dc.subject.TCDTagchild and adolescent Psychiatryen
dc.subject.TCDTagforensic psychiatryen
dc.subject.TCDTagneurodevelopmental psychiatryen
dc.subject.TCDTagpsychiatry servicesen
dc.subject.TCDTagpsychological factorsen
dc.identifier.rssurihttp://professormichaelfitzgerald.eu/en


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