title: The mental health of children upon their return home after a long displacement period.
abstract: The aim of this study was to determine the different levels of depression, hopelessness and post-traumatic stress disorder between two groups of adolescents, those who returned to Baranja and those from Osijek. The first group consisted of 57 adolescents (32 female and 25 male) with the mean age of 17.36, who were grammar school students in Beli Manastir (Gimnazija, Beli Manastir). The mean duration of displacement period was 7 years. The second group consisted of 58 adolescents of grammar school students in Osijek (III. gimnazija, Osijek) (32 female and 26 male) with the mean age of 17.28. All examinees filled in the Croatian version of the Children's Depression Inventory (CDI), the Hopelessness Scale for Children (HSC) and Children's Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Inventory. The analysis of the results did not show any statistically significant difference between these two groups regarding levels of depression, hopelessness and post-traumatic stress disorder. The results point out rather good psychosocial adjustment of adolescents upon their return home after 4 years.
authors.affiliation: Clinic for Psychiatry, University Hospital "Osijek", School of Medicine, University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia. ivan.grgic@os.htnet.hr
authors.forename: Mirela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grgić
authors.forename: Vesna
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vidović
authors.forename: Silva
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Butković-Soldo
authors.forename: Zeljka
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Vuksić-Mihaljević
authors.forename: Dunja
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Degmecić
authors.forename: Davor
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Laufer
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D017523:Croatia / Q000453:epidemiology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D012036:Refugees / Q000523:psychology*; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D013997:Time Factors; D014857:Warfare