title: Post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms of children following the occurrence of Tehran City Park disaster.
abstract: The authors investigated the post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms of young adolescents who had been directly involved in a disaster in Tehran. The participants were 19 chlidren who had survived a boat sinking in Tehran's city park in 2002. By using the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptom Scale (PSS; E. B. Foa, D. S. Riggs, C. V. Dancu, & B. O. Rothbaum, 1993) as well as a clinical interview based on the definition cited in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV; American Psychiatric Association, 1994, p. 424), 16 participants (84.2%) were diagnosed with PTSD using the PSS and 17 (89.5%) were diagnosed with PTSD using the psychiatric interview.
authors.affiliation: Baqiyatallah Medical Sciences University, Tehran, IR Iran. Mirzamani2003@yahoo.co.uk
authors.forename: Mahmoud
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mirzamani
authors.forename: Mohammad Reza
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Mohammadi
authors.forename: Mohammad Ali
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Besharat
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D004190:Disasters; D004332:Drowning; D005107:Explosions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D008016:Life Change Events; D011594:Psychometrics; D018635:Rescue Work; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000209:etiology*; D017741:Survivors