Trauma and diverse child populations.
It has been estimated that as many as two-thirds of American youth experience a potentially life-threatening event before 18 years of age and that half have experienced multiple potentially traumatic events. Race, ethnicity, and culture influence the frequency and nature of these traumas and also the ways in which children react to traumatic events. The authors discuss the varied influences of cultural background on these reactions to trauma, the varying presentations of diverse children experiencing troubling reactions, and the need to provide treatment to children and their families in a fashion that is culturally sensitive and acceptable to diverse families.
Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, 1 Baylor Plaza BCM 350, Houston, TX 77030, USA. toih@bcm.edu
Toi Blakley
TB
Harris
L Lee
LL
Carlisle
John
J
Sargent
Annelle B
AB
Primm
D000293:Adolescent; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000941:ethics / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D002654:Child Care / Q000523:psychology; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D054521:Cultural Competency / Q000941:ethics / Q000523:psychology; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000523:psychology; D005190:Family / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D055048:Integrative Medicine / Q000941:ethics / Q000379:methods; D008016:Life Change Events; D044469:Racial Groups / Q000523:psychology; D012944:Social Support; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States