title: Child Disaster Mental Health Services: a Review of the System of Care, Assessment Approaches, and Evidence Base for Intervention.
abstract: Several decades of research have informed our knowledge of children's reactions to disasters and the factors that influence their reactions. This article describes the system of care for child disaster mental health services using population risk to determine needed services and a stepped care approach built on assessment and monitoring to advance children to appropriate services. To assess the evidence base for disaster interventions, recent reviews of numerous child disaster mental health interventions are summarized.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, College of Medicine and Terrorism and Disaster Center, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 920 Stanton L. Young Boulevard, P.O. Box 26901, WP3217, Oklahoma City, OK, 73126-0901, USA. Betty-Pfefferbaum@ouhsc.edu.
authors.forename: Betty
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pfefferbaum
authors.affiliation: The Altshuler Center for Education & Research Metrocare Services, 1380 River Bend Drive, Dallas, TX, 75247-4914, USA. Carol.North@utsouthwestern.edu.|Department of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 6363 Forest Park Road, Dallas, TX, 75390-8828, USA. Carol.North@utsouthwestern.edu.
authors.forename: Carol S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: North
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D054597:Disaster Medicine / Q000379:methods; D064891:Disaster Victims / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D004190:Disasters; D006801:Humans; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D020380:Needs Assessment; D011580:Psychological Techniques; D000067073:Psychological Trauma / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D012306:Risk
keywords: Assessment; Child disaster mental health interventions; Children; Disaster mental health services; Disaster system of care; Disasters; Stepped care