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A case study : Time course of long-term PTSD symptoms on youth tsunami survivor

English (英語)

Bulletin of health sciences Kobe

26

81-87

Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kobe University

2010

2011-05-16

The prevalence and the sustainability of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms in youth have been one of the concerns in the field of Mental Health which emerge on disasters for the last decades. The aim of this case study is to understand and to explain the characteristics of PTSD symptoms in youth survivors experiencing in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Two young participants (14-15 years) were diagnosed as full PTSD. They were suffering from chronic and delayed onset PTSD symptoms even five years after the Tsunami. Distressing dreams, avoidance of place or activities, difficulty of falling sleep, and self-blaming were their persistent symptoms. The prolonged and fluctuated symptoms are strongly influencing psychological adjustment of the youth’s with the tsunami experience. Attention should be given to youth with the prolonged PTSD symptoms as they might impair their quality of life. It might be important that family members, teachers, friends, and health professionals, can work together perform a holistic intervention.

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