The Association between Child and Parent Psychiatric Disorders in Families Exposed to Flood and/or Dioxin

Min Hyung Lee; Betty Pfefferbaum; Robert Portley; Vinay Kotamarti; Fatih Canan; Carol S. North

doi:10.3390/bs11040046

The Association between Child and Parent Psychiatric Disorders in Families Exposed to Flood and/or Dioxin

Behavioral Sciences ◽

10.3390/bs11040046 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (4) ◽

pp. 46

Author(s):

Min Hyung Lee ◽

Betty Pfefferbaum ◽

Robert Portley ◽

Vinay Kotamarti ◽

Fatih Canan ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Health Outcomes ◽

Psychiatric Disorders ◽

Diagnostic Assessment ◽

Disaster Mental Health ◽

Methodological Rigor ◽

New Information ◽

Diagnostic Interviews ◽

Psychiatric Outcomes ◽

Great Harm

Associations of disaster mental health sequelae between children and their parents have been demonstrated, but not using full diagnostic assessment. This study examined children and their parents after a series of disasters in 1982 to investigate associations of their psychiatric outcomes. Members of 169 families exposed to floods and/or dioxin or no disaster were assessed in 1986–1987 with structured diagnostic interviews. This vintage dataset collected several decades ago provides new information to this field because of the methodological rigor that is unparalleled in this literature. Disaster-related PTSD and incident postdisaster disorders in children were associated, respectively with disaster-related PTSD and incident postdisaster disorders in the chief caregiver and mother. More flood-only than dioxin-only exposed parents reported great harm by the disaster, but neither children nor parents in these two groups differed in incident psychiatric disorders. Although this study did not determine the direction of causal influences, its findings suggest that clinicians working with disaster-exposed families should work with children and adult members together, as their mental health outcomes may be intertwined.

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Minor depression during adolescence and mental health outcomes during adulthood

The British Journal of Psychiatry ◽

10.1192/bjp.bp.108.054239 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 195 (3) ◽

pp. 264-265 ◽

Cited By ~ 34

Author(s):

Jeffrey G. Johnson ◽

Patricia Cohen ◽

Stephanie Kasen

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Depressive Disorder ◽

Health Outcomes ◽

Mental Health Outcomes ◽

Community Based ◽

Major Depressive ◽

Prospective Longitudinal Study ◽

Disruptive Disorders ◽

Diagnostic Interviews ◽

Prospective Longitudinal

SummaryData from a community-based prospective longitudinal study were used to investigate the association of minor depressive disorder during adolescence with adverse mental health outcomes during adulthood. Structured diagnostic interviews were administered to a community-based sample of 755 individuals during adolescence and adulthood. Results indicated that minor depressive disorder during adolescence was associated with elevated risk for subsequent psychiatric disorders during adulthood, including major depressive disorder, ⩾1 disruptive disorders and clinically relevant impairment after corresponding and co-occurring disorders were controlled statistically.

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Social Networks Affect Post-Disaster Mental Health Outcomes

Psychiatric News ◽

10.1176/appi.pn.2016.12a2 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 51 (24) ◽

pp. 1-1

Author(s):

Nick Zagorski

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Social Networks ◽

Health Outcomes ◽

Mental Health Outcomes ◽

Disaster Mental Health ◽

Post Disaster

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Associations Between Post-migration Stressors and Psychiatric Disorders in Adult Refugees in European High Income Countries. A Systematic Review

10.21203/rs.3.rs-871673/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Anna Christina Nowak ◽

Victoria Sophie Boettcher ◽

Lea-Marie Gehrlein ◽

Claudia Hornberg

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Systematic Review ◽

Health Outcomes ◽

Psychiatric Disorders ◽

Legal Status ◽

Stress Disorder ◽

High Income ◽

Mental Health Outcomes ◽

Post Traumatic Stress ◽

High Prevalence

Abstract Background: Refugees and asylum seekers have a high prevalence of psychiatric disorders such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety and depression. Associations between the number of traumatic events and psychiatric disorders have been reported in literature, but knowledge on the influence of post-migration stressors on mental health outcomes in host countries remains scarce. Method: Four databases in the field of public and mental health were systematically searched. From a total of 2,456 studies found, 1,777 were included for title and abstract screening and 61 full texts were separately screened for eligibility by 2 authors. Out of these studies, 23 studies were included in this systematic review. A narrative synthesis was undertaken.Results: The overall findings showed that post-migration stressors have a significant impact on mental health outcomes. Especially uncertain legal status, missing social support and unemployment were shown to negatively influence mental health, but results vary among the different psychiatric disorders, i.e. post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and anxiety. Discussion: Post-migration stressors can contribute to the high prevalence rates of psychiatric disorders in refugees in European high-income countries. However, results must be interpreted with caution because of the heterogeneous study populations included and the variety of post-migration stressors. None of the studies considered the effect of mental disorders on the perceived severity of post-migration stressors.

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Mental Health Among Adolescents from Returned Portuguese Immigrant Families

Swiss Journal of Psychology ◽

10.1024/1421-0185/a000015 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 69 (3) ◽

pp. 131-139 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Félix Neto

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Health Outcomes ◽

Mental Health Problems ◽

Immigrant Families ◽

Health Problems ◽

Mental Health Outcomes ◽

Control Group ◽

Older Adolescents ◽

The Mean ◽

Portuguese Adolescents

This study investigated mental health problems and their predictors among adolescents from returned immigrant families. The sample consisted of 360 returned adolescents (mean age = 16.8 years; SD = 1.9). The mean duration of a sojourn in Portugal for the sample was 8.2 years (SD = 4.5). A control group of 217 Portuguese youths were also included in the study. Adolescents from immigrant families reported mental health levels similar to those of Portuguese adolescents who have never migrated. Girls showed more mental health problems than boys. Younger adolescents showed fewer mental health problems than older adolescents. Adaptation variables contributed to mental health outcomes even after acculturation variables were accounted for. Implications of the study for counselors are discussed.

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