Open AccessEffects of a Large-Scale Industrial Disaster on Rates of Symptoms Consistent With Posttraumatic Stress Disorders Among Schoolchildren in Toulouse
Author(s) -
Emmanuelle Godeau,
C. Vignes,
Félix Navarro,
Ronaldo Iachan,
Jim Ross,
Colin Pasquier,
Anne Guinard
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3628
pISSN - 1072-4710
DOI - 10.1001/archpedi.159.6.579
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , posttraumatic stress , injury prevention , suicide prevention , poison control , medicine , occupational safety and health , demography , psychology , psychiatry , clinical psychology , environmental health , geography , pathology , archaeology , sociology
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been studied largely among adults and in the context of intentional, collective experiences such as war and terrorism. Far less is known about PTSD among adolescents and resulting from massive industrial accidents. Such an accident in Toulouse, France, 10 days after the World Trade Center disaster, provided an opportunity to examine its effects among adolescents already sensitized by media coverage of the World Trade Center disaster.
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