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1stInternational Congress on Neurobiology and Clinical Psychopharmacology and European Psychiatric Association Conference on Treatment Guidance

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Prevalence of PTSD in the Kerman schools students witnessing the Bam earthquake scenes on TV

Annals of General Psychiatry volume 9, Article number: S84 (2010) Cite this article

Background

Observing horrible scenes may lead to PTSD, also it is possible that observing these scenes on TV may lead to PTSD, however it is controversial.

Materials and methods

Using a cluster sampling procedure, 300 students from the Kerman schools were selected. A PTSD symptoms check list along with the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria were used to detect the symptoms 3 months after the Bam quake. All of them witnessed the Bam earthquake scenes on TV for at least one hour.

Results

Result indicated that 195 were without any symptoms, 40 had the re-experience of the events in the form of repetitive remembering, 20 had avoidant behaviors, 19 had showed irritability, and 16 had detachment, and 10 had the full picture of the PTSD.

Conclusions

Considering the prevalence of the PTSD across children, care should be taken regarding observation of the horrible scenes by children.

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  1. Psychology Department, Islamic Azad University, Zarand Branch, Kerman, Iran

    Farshid Khosropour

  2. High Technology, Roshd Center, Kerman, Iran

    Marjan Farahmand

  3. Medical Sciece University, Kerman, Iran

    Rostam Yazdani

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Khosropour, F., Farahmand, M. & Yazdani, R. Prevalence of PTSD in the Kerman schools students witnessing the Bam earthquake scenes on TV. Ann Gen Psychiatry 9 (Suppl 1), S84 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1186/1744-859X-9-S1-S84

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