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“Children need routine and a feeling of safety,” says Kimberly Vered Shashoua, a licensed clinical social worker and therapist who has worked with kids after hurricanes and other disasters.
The World Health Organization states that more than 88% of the existing burden of disease attributable to climate change occurs in children younger than 5 years. The impacts of climate change on children include them being at a high risk of mental health consequences like PTSD, depression, anxiety, phobias, sleep disorders, attachment disorders ...
Increased pressure on schools and school systems that remain open: Localized school closures place burdens on schools as parents and officials redirect children to schools that are open. Dropout rates tend to rise : It is a challenge to ensure children and youth return and stay in school when schools reopen after closures.
Extreme weather events can have a significant impact on mental health, particularly in the form of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Extreme weather post-traumatic stress disorder occurs when someone experiences the symptoms of PTSD due to extreme weather events, such as tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, and wildfires. [1]
A recent international study concluded that young people are experiencing “high levels of psychological distress” from climate change and governmental inaction on the growing crisis ...
Multi-casualty / disaster / terrorism incidents; Events with a high degree of threat to the personnel; Significant events involving children; Events in which the victim is known to the personnel; Events with excessive media interest; Events that are prolonged and end with a negative outcome; Any significantly powerful, overwhelming distressing ...
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) [b] is a mental and behavioral disorder [8] that develops from experiencing a traumatic event, such as sexual assault, domestic violence, child abuse, warfare and its associated traumas, natural disaster, traffic collision, or other threats on a person's life or well-being.
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