Citation

Stuber J, Galea S, Pfefferbaum B, Vandivere S, Moore K, Fairbrother G. Am. J. Orthopsychiatry 2005; 75(2): 190-200.

Affiliation

Division of Health and Science Policy, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY 10029-5293, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, American Orthopsychiatric Association, Publisher Wiley Blackwell)

DOI

10.1037/0002-9432.75.2.190

PMID

15839756

Abstract

Children's behavior was assessed with 3 cross-sectional random-digit-dial telephone surveys conducted 11 months before, 4 months after, and 6 months after September 11, 2001. Parents reported fewer behavior problems in children 4 months after the attacks compared with the pre-September 11 baseline. However, 6 months after the attacks, parents' reporting of behavior problems was comparable to pre-September 11 levels. In the 1st few months after a disaster, the identification of children who need mental health treatment may be complicated by a dampened behavioral response or by a decreased sensitivity of parental assessment to behavioral problems.

Language: en