@article{ref1,
title="Industrial disaster and mental health of children and their parents",
journal="Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry",
year="1993",
author="Lambert, Jean and Valla, J. P. and Breton, J. J.",
volume="32",
number="2",
pages="438-445",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: We report the findings of research conducted a year after an industrial disaster (PCB fire), which occurred on Montreal's South Shore in 1988. A total of 1,663 families were evacuated for a period of 18 days. The study evaluated 174 children between the ages of three and eleven years: 87 in the exposed group and 87 in the control sample. METHOD: Structured questionnaires were administered to the children and their mothers and fathers during home visits. RESULTS: Based on the responses of the children and the mothers, children aged 6 to 11 years displayed more overall internalized and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms than did those in the control group. CONCLUSIONS: The study demonstrates that the mental health of fathers as well as mothers correlates with children's symptoms and that parents are able to accurately observe their child's reaction to a disaster.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0890-8567",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}