@article{ref1,
title="Case series: PTSD symptoms in adolescent survivors of "ethnic cleansing." Results from a 1-year follow-up study",
journal="Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry",
year="1999",
author="Becker, D. F. and Weine, S. M. and Vojvoda, D. and McGlashan, T. H.",
volume="38",
number="6",
pages="775-781",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: The authors describe the psychiatric sequelae of &quot;ethnic cleansing&quot; in adolescent Bosnian refugees, via a 1-year follow-up study. METHOD: Ten Bosnian adolescent refugees from the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina received a baseline assessment within the first year after their resettlement and a follow-up assessment 1 year later. Evaluations included an assessment scale for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom severity. RESULTS: At baseline, 3 subjects met criteria for PTSD. At follow-up, this diagnosis persisted in none of these subjects, though 1 subject met criteria at follow-up only. For the group, mean PTSD severity scores at baseline and at follow-up were 8.9 and 4.0, respectively. At baseline, reexperiencing symptoms were present 43% of the time, avoidance symptoms were present 33% of the time, and hyperarousal symptoms were present 33% of the time; at follow-up, these proportions were 35%, 16%, and 18%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Overall, rates of PTSD symptoms diminished during the 1-year follow-up interval, suggesting that they may be transient and not representative of enduring psychopathology. This finding may reflect the relative resiliency of adolescents, as well as a variety of factors that facilitated adaptation in our particular group of adolescent refugees.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0890-8567",
doi="10.1097/00004583-199906000-00027",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00004583-199906000-00027"
}