@article{ref1,
title="School-based intervention for prevention and treatment of elementary-students' terror-related distress in Israel: A quasi-randomized controlled trial",
journal="Journal of Traumatic Stress",
year="2007",
author="Berger, Rony and Pat-Horenczyk, Ruth and Gelkopf, Marc",
volume="20",
number="4",
pages="541-551",
abstract="A school-based intervention for preventing and reducing children's posttraumatic stress-related symptoms, somatic complaints, functional impairment, and anxiety due to exposure to terrorism was evaluated. In a quasi-randomized controlled trial, elementary school students were randomly assigned to an eight-session structured program, &quot;Overshadowing the Threat of Terrorism&quot; or to a waiting list control comparison group. Two months postintervention, the study group reported significant improvement on all measures. The authors conclude that a school-based universal intervention may significantly reduce posttraumatic stress disorder- (PTSD-) related symptoms in children repeatedly exposed to terrorist attacks and propose that it serve as a component of a public mental health approach dealing with children exposed to ongoing terrorism in a country ravaged by war and terrorism.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0894-9867",
doi="10.1002/jts.20225",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jts.20225"
}