What is it about?
In this paper, we explore children mental health disorders after earthquakes in Iran. Children after disasters have a wide range of mental health disorders and emotional reactions like depression, anxiety, functioning, behavior problem, anger, somatic complaints, fear, and traumatic grief.
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Why is it important?
Many pieces of evidence in the world indicate the effect of disasters on child mental health but there is little evidence in Iran. With the cultural difference between different countries, the question is about gender differences in mental health disorders after earthquakes in Iran. Also, this study tried to discover what the knowledge gap is in Iran as a disaster-prone country with many strong earthquakes.
Perspectives
The result of this study will help different Iranian stakeholders in disasters. It can help policymakers for better planning and policies on child psychosocial support in disasters, the humanitarian organization for better responding after earthquakes and also the researchers for working on knowledge gaps.
Hamed Seddighi
University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Science
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This page is a summary of: Gender Differences in Children Mental Health Disorders after Earthquakes in Iran: A Systematic Review, March 2019, Knowledge E,
DOI: 10.18502/jchr.v8i1.562.
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