TY - JOUR AU - Glasheen, Theresa AB - Curr Psychiatry Rep (2017) 19:53 DOI 10.1007/s11920-017-0798-2 CHILD AND FAMILY DISASTER PSYCHIATRY (B PFEFFERBAUM, SECTION EDITOR) The Impact of Natural Disasters on Youth: A Focus on Emerging Research beyond Internalizing Disorders 1 1 1 1 Shannon Self-Brown & Betty Lai & Alexandria Patterson & Theresa Glasheen Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2017 Abstract youth (e.g., [2–4]). Further understanding of disaster impact Purpose Of Review This paper reviews youth outcomes fol- on youth constitutes a matter of global health concern, given lowing exposure to natural disaster, with a focus on three rela- that such events collectively affect billions of individuals each tively understudied outcomes: externalizing behavior problems, decade [1]. It is important for researchers to examine the mul- physical health, and posttraumatic growth. Recent, high-impact tiple outcomes youth may experience after disaster exposure. studies focusing on each outcome are summarized. Disaster survivors contend with a variety of issues that impact Recent Findings Studies highlighted in this review utilize in- their overall well-being in the short-term and long-term after- novative and comprehensive approaches to improve our cur- math [5, 6]. Yet, the vast majority of youth disaster research to rent understanding of youth broad-based physical and mental date focuses on PTS symptoms TI - The Impact of Natural Disasters on Youth: A Focus on Emerging Research beyond Internalizing Disorders JF - Current Psychiatry Reports DO - 10.1007/s11920-017-0798-2 DA - 2017-07-06 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/the-impact-of-natural-disasters-on-youth-a-focus-on-emerging-research-50pTzTrfcm SP - 1 EP - 7 VL - 19 IS - 8 DP - DeepDyve ER -