Post traumatic stress disorder among school children of Army Public School Peshawar after Six month of terrorists attack
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.343.14885Keywords:
PTSD, CPSS, Terrorist, Functional impairment, Therapies, Trauma.Abstract
Background & Objectives: Terrorist attack in Army Public School Peshawar, Pakistan left behind more than hundred children dead. It was the highest death toll of children in the world in a single terrorists attack. The attack dominated national and international news, high level security measures have been adopted in all school throughout Pakistan, which created fear and stress in children. The objective of the study was to determine post-traumatic stress disorder among children after six month of terrorist attack inspite of rigorous psychosocial support and rehabilitation.
Methods: We wanted to determine Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) among children of Army Public School of age range 10 to 18 years after 5 months of intervention and rehabilitation following terrorists attack. For this
