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ReviewCurrent psychiatry reports2025

Mass Trauma in Children: Expanding the Concept of Exposure in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Betty Pfefferbaum

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Review in Current psychiatry reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Betty PfefferbaumDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 920 Stanton L. Young Blvd, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, USA. betty-pfefferbaum@ouhsc.edu.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewThis review examined the concept of exposure in children in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Recognizing the varied effects of the pandemic on children across a range of experiences, the review departed from the frequently-used analytic framework based on the stressor criterion for a diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). RECENT

findingsIn addition to the more traditional types of exposure such as personal infection, illness or death of loved ones, and the experiences of children whose parents were essential workers, the review identified experiences among children in the general population as they adjusted to public health mandates, consumed pandemic media coverage, and dealt with the many changes in their daily lives.

conclusionsWhile many COVID-19 experiences would not qualify as exposure for a diagnosis of PTSD, the research recognizes the importance of these experiences and their influence on various outcomes in children.

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COVID-19Psychological TraumaStress Disorders, Post-TraumaticChildHumansChildrenCOVID-19Disaster exposureLockdownPandemicPublic health measures

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