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[Psychosocial emergency care for children after highly stressful life experiences]

Simon Finkeldei1, Tita Kern1, Susanna Rinne-Wolf2,3

  • 1AETAS Kinderstiftung, München, Deutschland.

Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz
|September 15, 2022
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Psychosocial emergency care for children requires specialized approaches, focusing on caregiver behavior

Area of Science:

  • Psychotraumatology
  • Psychosocial emergency care

Background:

  • Highly stressful events can lead to psychological and psychosomatic trauma disorders.
  • Children's developmental stages necessitate distinct emergency care strategies compared to adults.
  • Psychosocial emergency care aims to prevent stress consequences, identify needs, and provide coping support.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To outline practical, specialized emergency care for children.
  • To examine caregiver behavior's impact on children's trauma processing.
  • To derive practice-oriented conclusions for psychosocial emergency care.

Main Methods:

  • Review of research findings in psychotraumatology and psychosocial emergency care.
  • Focus on caregiver behavior's influence on children's emergency event processing.
  • Analysis of developmental psychological aspects in child emergency situations.

Main Results:

  • Children require adapted psychosocial emergency care distinct from adult protocols.
  • Caregiver competence and stability significantly influence a child's coping abilities.
  • Intervention timing dictates necessary psychosocial emergency care competencies.

Conclusions:

  • Adapted psychosocial emergency care is crucial for children.
  • Effective caregiver behavior is key to mitigating trauma impact.
  • Ensuring low-threshold access to support services remains a practical challenge.

Keywords:
Crisis interventionEmergencyFamilyPsychological first aidTrauma

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