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. 2018 Jul 1;29(3):88–100. doi: 10.5765/jkacap.180002

Assessment Tools for the Mental Health of School-Aged Children and Adolescents Exposed to Disaster: A Systematic Review (1988–2015)

Mi-Sun Lee 1, Soo-Young Bhang 2,✉
PMCID: PMC7289459  PMID: 32595301

Abstract

Objectives:

In this study, we aimed to conduct a systematic review of studies investigating psychosocial factors affecting children exposed to disasters.

Methods:

In total, 140 studies were retrieved. The studies were published from 1988 to 2015. A systematic review was performed using the PRISMA guidelines. MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Central, Web of Science, PsycINFO, PubMed, and Google Scholar were searched. Each database was searched using the following terms: ‘Child,’ ‘Adolescent,’ ‘Youth,’ ‘Disaster,’ ‘Posttraumatic,’ ‘Psychosocial,’ ‘Assessment,’ ‘Evaluation,’ and ‘Screening.’ The identified studies were subjected to data extraction and appraisal.

Results:

The database search identified 713 articles. Based on the titles and abstracts, the full texts of 118 articles were obtained. The findings of this review can be used as a basis for the design of a psychosocial evaluation tool for disaster preparedness.

Conclusion:

Given the paramount importance of post-disaster evaluation and the weaknesses of current disaster evaluation tools, the need to develop valid and reliable tools and psychometric evaluations cannot be overstated. Our findings provide current evidence supporting various assessments in children, who are very vulnerable psychologically following disasters.

Keywords: Disaster, Mental health tool, Assessment, Children, Systematic review

INTRODUCTION

Disasters result in physical and psychosocial injuries and symptoms. A disaster management system focused primarily on medical needs was developed in the United States following the 9/11 terror attacks and Hurricane Katrina.1) Disasters in particular lead to chronic mental health problems and have a profound impact on physical and mental health, ranging from mild injury to death.2) In addition, disasters experienced by psychologically vulnerable children and adolescents lead to destructive behaviors and externalizing, which may result in numerous psychological, emotional, and behavioral disorders.3,4) Therefore, mental health professionals should conduct appropriate mental health assessments in children and adolescents exposed to disasters. These assessments should be followed by effective high-risk interventions.

In the event of a disaster, rapid and efficient mental health assessments are needed to address emergencies. Effective disaster management is one of the main concerns of the World Health Organization (WHO)5) in its efforts to reduce and prevent post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Nevertheless, research into the psychological responses of children and adolescents to disasters is still in the early stages.4)

The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) in the United States recommends the assessment of two critical elements when screening traumatized children: 1) exposure to potentially traumatic events/experiences, including traumatic loss, and 2) traumatic stress symptoms/reactions. Trauma screening is used to assess a wide range of experiences and to identify common reactions and symptoms of trauma (PTSD or dissociation) and other commonly reported difficulties (anger, behavior problems, depression, and anxiety).6) Nevertheless, studies have shown the inadequacy of standard guidelines and reliable measures used to assess the mental health of children and adolescents after a disaster.7) Clinicians who conduct mental health assessments face many obstacles, as disaster environments are unpredictable and confusing in practice. Additionally, the post-disaster situation and diversity of research subjects complicate the selection of assessment tools.8) Therefore, a comprehensive approach is needed.

We systematically reviewed the literature and here propose an appropriate set of directions for mental health evaluation in an emergency. The goal of this study was to provide methodological consistency and to perform a systematic literature review of mental health assessment tools for children and adolescents. The systematic literature review highlighted the need for a fair degree of accuracy and the development of standardized measures. Systematic reviews of research studies investigating mental health assessment following disasters represent major sources of psychological support for individuals and the society.3) We sought to conduct an analysis of the standardized scales in order to develop evaluation resources for use in future large-scale disasters.

METHODS

We conducted a comprehensive search of online databases (Google Scholar, MEDLINE, Web of Science, ProQuest, Science Direct, Ovid, Scopus, Cochrane, and CINAHL) until 2015. We analyzed studies of disasters from 1988 to 2015 and reviewed research assessing the mental health of children and adolescents after disasters. We selected studies in English that included assessments related to disasters. We also selected reports of human medical research data. The Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) used in the search included the keywords ‘Child,’ ‘Adolescent,’ ‘Youth,’ ‘Disaster,’ ‘Posttraumatic,’ ‘Psychosocial,’ ‘Assessment,’ ‘Evaluation,’ and ‘Screening.’

After removal of duplicate articles, we selected 713 studies. Following a review of the titles and abstracts of the papers, 530 documents were excluded. We reviewed the entire contents of approximately 183 full articles and included studies based on the agreement of both authors. Finally, 118 papers were included in the final review (Fig. 1).

Fig. 1.

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Flowchart outlining the selection of studies.

The systematic literature review was conducted according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guideline. PRISMA is an evidencebased minimum set of items for reporting systematic reviews, and is used as the basis for appraisal of published systematic reviews of different types of research.9) In this study, we used the PRISMA flow diagram, which depicts the flow of information through the different phases of a systematic review. This information include the numbers of articles identified, included, and excluded, and the reasons for exclusion.

RESULTS

A systematic review was conducted by searching mental health and medical databases. The results of the review are presented below.

In this study, we divided articles into Type I and Type II categories based on a previous study.10) The articles in each category are presented in Table 1. Type I articles included those discussing natural disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, cyclones, floods, typhoons, and tornadoes. Type II articles discussed man-made disasters such as fires, sinkings, terrorist attacks, and explosions.

Table 1.

Type I and Type II disasters reviewed in this article

  Disaster type Year Event
Type I
 Tsunami 2004 Tsunami in Sri Lanka
2004 Tsunami in Thailand (Norwegian tourists)
2004 Tsunami in South-east Asia
2004 Tsunami in Aceh, Indonesia
2011 Tsunami in Higashi-Matsushima, Japan
 Earthquake 1988 Spitak earthquake in Armenia
1988 Earthquake in Armenia
1995 Earthquake in Kobe, Japan
1999 Earthquake in Athens
1999 Earthquake in Turkey
1999 Chi-Chi earthquake in Taiwan
1999 Parnitha earthquake in Greece
1999 Earthquake in Ano Liosia, Greece
2003 Earthquake in Bam, Iran
2004 Earthquake in Southern India
2005 Earthquake in Kashmir
2009 L’Aquila earthquake in Italy
2011 Earthquake in Yingjiang, China
2011 Van earthquake in Turkey
 Hurricane 1989 Hurricane Hugo in the Southeast United States
1992 Hurricane Andrew, USA
1998 Hurricane Mitch in Nicaragua
2005 Hurricane Katrina, USA
 Cyclone 1999 Super-cyclone in Orissa, India
2006 Cyclone Larry in North Queensland, Australia
- Cyclone storms in Queensland, Australia
 Flood 1998 Flood in Hunan, China
 Typhoon 2009 Typhoon Morakot in Taiwan
 Tornado 2011 Tornado in the USA
Type II
 Fire 1988 The discotheque fire in Göteborg, Sweden
1994 Bushfire in South Wales, Australia
2000 The explosion of a fireworks depot largely in the Netherlands
2001 A fire in a café in Volendam, the Netherlands
2005 Bushfires in South Australia
2007 Wildfire in Greece
 Sinking 1988 Jupiter sinking in Greece (on board were 391 British school children)
2002 A boat sinking in Tehran’s city park
 Terrorist attack 2001 9/11 terrorist attack in New York
2011 Oslo terror attacks in Norway
 Bombing 1995 City bombing in Oklahoma, USA
2013 Boston Marathon bombing
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A total of 118 studies assessed the symptoms of PTSD, anxiety, depression, behavior, coping, and daily life in children and adolescents exposed to disaster. Thirty-one scales were used to assess the symptoms associated with PTSD, and 10 or more of the various scales assessed the following domains: anxiety, depression, structured clinical interview, and general psychopathology. In addition, one or more of the measures used assessed social support, coping, family relationships, attention, stress, routines, quality of life, cognitive function, somatization, health, emotion, attachment, control, behavior, and substance abuse. The mental health assessment tools in children according to the rater characteristics (Table 2) or Type of Disaster (Table 3 and 4) and the full names for the abbreviations of the scales after a disaster reviewed in this article (Table 5) are described in Table 2 through Table 5. The assessment tools for the children’s mental health used in the well-known type I and type II disaster, Hurricane Katrina (2005) and 9/11 terrorist attack (2001), respectively, were presented in Supplementary Table 1 and 2 (in the online-only Data Supplement). In addition, the mental health assessment tools used for each disaster event presented in Supplementary Table 3-15 (in the online-only Data Supplement) (type I disaster) and Supplementary Table 16-22 (in the online-only Data Supplement) (type II disaster).

Table 2.

Mental health assessment tools after the disaster in children according to the rater (self report, parent, teacher, and clinician)

 Symptoms/rater Self-report scale Parents’ report scale Teacher’s report scale Clinician’s report scale
PTSD AVE, CPSS, CPTSD-RI, CRIES, CRIES-13, CSDC, DIS, KID-SAVE, LEC, LES, LSC-R, NSA-R, NWS, PCL-C, PCL-S, PSPS, PSS, PTCI, PTG, PTSD-RI, PTSS, SAVE, SRS-PTSD, TESS, TSSC-CA, UCLA PTSD-RI, YPQ IES, IES-R, WIP CAPS
Diagnosis C-DISC, ChIPS, CIDI, CSR, DISC, DISC-PS, Kiddie-SADS- L, MINI-KID, RECAP, SADS-L
Anxiety ACQ-C, CASI, DASS, FSS-C, MASC-T, RCADS-C, RCMAS, SCARED, SCARED-R- CV, SCAS, STAI-C, TASC RCADS-P, STAI ADIS-IV
Depression BDI, CDI, DASS, DPS, DSRS, NCTSN, RCADS-C, SDIC CES-D, RCADS-P DISC
General psychopathology APSC, BSI-18, CBQ, LASC, SCL-90-R, SDQ, YSR CBCL C-TRF PSC-II
Social support ISEL, MSPSS, SSRS, SSSC, SSSCA, TRICA-S
Type specific EEQ, EES, ETQ, HURTE, PsySTART, WEQ
Coping CCAC, NCSS, SSRS, WCQ, YCITT
Family APGAR, CRPBI, FAD, FRM
Cognitive function MCQ-C
Attention COWAT BRIEF
ADHD BRIEF
Emotion FMSS-EE
Stress DASS, SASRQ
Routines CRI, DLQ
Sleep PSQI, SQ
Somatization CSI
Health GHQ-12
Attachment IPPA
Control LCS
Behavior YRBS
Quality of life PedsQL, QoLQ
Substance CRAFFT
Miscellaneous ABI, IUBQ, WTC RQ TRF
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Acronyms are given in Table 5

Table 3.

Mental health assessment tools used after the Type I disaster in children

Scale Tsunami Earthquake Hurricane and Others
APGAR O23,24)
APQ O13)
APSC O25)
BDI (Beck) O26,27)
BRIEF O14)
CAPS O28,29)
CASI O30,31)
CBCL O32,33)
CBQ O34)
CDI O35-37) O26,30,31,38-41)
CES-D O42) O24)
ChIPS O43)
COWAT o14)
CPSS O42,44)
CPTSD-RI O45) O16,26,27,30,31,38,40,46-48) O49-54)
CRAFFT O34)
CRI O13)
CRIES O35-37) O55-57)
CRIES-13 O39)
CRPBI O58)
CSDC O59)
C-TRF O24)
C-WISC O14)
DASS O44,60)
DIS O61)
DLQ O62)
DSRS O63) O16,39,46,64,65) O66)
EEQ O67)
EES O14)
ETQ O39)
FAD O26)
FRM O54)
GHQ-12 O68) O26)
HEQ O13)
HRQoL O40)
HURTE O49,69)
IES O32,38)
IES-R O59,70) O24,71)
IPPA O58)
ISEL O13)
Kiddie-SADS-L O56)
KIDS-SAVE O13,69)
LASC O72)
LCS O73)
LEC O49,50)
LSC-R O25)
MASC-T O71)
MCQ-C O31)
MINI-KID O14) O23,24,71)
MSPSS O41)
NCSS O73)
NCTSN O74)
NSA-R O34)
PCL-C O73)
PCL-S O60)
PedsQL O40)
PSC-II O37)
PSPS O61)
PSQI O64)
PsySTART O63)
PTCI O56)
PTG O75)
PTSD-RI O76) O77,78)
PTSSC-15 O79) O62,80-82)
QoLQ O83)
RCADS-C O52,58)
RCADS-P O58)
ROCFT O14)
RQ O84)
SAVE O13,69)
SCARED O38)
SCARED-R-CV O31)
SCAS O39)
SCL-90-R O43,84) O13)
SDQ O85) O38,57) O54,86,87)
SRS-PTSD O26)
SSRS O56,64)
SSSC O69)
SSSCA O49)
STAI O27-29,38)
STAI-C O26,30,31)
Stroop O14)
TASC O52)
TESS O45)
TMT-A O14)
TRF O78)
TRICA-S O88)
TSSC-CA O67)
UCLA PTSD-RI O63,70,89-91) O41,65,83,88) O13,69,92,93)
WIP O84)
YPQ O84)
YRBS O74,94)
YSR O33)
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Table 4.

Mental health assessment tools used after the Type II disaster in children

Scale Fire Sinking Terrorist attack Bombing
ABI O95)
ACQ-C O11)
ADIS-IV O11)
BDI (Berleson) O11,96) O12,97-99)
BSI-18 O100)
C-DISC O101)
CAPS O102) O12)
CASI O11)
CBCL O103)
CCAC O101)
CDI O103)
CES-D O101)
CIDI O104)
CPSS O103)
CPTSD-RI O105) O106)
CRIES O107)
CRIES-13 O108)
CSI O107)
CSR O11)
DASS O109)
DISC O104,110-113)
DISC-PS O11)
DPS O110,112)
DSRS O108)
FMSS-EE O95)
FSS-C O97)
HURTE O105)
IES O11,96,102) O12,98,99)
IES-R O100) O114)
IUBQ O101)
Kiddie-SADS-L O95)
LES O12)
NWS O111)
PSS O115)
PTSS O116)
RCMAS O11,96) O12,97-99) O103)
RECAP O12)
SADS-L O117)
SASRQ O100)
SCARED O107)
SDIC O107)
SDQ O107,118) O109,119)
SSRS O103)
SSSC O12)
UCLA PTSD-RI O102,118) O111,113,120) O109,119)
WCQ O12)
WEQ O108)
WTC O121)
YCITT O122)
YSR O123) O103)
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Table 5.

Mental health assessment scales after a disaster reviewed in this article

Mental health assessment scales
ABI=Assessment of Behavioral Inhibition
ACQ-C=the Anxiety Control Questionnaire for Children
ADIS-IV=the Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule for DSM-IV (child and parent versions)
APGAR=Family APGAR Index-measures subjects’ satisfaction with family support
APQ=Alabama Parenting Questionnaire
APSC=the Adolescent Psychopathology Scale-Short Form
AVE=the Screen for Adolescent Violence Exposure
BDI=Birleson Depression Inventory
BDI=Beck Depression Inventory
BRIEF=the Behavior Rating Scale of Executive Function, Parent Form for School Age Children
BSI-18=the Brief Symptom Inventory-18
C-DISC=Computer Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children-IV
CAPS=Clinician Administered Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Scale
CASI=Childhood Anxiety Sensitivity Index
CBCL=Child Behavior Checklist
CBQ=Conflict Behavior Questionnaire Short Form
CCAC=the version of the Children’s Coping Assistance Checklist
CDI=Children’s Depression Inventory
CES-D=the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale
ChIPS=Children’s Interview for Psychiatric Syndromes
CIDI=the Composite International Diagnostic Interview
COWAT=the Animal Naming Test of the Controlled Oral Word Association Test
CPSS=Child PTSD Symptom Scale
CPTSD-RI=Children’s Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder-Reaction Index
CRAFFT=a standardized and valid 6-item self-report screen for adolescent substance-related problems and disorders
CRI=Child Routines Inventory
CRIES=Children’s Impact of Events Scale
CRIES-13=Children’s Revised Impact of Event Scale
CRPBI=the Children’s Report of Parent Behavior Inventory
CSDC=the Child Stress Disorder Checklist
CSI=Children’s Somatization Inventory
CSR=Clinical Severity Rating
C-TRF=the Chinese version of the Teacher’s Report Form
C-WISC=Chinese Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children
DASS=Depression Anxiety and Stress Scales
DIS=Disaster Impact Scale
DISC=Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children
DISC=the depression scale of the Diagnostic Predictive Scales derived from the NIMH Diagnostic Interview Scale for Children
DISC-PS=the Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children-Predictive Scales
DLQ=the Daily Life Questionnaire
DPS = Depression Predictive Scales
DSRS=Depression Self-Rating Scale
EEQ=the Earthquake Experience questionnaire
EES=Earthquake-related Experience Scale
ETQ=Earthquake Trauma Questionnaire
FAD=McMaster Family Assessment Device
FMSS-EE=Five-Minute-Speech Sample Measure of Expressed Emotion
FRM=the Family Resilience Measure
FSS-C=Fear Survey Schedule for Children (revised form)
GHQ-12=General Health Questionnaire
HEQ=Hurricane Exposure Questionnaire
HRQoL=Health-related Quality of Life
HURTE=Hurricane-Related Traumatic Experience Questionnaire
IES=Impact of Events Scale
IES-R=the Impact of Event Scale Revised
IPPA=the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment
ISEL=Interpersonal Support and Evaluation List
IUBQ=the Inter-group Understanding or Bias Questionnaire
Kiddie-SADS-L=Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children Lifetime version
KID-SAVE=Screen for Adolescent Violence Exposure (8-10 year)
LASC=the Los Angeles Symptom Checklist, adolescent version
LCS=Locus of Control Scale
LEC=Life Events Checklist
LES=Life Events Scale
LSC-R=the Life Stressor Checklist-Revised
MASC-T=Taiwanese version of the Multi-dimensional Anxiety Scale for Children
MCQ-C=Meta cognitions Questionnaire for Children
MINI-KID=the Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview for Children and Adolescents
MSPSS=Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support
NCSS=a native Coping Styles Scale
NCTSN assessment scale=the validated UCLA PTSD Index and includes a number of questions regarding depressive symptoms
NSA-R=The National Survey of Adolescents-Replication PTSD module
NWS=National Women’s Study PTSD module
PCL-C=the PTSD Checklist-Civilian Chinese Version
PCL-S = PTSD Checklist-Specific Stressor Version
PedsQL=Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory TM 4.0 of the Chinese version
PSC-II=Pediatric Symptom Checklists part II
PSPS=the children’s Perceived Stress Performance Scale
PSQI=Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index
PSS=Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptom Scale
PsySTART=a tsunami-modified version of the PsySTART Rapid Triage System
PTCI=Post-traumatic Cognitions Inventory
PTG=Post Traumatic Growth
PTSD-RI=Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Reaction Index
PTSS=the Posttraumatic Stress Symptom Scale
QoLQ=Quality of Life Questionnaire
RCADS-C=the Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scales, Child Version
RCADS-P=the Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scales, Parent Version
RCMAS=Revised Children’s Manifest Anxiety Scale
RECAP=the Retrospective Experiences and Child and Adolescent Psychopathology interview
ROCFT=the Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Test
RQ=Rutter’s questionnaire, parent’s version
SADS-L=the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia Lifetime Version
SASRQ=Stanford Acute Stress Reaction Questionnaire
SAVE=Screen for Adolescent Violence Exposure (11-16 year)
SCARED=Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders
SCARED-R-CV=Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders Revised–Child Self-Report
SCAS=Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale
SCL-90-R=Symptom Checklist-90-Revised
SDIC=Short Depression Inventory for Children
SDQ=The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire
SQ=the Sleep Questionnaire
SRS-PTSD=Self-rating Scale for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
SSRS=Social Skills Rating Scale
SSRS=Social Support Rating Scale
SSSC=the Social Support Scale for Children
SSSCA=Social Support Scale for Children and Adolescents
STAI=the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory
STAI-C=State and Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children
Stroop=The Stroop Colored Word Test
TASC=a shortened version of the Test Anxiety Scale for Children
TESS=Traumatic Exposure Severity Scale
TMT-A=part of the Trail Making Test
TRF=Achenbach’s Teacher’s Report Form
TRICA-S=The Taiwan Relationship Inventory for Children and Adolescents, Short version
TSSC-CA=the Traumatic Stress Symptom Checklist for children and adolescents
UCLA PTSD-RI=UCLA PTSD Reaction Index
WCQ=Ways of Coping Questionnaire, Short Form
WEQ=Wildfire Experience Questionnaire
WIP=Watson Interview for PTSD of adults
WTC=the WTC Questionnaire
YCITT=Youth Coping In Traumatic Times
YPQ=Yule PTSD questionnaire
YRBS=Youth Risk Behavior Survey
YSR=Youth Self Report
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DISCUSSION

Our review of the 118 selected studies revealed that 35 (29.67%) of the studies used single scales. All other studies used up to 8 scales to assess mental health.11-14)

Depressive disorders are some of the most common psychological responses to trauma and stress. Depressive disorders in children and adolescents cause interpersonal problems and may affect developmental functions. Depressive symptoms should be monitored in children and adolescents exposed to disaster.4) None of the studies reviewed used a single scale to assess depression or anxiety. This is consistent with the findings of Wang et al.15) A long-term follow-up study16) investigated PTSD and depressive symptoms in children and adolescents over a period of about six and a half years after a disaster. Several studies have shown that mental health interventions during the early follow-up stages effectively reduce the prevalence of psychopathological problems in pediatric survivors.15)

Earthquakes were analyzed in a study16) that used the Children’s Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder-Reaction Index (CPTSD-RI), the Depression Self-Rating Scale (DSRS), and other similar scales for follow-up. Of these scales, the University of California at Los Angeles PTSD Reaction Index (UCLA PTSD-RI) scale represents an appropriate tool for the assessment of children and adolescents in various disasters. Translated versions of this scale, which are available in many different languages, were shown to be cost-effective and user-friendly, and to facilitate effective management and rapid evaluation.4)

A comparison of the 9/11 terror attacks and Hurricane Katrina revealed that only the CPTSD-RI and UCLA PTSD-RI were used as common evaluation tools. Until now, there has been no gold standard assessment used after a disaster. At this time, it is necessary to create a consensus among specialists regarding the use of different approaches for specific disaster types or the use of domain scales in the event of a disaster in South Korea.7) Specific disaster types and symptoms, as well as variables such as sleep, concentration, cognitive function, daily life, and quality of life, should be initially evaluated.

The sources of information can be categorized as self-report, caregiver’s report, teacher’s report, and direct evaluation by a mental health professional. A self-report form is a type of questionnaire that is read by the respondents, who select their own responses.17) Effective assessments should require the consideration of children’s developmental issues and changes in cognitive capacity.18) The Fear Survey Schedule for Children (FSS-C), the Hurricane-Related Traumatic Experience Questionnaire (HURTE), the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED), the Screen for Adolescent Violence Exposure (SAVE), and the State and Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children (STAI-C) are usually used in self-report questionnaires, which children and adolescents respond to by themselves. However, self-report questionnaires to which school-aged children respond themselves have the disadvantage of allowing the respondent to reduce his or her externalizing symptoms. In addition, cases wherein school-aged children or adolescents are not well aware of their psychiatric symptoms should be noted by clinicians, who should then conduct the evaluation.

Parent-reported questionnaires may be categorized as follows: those that assess the parents’ psychological symptoms, and those that allow parents to respond by observing their child’s behavior. Examples of questionnaires assessing the parents’ symptoms are the Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R), the Watson Interview for PTSD of adults (WIP), and the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D). Parents and teachers are considered reliable observers for the evaluation of the behavior of children and adolescents.19) In our review, many parents reported such observations using the Children’s Report of Parent Behavior Inventory (CRPBI); the Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scales, Parent Version(RCADS-P); Rutter’s Questionnaire, parent’s version (RQ); and the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment (IPPA).

In the present study, we found that Achenbach’s Teacher’s Report Form (TRF) and the Chinese version of the TRF (C-TRF) were used only as measures reported by the teacher. However, as reported previously,20) they might underestimate internalizing symptoms, pain, and anger in children and adolescents. This suggests the need for careful interpretation of such reports.

Direct evaluation by mental health professionals is highly reliable. For instance, the Clinician-Administered Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Scale (CAPS), the Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children Lifetime version (Kiddie-SADS-L), the Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview for Children and Adolescents (MINI-KID), and the Retrospective Experiences and Child and Adolescent Psychopathology interview (RECAP) are used as assessment scales by clinicians. Nevertheless, direct evaluations by mental health professionals were available in only a few studies.

For children and adolescents exposed to disasters, monitoring is based on the evaluation used, and subsequent intervention promotes recovery. Effective provision of mental health services and an integrated system facilitate the management of psychosocial challenges in children and adolescents.21) Appropriate and timely interventions in communities may result in positive developmental impacts in young patients. Therefore, it is important to use an evaluation tool with high reliability and validity. A brief screening test followed by an in-depth assessment to select high-risk groups should be systematized. In addition, the cost of intervention following an emergency should be reduced. Mental health-related assessments are affected by the numbers of research designs and subjects. The scale that is used should be selected carefully to provide appropriate and critical feedback regarding the functional status and diagnosis of the subject.8)

The limitations of this study are as follows. The systematic literature review included an extensive search only for articles written in English. This means that some important research results may have been omitted. In addition, analysis of the scales used for different types of disasters may have been restricted due to the limited number of relevant studies. Furthermore, the final selection of articles included only those pertaining to school-aged children and adolescents. As such, evaluation items and tools used to assess individuals in early childhood were not analyzed. Therefore, a systematic review of the literature on infants and preschoolers should be conducted in a subsequent study. Nevertheless, our study discusses mental health assessment tools for potential application following disasters and suggests recommendations for clinical settings.22)

CONCLUSION

Studies involving disaster evaluation highlight the behavioral and mental health impacts of the disaster. The results of this study have major implications for systematic mental health assessments and interventions administered to children and adolescents, as well as survivors of disasters in the future. It may thus serve as a basis for subsequent studies and for responses to policy measures.

Supplementary Materials

The online-only Data Supplement is available with this article at https://doi.org/10.5765/jkacap.180002.

Acknowledgments

This study was supported by a grant from the Korean Mental Health Technology R&D Project, Ministry of Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea (HM15C1058).

Footnotes

Conflicts of Interest

The authors have no financial conflicts of interest.

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