THE VIOLENCE OF DESPAIR - CONSULTATION TO A HEADSTART PROGRAM FOLLOWING THE LOS-ANGELES UPRISING OF 1992

Citation
Ml. Stuber et al., THE VIOLENCE OF DESPAIR - CONSULTATION TO A HEADSTART PROGRAM FOLLOWING THE LOS-ANGELES UPRISING OF 1992, Community mental health journal, 33(3), 1997, pp. 235-241
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,"Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath
ISSN journal
00103853
Volume
33
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
235 - 241
Database
ISI
SICI code
0010-3853(1997)33:3<235:TVOD-C>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
This paper describes an acute trauma consultation to one Los Angeles H eadStart program following the severe civil disturbance in the spring of 1992. By self-report, 7% (3/42) of the teachers had severe post-tra umatic stress symptoms, and 29% (21/42) had moderate symptoms one mont h after the event. Teachers, comparing behavior following the disturba nce to behavior two weeks before, reported statistically significant i ncreases in the students' aggression and noise level, and decreases in ''getting along'' with peers and academic progress. Difficulties enco untered in this type of community psychiatric consultation are discuss ed.