Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder In Children And Non-Pharmacological Therapies Strategies In Iran: A Review Study
Journal Title: International Journal of Health & Medical Research - Year 2024, Vol 3, Issue 03
Abstract
Purpose and Background: Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a set of symptoms that appear after a severe traumatic stress. Children and adolescents experience an increase in potentially traumatic experiences. Many children subsequently develop mental health problems. Method: A broad search was conducted in scientific databases and search engines such as Science Direct, PubMed, Cochrane, Medline, SID, Scopus, CINAHL, OVID, Iran Doc, and Magiran with Using the keywords “post-traumatic stress disorder”, “non-pharmacological coping strategies”, “children” alone or in combination with each other and their English equivalent was done. Articles that were published between 2000 and 2023 and were more related to the main focus of the research topic were selected.After a comprehensive review, nine studies that met the purpose of this study were selected. Findings: The most important non-pharmacological treatment strategies in children included relaxation and hypnosis, acupuncture, neurofeedback, saikokeishikankyoto (a herbal preparation) and exercise (yoga). Conclusion: Therefore, the use of non-pharmacological methods as one of the effective methods in the treatment of these children’s disorders can improve the quality of life of the family of these patients and the patient himself, as a result, administrators should encourage the patients’ families by using non-pharmacological methods.
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Mohammadreza Khodabakhsh, *Mahboubeh Afshar
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