Acute stress disorder in a ten year old child following a major earthquake

Authors

  • Kamal Gautam Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu
  • Shreeram Upadhyaya Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu
  • Sagun Ballav Pant Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu
  • Saraswati Dhungana Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu
  • Pratikchya Tulachan Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu
  • Manisha Chapagai Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu
  • Saroj Prasad Ojha Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/jkmc.v5i3.18423

Keywords:

Acute stress disorder, Children, Disaster, Pre-morbid

Abstract

Acute stress disorder is a syndrome characterized by the development of severe anxiety, dissociative and other symptoms that occur between three days to one month after exposure to an extremely traumatic or stressful life event. This case report presents a 10-year old girl child that presented with an acute stress disorder after being rescued from a state of burial for three and half hours inside a demolished house following a major earthquake. She was admitted to Psychiatry ward for eight days and was discharged successfully in a pre-morbid state after psychological interventions. With this particular child’s presentation in the emergency following a major traumatic event, we can learn to address and timely manage the secondary psychological trauma the child, her family and other relatives may undergo.

Journal of Kathmandu Medical College

Vol. 5, No. 3, Issue 17, Jul.-Sep., 2016, page: 98-100

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Author Biographies

Kamal Gautam, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu

Third year resident

Shreeram Upadhyaya, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu

First year resident

Sagun Ballav Pant, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu

Teaching assistant

Saraswati Dhungana, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu

Teaching assistant

Pratikchya Tulachan, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu

Lecturer

Manisha Chapagai, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu

Associate Professor

Saroj Prasad Ojha, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu

Professor, Head

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Published

2017-10-16

How to Cite

Gautam, K., Upadhyaya, S., Pant, S. B., Dhungana, S., Tulachan, P., Chapagai, M., & Ojha, S. P. (2017). Acute stress disorder in a ten year old child following a major earthquake. Journal of Kathmandu Medical College, 5(3), 98–100. https://doi.org/10.3126/jkmc.v5i3.18423

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 3 (2016)

Section

Case Reports

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