HCPlive (5/22, Kunzmann) interviewed Linda Chokroverty, MD, “child psychiatrist and assistant professor in the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine,” at the American Psychiatric Association 2022 Annual Meeting. Dr. Chokroverty “discussed the importance of timely and coordinated psychiatric care in children impacted by disasters and trauma.” In the interview, Dr. Chokroverty “stressed the severe reactions children may have to disasters – increased fear and anxiety, and a desire to avoid social gatherings or school are among the more common effects.”
Related Links:
— “The Pediatric Disaster Psychiatry Care Team “Kevin Kunzmann, HCPLive, May 22, 2022