Effectiveness of a single-session early psychological intervention for children after road traffic accidents: a randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Road traffic accidents (RTAs) are the leading health threat to children in Europe, resulting in 355,000 injuries annually. Because children can suffer significant and long-term mental health problems following RTAs, there is considerable interest in the development of early psychological interventions. To date, the research in this field is scarce, and currently no evidence-based recommendations can be made.

Methods

To evaluate the effectiveness of a single-session early psychological intervention, 99 children age 7-16 were randomly assigned to an intervention or control group. The manualised intervention was provided to the child and at least one parent around 10 days after the child's involvement in an RTA. It included reconstruction of the accident using drawin

SUBMITTER: Zehnder D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2841102 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature