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Panos Vostanis
Researcher at University of Leicester
Publications - 220
Citations - 6835
Panos Vostanis is an academic researcher from University of Leicester. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mental health & Psychological intervention. The author has an hindex of 38, co-authored 207 publications receiving 6001 citations. Previous affiliations of Panos Vostanis include University College London & University of California, Davis.
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Psychiatric disorder among British children looked after by local authorities: comparison with children living in private households
TL;DR: Children looked after by local authorities had higher levels of psychopathology, educational difficulties and neurodevelopmental disorders, and ‘looked after’ status was independently associated with nearly all types of psychiatric disorder after adjusting for these educational and physical factors.
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Comorbidity of PTSD and depression among refugee children during war conflict.
TL;DR: Exposure to trauma was not found to have a unique association with PTSD, but not all remaining CPTSD-RI items were significantly associated with exposure to traumatic events, thus raising the possibility that the association between depression and PTSD was due in part to symptom overlap.
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Post traumatic stress disorder reactions in children of war: a longitudinal study.
TL;DR: PTSD reactions tend to decrease in the absence of further stressors, although a substantial proportion of children still present with a range of emotional and behavioral problems, according to a longitudinal study in the Gaza strip.
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Emotional problems in Palestinian children living in a war zone: a cross-sectional study
TL;DR: Assessment of the nature and severity of emotional problems in Palestinian children whose homes had been bombarded and demolished during the crisis in Palestine, compared with children living in other parts of the Gaza strip found exposure to bombardment was the strongest socioeconomic predictor of post-traumatic stress reactions.
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Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire: research and clinical applications.
TL;DR: The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire has been established as the most widely used instrument in child mental health research and is easy to complete, is user friendly because of its positive attributes items, allows comparisons to be made between different populations and is sensitive to change.