Alberto Tozzi · Prevalence of psychiatric symptoms in children and adolescents one year after the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake.
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Prevalence of psychiatric symptoms in children and adolescents one year after the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake.

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Article · Oct 2026 · 1 min read

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In brief

This community-based study assessed psychiatric symptom prevalence in 1,839 Italian children aged 3-14 years, 12-17 months after the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake. The research addresses a gap in disaster mental health literature for Italian pediatric populations following complex emergencies.

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Alberto Tozzi

In 2009, an earthquake devastated the Abruzzo region in Italy. Despite the occurrence of several disasters in this country, no study on mental health of Italian children has ever been conducted in complex emergencies. Objective of the study was to assess the prevalence of psychiatric symptoms among children in the affected area 12 to 17 months after the event. A community sample of 1839 3-14 years…

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