Association of adolescent substance use: behavioral problems and family background among school students in Tsunami affected area in southern Thailand.

Objective: To study the prevalence of substance use and associated factors in school students in Tsunami affected areas in southern Thailand.

Material And Method: The study was a school-based, cross-sectional, anonymous survey that used a translated questionnaire, ESPAD-03, in 5 schools. Chi-square tests and odds ratios were used to evaluate factors associated with substance use.

Quality of life and happiness of the students in the disaster area: 6 years after the Tsunami at Takua Pa District, Phang Nga, Thailand.

Background: The Tsunami disaster, which occurred on December 26, 2004 in Thailand, caused enormous damage to life, property and community. Although the tragedy occurred 6 years ago, many children and adolescents still suffer from mental health problems.

Objective: To determine the quality of life and happiness of students who live in the Tsunami disaster area 6 years after the tragedy.

Randomized Controlled Trial of Group Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Children and Adolescents Exposed to Tsunami in Thailand.

Background: Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a common and debilitating consequence of natural disaster in children and adolescents. Accumulating data show that cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is an effective treatment for PTSD. However, application of CBT in a large-scale disaster in a setting with limited resources, such as when the tsunami hit several Asian countries in 2004, poses a major problem.

Post-traumatic stress disorder in children after the tsunami disaster in Thailand: a 5-year follow-up.

Background: Children may suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder after disaster. There was a severe tsunami following an undersea earthquake off the Sumatra coast of Indonesia. There were 20,000 children in 6 southwestern provinces of Thailand who were possibly affected.

Postpartum depression in the mothers of preterm infants at Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health.

Objective: To study the prevalence of postpartum depression in the mothers of preterm infants at Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health.

Study Design: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted at 1 to 6 months after delivery in 41 postpartum women of healthy preterm infants at the high risk clinic, Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health during 1st January to 31st December 2006. Health-related, self-report (HRSR) scale and the diagnostic screening test for depression in a Thai population were used for evaluation.

Assessment of psychopathological consequences in children at 3 years after tsunami disaster.

Background: At 1 year after the Tsunami disaster, 30% of students in two high risk schools at Takuapa district of Phang Nga Province still suffered from post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The number ofpatients was sharply declined after 18 months. The psychological consequences in children who diagnosed PTSD after the event were reinvestigated again at 3 years, as there were reports of significant comorbidity and continuing of subsyndromal post traumatic stress symptoms in children suffered from other disasters.

Psychiatric disorders in children at one year after the tsunami disaster in Thailand.

Background: The tsunami that struck Thailand on 26th December 2004 was the greatest natural disaster in the country's history. It left in its wake unprecedented damage and destruction. Children suffered the loss of parents or guardians, and survivors were left to cope with psychological trauma of the disaster

Objective: To assess the psychiatric disorders in tsunami victim children at one year after the event.

Behavioral problems of epileptic children at Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health.

Background: Neurological diseases and psychiatric problems were cloudily related. Many patients with epilepsy had associated problems such as Learning disorders (LD) or Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Evaluation and treatments of these behavioral and learning problems should be, therefore, included in management of patients with epilepsy in order to improve their quality of life.

Post traumatic stress disorder in children after tsunami disaster in Thailand: 2 years follow-up.

Background: On December 26, 2004, the tsunami destroyed many families, communities, and residential areas. Adverse psychological impact on children and adolescents due to a natural disaster of this magnitude has never been reported in Thailand's history particularly as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

Objective: Investigate clinical symptoms and develop a 2-year monitoring and intervention program for PTSD in children affected by the December 26, 2004 tsunami natural disaster The study period started six weeks after the event and was completed after two years.

Trend study of autistic spectrum disorders at Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health.

Background: Increases in the incidence and prevalence of autistic spectrum disorders have been reported recently in the United States and Europe, but there are only a few reports on the trend of this problem in Thailand.

Objectives: To study trend in autistic spectrum disorder patients and to find the factors that correlate with the incidence of this disorder at Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health.

Material And Method: A hospital-based prospective trend study was conducted in patients aged less than 12 years old, who attended the Child and Adolescent Department, Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health, Bangkok, form January 1998 to December 2002.

Enuresis in children 5-15 years at Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health.

A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted to compare 179 enuretic and 811 non-enuretic patients at Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health from July 1998 through December 1998. The objective was to study the epidemiology, risk factors, behavioral and learning problems associated with enuresis in children 5-15 years old. Chi-squared analysis was used.