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Emergency Organization of Child Psychiatric Care Following the Terrorist Attack on July 14, 2016, in Nice, France

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 June 2018

Lucie Chauvelin ,
Morgane Gindt ,
Bertrand Olliac ,
Philippe Robert ,
Susanne Thümmler  and
Florence Askenazy
Lucie Chauvelin
Affiliation:
University Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Children’s Hospitals of Nice CHU-Lenval, Nice, France Université Côte d’Azur, CoBTek, France
Morgane Gindt
Affiliation:
University Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Children’s Hospitals of Nice CHU-Lenval, Nice, France Université Côte d’Azur, CoBTek, France
Bertrand Olliac
Affiliation:
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Esquirol Hospital, Limoges, France
Philippe Robert
Affiliation:
Université Côte d’Azur, CoBTek, France
Susanne Thümmler
Affiliation:
University Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Children’s Hospitals of Nice CHU-Lenval, Nice, France Université Côte d’Azur, CoBTek, France
Florence Askenazy*
Affiliation:
University Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Children’s Hospitals of Nice CHU-Lenval, Nice, France Université Côte d’Azur, CoBTek, France
*
Correspondence and reprint requests to Dr Florence Askenazy, Service Universitaire de Psychiatrie de l’Enfant et de l’Adolescent, Hôpitaux Pédiatriques de Nice CHU-Lenval, 57 Avenue de la Californie, 06200, Nice, France (e-mail: [email protected]).
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Abstract

In the actual context of terrorism targeting children and families, it seems essential to describe different experiences of pediatric psychological emergency devices after such unexpected mass trauma. Here we testify our experience of the psychological emergency care setup dedicated to children and families during the first 48 hours after the terrorist attack of Nice, France, on July 14, 2016. Activated within the hour following the attack, the device included two child psychiatry teams turning over each day, receiving at least 163 individuals (99 children and 64 adults) within the first 2 days. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2019;13:144–146)

Keywords

child and adolescent psychiatrychildren’s hospitalCUMPemergency psychological careterrorist attack
Type
Brief Report
Information
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness , Volume 13 , Issue 2 , April 2019 , pp. 144 - 146
Copyright
Copyright © Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc. 2018 

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