A study shows that kids who were in utero during Superstorm Sandy were more likely to meet criteria for a psychiatric disorder later. What can parents do with this information?
shines light on how stress during pregnancy can affect a child’s mental health, and how climate change is taking a toll on kids today.By the time Superstorm Sandy made landfall in New York City in October 2012, Yoko Nomura, a professor of psychology at Queens College, and her colleagues had already embarked on the “Stress In Pregnancy Study,” funded by the National Institutes of Health, to understand the effects of maternal stress during pregnancy on children’s development.
“The difference was humongous. It was literally like over 20 times [the] difference in anxiety and aggression,” Nomura said. She and her colleagues wondered if they were “exaggerating the differences” somehow, perhaps because they were using a self-reported scale. “It was just so clear-cut, there was no room for arguing,” Nomura said. “[The] magnitude of difference is so strong in terms of the risks.”the stress of Sandy caused these increases, it is clear that the effect on the children’s psychiatric health was substantial, and that it was mediated significantly by gender.Damage from Superstorm Sandy seen in Staten Island, New York, Nov. 6, 2012.Dr.
People are quick to talk about kids’ resilience, but we need to understand that this resilience isn’t infinite, she said. Ours is not the first generation to confront a doomsday scenario, Solomon explained, citing instances of naturally occurring devastation like the bubonic plague, as well as human-created catastrophes like slavery and the Holocaust.
What these high rates of psychiatric conditions should encourage is screening and treatment for affected families.
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