Trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder in children and adolescents

Many children and adolescents are exposed to different types of trauma, e.g. abuse or various disasters. Trauma can cause severe and long-term impairment and consequences, the most studied of which are post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and PTSD symptoms (PTSS). PTSD is highly prevalent in clinic...

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Main Author: Gerasimos Kolaitis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-09-01
Series:European Journal of Psychotraumatology
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2017.1351198