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Practitioner Review: Posttraumatic stress disorder and its treatment in children and adolescents |
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| Authors: | Patrick Smith Tim Dalgleish Richard Meiser-Stedman |
| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK;2. Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK;3. Department of Clinical Psychology, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK |
| Abstract: | Important advances in understanding traumatic stress reactions in children and young people have been made in recent years. The aim of this review was to synthesise selected recent research findings, with a focus on their relevance to clinical practice. We therefore address: findings on the epidemiology of trauma exposure and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD); recent changes to diagnostic classification; implications for screening and assessment of traumatic stress reactions; and treatment outcome studies including interventions for acute and chronic PTSD, dissemination of effective treatments into community settings, and early interventions. We conclude with recommendations for clinical practice and suggestions for future areas of research. |
| Keywords: | Cognitive therapy diagnosis posttraumatic stress disorder trauma treatment trials |