TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 43. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Children and Adolescents Following a Single-Event Trauma A1 - McDermott, Brett A2 - Ebert, Michael H. A2 - Loosen, Peter T. A2 - Nurcombe, Barry A2 - Leckman, James F. Y1 - 2008 N1 - T2 - CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Psychiatry, 2e AB - Single-event traumas experienced by children and adolescents include involvement in motor vehicle accidents, natural disasters, and other unexpected, paroxysmal events such as being assaulted or raped. In environments where the latter occur with unfortunate regularity, such as when a family experiences protracted domestic violence, ongoing sexual assault or lives in a war-zone, the individual is likely to be exposed to multiple traumatic experiences and the mental health sequelae are qualitatively different to the experience of a single-event trauma. Readers should consult the chapters on dissociative disorders, personality disorders, and references to sexual abuse to further understand the sequelae of exposure to multiple-event trauma. This chapter will focus on the mental health outcomes following exposure to a single-event trauma. Typical diagnoses include posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), other anxiety disorders including specific phobias, and depressive presentations. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, fourth edition, Text Revision, criteria for these conditions are detailed in Chapters 20, 41, and 38, respectively. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/19 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=3291378 ER -