RT Book, Section
A1 McDermott, Brett
A2 Ebert, Michael H.
A2 Loosen, Peter T.
A2 Nurcombe, Barry
A2 Leckman, James F.
SR Print(0)
ID 3291378
T1 Chapter 43. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Children and Adolescents Following a Single-Event Trauma
T2 CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Psychiatry, 2e
YR 2008
FD 2008
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-142292-5
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=3291378
RD 2024/04/23
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.