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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Children and Adolescents

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2014

Oliver Hopkins  and
Neville King
Oliver Hopkins
Affiliation:
Monash University
Neville King*
Affiliation:
Monash University
*
Faculty of Graduate Studies, School of Graduate Studies, Monash University, Clayton VIC 3168, Australia
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Abstract

In recent years researchers and clinicians have paid increasing attention to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in children and adolescents. Issues of definition and evaluation are discussed and studies of children subsequent to natural disasters, accident, war, sexual abuse and human-made traumas are reviewed. Issues relating to treatment and “debriefing” are also discussed.

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Research Article
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Behaviour Change , Volume 11 , Issue 2 , June 1994 , pp. 110 - 120
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Copyright © The Author(s) 1994

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