title: Psychic trauma in children and adolescents.
abstract: The term childhood trauma has been well-accepted and frequently used since the turn of the twentieth century, yet until the early 1980s the condition itself was barely described and minimally explained. This article covers the current definitions and then critically reviews the literature, emphasizing the most recent studies on childhood trauma. It then briefly considers the current state of treatment and the promising areas of present day research.
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse; D002657:Child Development; D002667:Child Reactive Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010468:Perceptual Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D012106:Research; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy