title: Persistence of pediatric post traumatic stress disorder after 2 years.
abstract: One-hundred and fifty-six children were randomly evaluated at an inner-city juvenile/family court. These children were removed from their parent's custody subsequent to a finding of severe child maltreatment. From our original sample of 156 children, 62 met strict criteria for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Fifty-two of these 62 were successfully recruited and participated in the 2 year re-examination. Each PTSD diagnosis was conferred by the Diagnostic Interview for Children and Adolescents (DICA). From our sample of 52 PTSD children re-examined after 2 years, 17 (32.7%) retained the full PTSD diagnosis, while 67.3% did not meet criteria.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Famularo
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fenton
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Augustyn
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zuckerman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology*; D002655:Child Custody; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010552:Personality Assessment; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D014505:Urban Population