[The psychology of childhood trauma].
A significant number of child victims of accidents develops psychological symptoms which can be described as post-traumatic stress reactions. This article reviews the literature on psychological consequences of accidents. Classification, diagnosis, prevalence, pathogenesis, biology, prevention, and therapy of post-traumatic stress reactions in children and adolescents are discussed. Consideration of psychotraumatological aspects in the treatment of children and adolescents after accidents in recommended.
Landolt
M A
MA
Universitäts-Kinderspital Zürich. mlandolt@kispi.unizh.ch
D000059:Accidents / Q000523:psychology*; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*