title: Childhood post-traumatic stress disorder: an overview.
abstract: This article presents an overview of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as it relates to children and adolescents. The authors provide a critical review of the pediatric PTSD literature regarding the definition, epidemiology, clinical presentation, assessment, neurobiologic foundation, and treatment of PTSD. The importance of developmental and neurobiologic factors and the uniqueness of these factors to children are emphasized.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3613, Durham, NC 27710, USA. debe1002@mc.duke.edu
authors.forename: Michael D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: De Bellis
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Van Dillen
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D040701:Stress Disorders, Traumatic, Acute / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology