Posttraumatic stress disorder: the missed diagnosis.
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is frequently underdiagnosed in maltreated samples. Protective services information is critical for obtaining complete trauma histories and determining whether to survey PTSD symptoms in maltreated children. In the current study, without protective services information to supplement parent and child report, diagnosing PTSD was missed in a significant proportion of the cases. Collaboration between mental health professionals and protective service workers is critical in determining psychiatric diagnoses and treatment needs of children involved with the child welfare system.
Grasso
Damion
D
University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA.
Boonsiri
Joseph
J
Lipschitz
Deborah
D
Guyer
Amanda
A
Houshyar
Shadi
S
Douglas-Palumberi
Heather
H
Massey
Johari
J
Kaufman
Joan
J
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002669:Child Welfare / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005178:Faculty; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D007406:Interview, Psychological / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents; D012944:Social Support; D012947:Social Work; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
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