title: [The post-traumatic stress disorder--PTSD--in psychiatry by children and teenagers: diagnostic and treatments].
abstract: News confronts us daily with various traumatic events, like armed conflict, terrorist attacks, natural disasters, not to mention the cases of abuse and incest. The impact of these traumas on the psychological development of children is often very important and we can observe among them, symptoms of severe mental traumatisms immediately and sometimes deferred. The purpose of this paper is to highlight the existence of this disorder by children, to develop its symptoms and its possible developments, and to address the different therapeutic approaches.
authors.affiliation: Service de Pédopsychiatrie, H.U.D.E.R.F., Bruxelles. Vero_thoua@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Thoua
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: François
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*