title: Assessment and management of pediatric iatrogenic medical trauma.
abstract: Medically ill children are often exposed to traumatizing situations within the medical setting. Approximately 25-30 % of medically ill children develop posttraumatic stress symptoms and 10-20 % of them meet criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder. Parents of medically ill children are at even higher risk for posttraumatic stress symptoms. Most children and parents will experience resolution of mild trauma symptoms without formal psychological or psychiatric treatment. Posttraumatic stress symptoms are associated with medical nonadherence, psychiatric co-morbidities, and poorer health status. Therefore, evidenced-based trauma-focused treatment is indicated for those who remain highly distressed or impaired. This paper reviews approaches to the assessment and management of pediatric iatrogenic medical trauma within a family-based framework.
authors: Division of Child Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 760 Westwood Plaza, 58-242C, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA. mforgey@mednet.ucla.edu
authors: Marcy
authors: M
authors: Forgey
authors: Brenda
authors: B
authors: Bursch
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods; D019468:Disease Management; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D007223:Infant; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs