title: [Hypnosis as an effective management of a child with posttraumatic stress disorder after perineal trauma].
abstract: Children and teenagers may face trauma that threatens their life, but also their psychological integrity. These injuries can lead to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which is the most common psychopathological consequence after a trauma. Age is not a protective factor and this disorder can be severe and may last over a long-term period. Effective therapies on PTSD are scarce and research on this topic is rare in children. We report a case of a 12-year-old girl affected by PTSD after a carousel accident at the age of 4 years. A therapy based on hypnosis and psychological support was rapidly effective. This psychotherapeutic option was chosen on the basis of common features shared by hypnosis and the posttraumatic symptoms. Clinical manifestations of PTSD disappeared after 4 weeks of therapy and the patient remained symptom-free during a 1-year follow-up. Our report suggests that hypnosis could be an effective therapy for children with PTSD. Prospective studies on a larger number of patients are needed to validate this hypothesis.
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie viscérale pédiatrique et néonatale, hôpital Trousseau, hôpitaux universitaires Est-Parisien, AP-HP, 26, avenue du Dr-Arnold-Netter, 75012 Paris, France; Laboratoire de psychopathologie et psychologie médicale, Bourgogne université, esplanade Erasme, pôle AAFE, 21000 Dijon, France. Electronic address: marie.mubiri@gmail.com.
authors.forename: M-A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Mubiri
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie viscérale pédiatrique et néonatale, hôpital Trousseau, hôpitaux universitaires Est-Parisien, AP-HP, 26, avenue du Dr-Arnold-Netter, 75012 Paris, France; Sorbonne universités, UPMC université Paris 06, UFR de médecine Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, 75005 Paris, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Peycelon
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie viscérale pédiatrique et néonatale, hôpital Trousseau, hôpitaux universitaires Est-Parisien, AP-HP, 26, avenue du Dr-Arnold-Netter, 75012 Paris, France; Sorbonne universités, UPMC université Paris 06, UFR de médecine Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, 75005 Paris, France.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Audry
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie viscérale pédiatrique et néonatale, hôpital Trousseau, hôpitaux universitaires Est-Parisien, AP-HP, 26, avenue du Dr-Arnold-Netter, 75012 Paris, France; UFR-sciences médicales et pharmaceutiques, université de Besançon, 3, boulevard Alexandre-Fleming, 25030 Besançon cedex, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Auber
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis; D010502:Perineum / Q000293:injuries*; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*