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Acute Stress Disorder in Children Related to Violence
Author(s) -
Jonker Barbara,
Hamrin Vanya
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6171
pISSN - 1073-6077
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6171.2003.tb00347.x
Subject(s) - acute stress disorder , clinical psychology , psychology , medicine , psychiatry , traumatic stress , injury prevention , poison control , posttraumatic stress , medical emergency
TOPIC Unidentified and untreated acute stress responses in children may result in chronic post‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), other serious psychiatric disorders, and/or developmental arrest. PURPOSE To review and identify gaps in current literature on acute stress disorder (ASD) in children and examine current treatments. SOURCES Review of the literature. CONCLUSIONS More developmentally appropriate, standardized measurement instruments are needed. Future research must focus on prospective studies of children exposed to trauma in order to better understand the association between ASD and PTSD. Future studies must include children at different developmental stages.