Open AccessTreatment utilisation and trauma characteristics of child and adolescent inpatients with posttraumatic stress disorder
Author(s) -
A. Traut,
Debra Kaminer,
D. Boshoff,
Soraya Seedat,
Susan Hawkridge,
Danj Stein
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
curationis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.408
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 2223-6279
pISSN - 0379-8577
DOI - 10.4102/curationis.v25i4.809
Subject(s) - psychiatry , medicine , intervention (counseling) , mental health , posttraumatic stress , sexual abuse , child and adolescent psychiatry , injury prevention , clinical psychology , poison control , emergency medicine
Few empirical studies have addressed the impact of trauma exposure and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on treatment utilisation and outcome in South African youth. This study was undertaken to document demographic, clinical, and treatment characteristics of child and adolescent inpatients with PTSD.