Abstract

DUTRA, Juliana do Nascimento; KLUWE-SCHIAVON, Bruno  and  GRASSI-OLIVEIRA, Rodrigo. Concept and diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder in children. Gerais, Rev. Interinst. Psicol. [online]. 2013, vol.6, n.1, pp.102-113. ISSN 1983-8220.

Many studies have showed that childhood maltreatment is associated with several negative consequences in the development and clinical manifestations, including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The symptomatology is complex, thus requiring an explanatory model of post-traumatic syndrome identified in some children. The present study aims to a) contextualize the diagnosis of PTSD in children, b) compare the model proposed by Scheeringa in 1995 and the DSM-5 proposed diagnosis of PTSD in preschool children, and c) discuss these changes in relation to current diagnostic criteria in DSM-IV-TR. Therefore, the model proposed in the DSM-5 retains many of the suggestions made in 1995 by Scheeringa and significantly differs from the current model of the DSM-IV-TR, especially regarding to the inclusion of symptoms which comprise development issues and affective and cognitive changes

Keywords : Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Childhood; Trauma.

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