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BORGES, Jeane Lessinger; ZOLTOWSKI, Ana Paula Couto; ZUCATTI, Ana Paula Noronha  e  DELL'AGLIO, Débora Dalbosco. POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD) IN CHILDHOOD AND IN ADOLESCENCE: PREVALENCE, DIAGNOSIS, AND ASSESSMENT. Aval. psicol. [online]. 2010, vol.9, n.1, pp. 87-98. ISSN 1677-0471.

This theoretical article approaches the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) subject in childhood and adolescence and presents a review about its prevalence, diagnostics criteria and the most used instruments in clinical assessment. The PTSD has been cited as one of the most frequent psychopathological conditions in the childhood-juvenile population exposed to traumatic situations, although the current diagnostic model is still discussed a lot. Then, the criteria of the DSM IV-TR and the Scheeringa’s model for the diagnostic of the PTSD in children are analysed. In relation to the used instruments in clinical assessment, the reviewed studies indicated that the CTPRI and the K-SADS-PL are among the most cited. The importance of researches that investigate the association among childhood, trauma and PTSD that may allow a better conceptual comprehension about this disorder and the development of strategies of clinical intervention for this population is pointed out.

Palavras-chave : Child PTSD; Prevalence; Diagnosis; Assessment.

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