Treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder in children and adolescents

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 66-72

  Smith, Patrick ^a   Perrin, Sean ^a,b   Dalgleish, Tim ^c   Meiser Stedman, Richard ^c   Clark, David M ^d   Yule, William ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children and adolescents; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Trauma; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TRAUMA FOCUSED COGNITIVE BEHAVIOR THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84870859761     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: 14736578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e32835b2c01     Document Type: Review

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