Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Young Children: A Reaction to Purported Sexual Abuse

Kiser, Laurel J.; Ackerman, Bette J.; Brown, Eric C.; Edwards, Neil B.; McColgan, Edgar B.; Pugh, Robert; Pruitt, David B.

doi:10.1097/00004583-198809000-00023

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“…There have been various accounts which propose that the definition of what constitutes a significant 'trauma' should be widened to include: chronic, repeated events such as sexual abuse (Kiser et al, 1988), childbirth (Soderquist, & Wijma, 1997) and even hearing about another person's experience of a trauma. However, this tendency to over broaden the meaning of the term 'trauma' has also been criticized (Summerfield, 1998).…”

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Can Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder be Diagnosed in Adolescence without a Catastrophic Stressor? A Case Report

Weaver

2000

Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry

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This article describes an adolescent girl who, having experienced repeated emotional bullying at school, developed a psychological disorder. The case is discussed in relation to current views on traumatic events and subsequent disorders. It is suggested that the diagnostic criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder may need to be modified to include cases where the precipitating event is less than catastrophic.

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Can Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder be Diagnosed in Adolescence without a Catastrophic Stressor? A Case Report

Weaver

2000

Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry

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“…Sólo un reducido grupo de personas desarrollan un cuadro clínico traumático, de carácter puntual o cró-nico (Bonano, Westphal y Mancini, 2011). Así, aunque se ha tratado de relacionar el Trastorno de Estrés Post-Traumático (TEPT) con el abuso sexual infantil, no han sido pocos los trabajos que muestran la falta de validez de los criterios diagnósticos del TEPT para detectar abuso sexual (Kiser et al, 1988;McLeer, Deblinger, Atkins, Foa, y Ralphe, 1988).…”

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Admisibilidad en contextos forenses de indicadores clínicos para la detección del abuso sexual infantil

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Manzanero

Múñoz

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Anuario de Psicología Jurídica

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El presente trabajo trata de poner de manifiesto el riesgo, para jueces y tribunales, de valorar de forma acrí-tica los informes periciales psicológicos referidos a la valoración del daño psíquico en supuestos de abuso sexual infantil (ASI). Desde la revisión bibliográfica realizada se han detectado serias limitaciones para detectar ASI en la utilización de indicadores clínicos que han surgido del contexto sanitario y asistencial. Se cuestiona el modelo teórico subyacente y la rigurosidad de los estudios sobre las consecuencias psicológi-cas asociadas al ASI. Igualmente, son debatidos algunos métodos de exploración clínica, extrapolados al contexto forense, y desaconsejados debido a su baja fiabilidad y validez. Se concluye señalando lo inadecuado de trasladar modelos y procedimientos del contexto clínico-asistencial al pericial, y la necesidad de exigir requisitos técnicos a los informes forenses.This paper tries to highlight the risk to judges and courts, to assess uncritically psychological expert reports relating to the assessment of psychological injury in cases of child sexual abuse (CSA). From the literature review have been identified serious limitations in the use of clinical indicators to detect CSA, that have emerged in the context of health care. The underlying theoretical model, and thoroughness of the studies on the psychological consequences associated with CSA are questioned. Also, some methods of clinical examination, extrapolated to forensic context, and advised against because of their poor reliability and validity, are discussed. It concludes by pointing out the inadequacy of moving models and procedures of the expert clinical-care context to forensic, and the need of demanding technical requirements to forensic reports.La prueba pericial psicológica estaría incluida dentro de las denominadas pruebas científicas al aportar en la sala de justicia los conocimientos de la Psicología para auxiliar a jueces y tribunales en la toma de sus decisiones. Cada vez es mayor el recurso por parte de jueces y tribunales al asesoramiento de distintos conocimientos científicos (Duce y Riego, 2007;Roxin, 2000).La valoración judicial de la prueba científica está sometida en nuestro ordenamiento jurídico a los criterios difusos de la sana críti-ca del juzgador o principio de libre apreciación (por ejemplo en España el art. 741 LECrim) que se materializa en una dispar jurisprudencia al respecto, tanto del Tribunal Supremo, como de las Audiencias Provinciales. El único límite legislativo a este criterio personal y subjetivo del juez son las reglas de la lógica o criterios de racionalidad y principios de la experiencia al exigir la motivación del fallo judicial (art. 120.3 CE).La realidad es que la valoración judicial de la prueba científica versa sobre elementos indirectos a ésta: la autoridad científica del perito, su imparcialidad, la coincidencia del dictamen pericial con las reglas lógicas de la experiencia común, los métodos científicos aplicados y, sobre todo, la coherencia lógica de la argumentación desaLa c...

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“…Do males, then, have a higher rate of PTSD from sexual abuse than do females? Kiser et al (1988) found gender differences in the PTSD presentations of ten 2-to 6-year-old children who were sexually abused in a day-care setting. The boys in the study initially presented more clinically significant symptoms than did the girls.…”

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The Monsters in My Head: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and the Child Survivor of Sexual Abuse

Putman

2009

Jour of Counseling & Develop

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Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is 1 of several possible outcomes of child sexual victimization. There is a growing body of literature regarding the prevalence of PTSD among children who have been sexually victimized. Using specific case examples, this article looks at the nature and scope of the problem, diagnostic criteria according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (th ed., text rev.; American Psychiatric Association, 2000) symptomatology of children presenting with this disorder, assessment and diagnosis, treatment interventions, and implications for counselors treating this population.

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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Young Children: A Reaction to Purported Sexual Abuse

Cited by 99 publications

References 13 publications

Can Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder be Diagnosed in Adolescence without a Catastrophic Stressor? A Case Report

Can Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder be Diagnosed in Adolescence without a Catastrophic Stressor? A Case Report

Admisibilidad en contextos forenses de indicadores clínicos para la detección del abuso sexual infantil

The Monsters in My Head: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and the Child Survivor of Sexual Abuse

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