Traumatic Stress and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder among Children and Adolescents

Parental Rejection, Personality Maladjustment and Depressive Symptoms in Female Adolescents in Pakistan

“…Rita and Oksana, (2008) found that differences in parental rearing attitude and personality traits (e.g., neuroticism) were stronger predictors of behavioral and emotional problems for girls in comparison to boys. Davidson, Inslicht, and Baum (2000) comment that children's exposure to traumatic events has profound effects on development and well-being. Evidence suggests that children are exposed and react similarly to threatening events and experience mild and severe symptoms of stress.…”

Early intervention with difficult to engage, ‘high‐risk’ youth: evaluating an intensive outreach approach in youth mental health

“…family mental illness), inadequate care and exposure to traumatic events in early life can have a lasting effect on mental health, behaviour and social functioning. 23,[25][26][27] Difficulties forming social attachments and trust among IMYOS clients in the context of their childhood experiences is perhaps not unexpected and may help explain their poor engagement histories with other mental health services prior to IMYOS referral. Presently, it is unknown whether IMYOS has been successful in engaging clients for treatment and whether quality of engagement might generally be a useful outcome indicator.…”

“…It is well documented that biological factors (e.g. family mental illness), inadequate care and exposure to traumatic events in early life can have a lasting effect on mental health, behaviour and social functioning 23,25–27 . Difficulties forming social attachments and trust among IMYOS clients in the context of their childhood experiences is perhaps not unexpected and may help explain their poor engagement histories with other mental health services prior to IMYOS referral.…”

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Maltreated Youth: A Review of Contemporary Research and Thought

“…Maltreatment is a particularly salient trauma for PTSD in youth because it may involve physical violence, invasive contact such as sexual penetration, injury, and coercion. Maltreatment can also lead to ancillary traumas such as separation from family members or homelessness (Davidson et al 2000;Davis and Siegel 2000;King et al 2000aKing et al , 2003Koenen et al 2007). Of course, other extreme traumatic events can also produce PTSD.…”