TITLE:
Review of Clinical Features and Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Children
AUTHORS:
Lufei Lin, Tian Liu, Yu Zheng, Yuebiao Wu, Dingsheng Liang, Ming Wu, Jianguo Li, Xinjian Mo, Hualan Lin, Xueyin Jiang
KEYWORDS:
Children, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Physiology, Review
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Behavioral and Brain Science,
Vol.12 No.1,
January
13,
2022
ABSTRACT: Childhood is an important period for personality formation, cognition and social development. Childhood physical and mental trauma is the key reason for the development of many serious diseases. Severe traumatic events can cause Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Children’s psychological adjustment and tolerance are generally lower than adults, and it is difficult for children to seek reasonable help after suffering traumatic events. Children who experience a traumatic event have an even higher rate of PTSD than adults, considering problems with their symptom presentation. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder can hinder children’s development of healthy psychology such as independence and autonomy in the future, and can lead to a series of psychological disorders in adulthood. This article introduces the epidemiology, symptoms, physiological changes and influencing factors of PTSD in children, and puts forward the direction of treatment in the future.