Posttraumatic stress disorder in children

Abstract

Posttraumatic stress disorder is a mental disorder after exposure to severe traumatic or stressful event. In children the common causes are abused, trauma, disaster, terrorism, and critical illness. The clinical sign and symptom, one-month-aftermath, are re-experiencing, avoidant, negative in cognition and arousal. Trauma-focused cognitive behavior therapy is the treatment of choice. This report was presented the two cases of PTSD, young child and adolescent girl, exposed to severe trauma and developed PTSD.