Trauma or Stress-Related Disorders

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder*
Adjustment Disorders
Acute Stress Disorder
Reactive Attachment Disorder
​Disinhibited Social Engagement Disorder

Persistent Complex Bereavement Disorder (previously known as Complex Grief)

• Onset > 12 months after death of loved one
• Yearning/Sorrow/Pre-occupation with deceased
• Reactive distress to the death
• Social/Identity disruption
• Significant distress or impairment
• Out of proportion to cultural norms
• Traumatic specifier

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Assessment & Screening Tools

Self-Rated Tools

• Post-traumatic Stress Symptom (NSESS)
• Acute Stress Symptom (NSESS)
• ACE (Adverse Childhood Events) Questionnaire
• Traumatic Events Screening Inventory (TESI)

Clinician-Administered Tools

• Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for DSM-5 - Child/Adolescent Version (CAPS-CA-5) ​
• UCLA Child/Adolescent PTSD Reaction Index for DSM-5

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Position Papers & Practice Parameters

• AACAP Official Action: Practice Parameter for the Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, April 2010
• Policy statement on Early Childhood Adversity, Toxic Stress, and the Role of the Pediatrician: Translating Developmental Science into Lifelong Health published by AAP Committee on Psychosocial Aspects of Child and Family Health, the Committee on Early Childhood, Adoption and Dependent Care, and the Section on Behavior and Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

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Articles

• Identifying, Treating, and Referring Traumatized Children: The Role of Pediatric Providers, Judith A. Cohen, MD; Kelly J Kelleher, MD; and Anthony P. Mannarino, PhD, Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 2008; 162(5):447-452
• AAP Open Access Collection: Toxic Stress on Children: Evaluation of Consequences

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Resources

Quick links for Trauma or Stress-Related disorders:

• Acute Stress Disorder
  
• Adjustment Disorders
  
• Disinhibited Social Engagement Disorder
• Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: Preschool Subtype and Dissociative Subtype (DSM V fact sheet)
  
• Reactive Attachment Disorder
• Others listed in DSM V: Other Specified, Unspecified

FAQ's

• About "trauma-informed care" from SAMHSA

Clinical hot topics

• ACE Study -- Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) explores the relationship between child maltreatment and later-life health and well-being.
• Bullying -- prevention and identification
• Child abuse information
• Disaster / PTSD -- how do you differentiate?

Organizations

• Gateway to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Information
• American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) Disaster and Trauma Resource Center
• Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress
• Give an Hour — for veterans and their families 
• National Center for PTSD 
• Real Warriors (U.S. Department of Defense) — for veterans and their families 
• The Gift From Within
• Sidran Institute

For Parents/Caregivers

• AACAP Facts for Families: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Books For Children

• The Next Place (Hanson, 2002) -- A wonderful book for children who are dealing with the loss of a loved one.

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*Post-traumatic Stress Disorder is no longer characterized as an Anxiety Disorder beginning with DSM-V.