This paper reviews empirical research on cognitive factors associated with the experience of trauma and with the development of posttraumatic stress, Acute Stress Disorder (ASD) and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in children and adolescents. The review covers three main areas: cognitive experimental and neuropsychological studies; large scale studies on representative samples; and, random...

Posttraumatic stress disorder can occur in burn patients and may delay a patient's recovery. We have described the case of such a patient whose posthospital course was complicated by an untreated, coexisting PTSD.

BACKGROUND The study aimed to explore the prevalence of psychiatric disorders among orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) recipients, and to investigate how psychiatric morbidity was linked to health-related quality of life (HRQOL). METHODS We recruited 75 patients who had undergone OLT a median of 3.8 years previously (range = 5-129 months). Psychiatric morbidity was assessed using the Stru...

Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic can lead to psychological issues; however, few studies have evaluated the mental health status of COVID-19 patients after discharge from hospital. Objectives: This study aimed assess survivors and determine risk factors associated with adverse outcomes. Methods: Through a web-based cross-sectional survey, data were collected 158 one m...

Background: We sought to determine hippocampal volumes in a sample of inpatients in a Trauma Program specializing in posttraumatic stress disorder and dissociative disorders. Methods: We measured whole brain and left and right hippocampal volumes on MRI in a sample of 20 inpatients in a Trauma Program and 20 controls. Results: There were no differences between the two groups. Nineteen inpatient...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the role of cognitive and social processing in posttraumatic stress symptoms and disorder (PTSD) among mothers of children undergoing bone marrow and hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (BMT/SCT). METHOD Questionnaires assessing emotional distress, BMT-related fears, and negative responses of family and friends were completed by 90 mothers at the time of the BMT i...

OBJECTIVES The aim of the presented study was to determine the relations of styles and strategies of coping with stress and demographic variables with the intensity of PTSD symptoms in persons diagnosed with cancer. The study tried to determine which style of coping with stress is the best predictor of posttraumatic symptoms in the group. METHODS This study was conducted on the group of 150 p...

OBJECTIVE In order to broaden the view beyond posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in children, we examined to what extent posttraumatic stress reactions, posttraumatic growth, and quality of life were related to each other and to traumatic exposure in the general population. METHOD 1770 children of 36 randomly selected primary schools (mean age = 10.24 years, 50% boys) reported in October/No...

The ontological status of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has long been a focus of intense controversy. Is PTSD a natural kind discovered recently by astute clinicians, but present throughout history and across diverse cultures? Or is it a socially constructed artifact arising in the wake of the Vietnam War? In addition to covering issues relevant to this debate, I describe another interpr...