@article{ref1,
title="Predictive validity of acute stress disorder in children and adolescents",
journal="British journal of psychiatry",
year="2008",
author="Dalgleish, Tim and Meiser-Stedman, Richard and Kassam-Adams, Nancy and Ehlers, Anke and Winston, Flaura Koplin and Smith, Patrick and Bryant, Bridget and Mayou, Richard A. and Yule, William",
volume="192",
number="5",
pages="392-393",
abstract="Adult research suggests that the dissociation criterion of acute stress disorder has limited validity in predicting post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). We addressed this issue in child and adolescent survivors (n=367) of road accidents. Dissociation accounted for no significant unique variance in later PTSD, over and above other acute stress disorder criteria. Furthermore, thresholds of either three or more re-experiencing symptoms, or six or more re-experiencing/hyperarousal symptoms, were as effective at predicting PTSD as the full acute stress disorder diagnosis.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0007-1250",
doi="10.1192/bjp.bp.107.040451",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.107.040451"
}