TY - JOUR PY - 2008// TI - Trauma and traumatic disorders in children and adolescents JO - Zeitschrift fur Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie A1 - Simons, Michael A1 - Herpertz-Dahlmann, Beate SP - 151 EP - 161 VL - 36 IS - 3 N2 - In recent years, the definitions of trauma and individual criteria of posttraumatic disorders as defined in ICD-10 and DSM-IV have been critically discussed. The category of acute stress disorder is questioned due to an over-emphasis on dissociative symptoms and a pathologizing of normal reactions after trauma. The criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder, especially those with regard to childhood and adolescence, need revision. Scheeringa and co-workers have since defined PTSD-criteria that are more suitable and specific for posttraumatic reactions and disorders in toddlers and children. Moreover, the "Complex Trauma Taskforce" of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network proposes a diagnosis called Developmental Trauma Disorder to better capture the problems of children suffering from early and complex traumata.

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