The Role Of Trauma In Children
How common is it for children to experience this kind of trauma?
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a stress experienced after exposure to traumatic stressors such as assault, abuse, accidents, and warfare. PTSD develops when a child experiences a significant traumatic event such as car accidents or ongoing trauma over time such as war. PTSD affects children of all ages. Estimates from nationally representative samples show that many children experience repeated exposure to trauma or multiple types of traumatic events over their lifetime. According to the 2010 American Academy of Children and Adolescents Psychiatry practice parameters for assessment of post-traumatic stress disorder, more than 25 percent of children and adolescents will experience traumatic events before the age of 18 (Saxe et al., 2001).
Are there specific effects that result from this kind of childhood trauma? …show more content…
Children get their sense of identity from their family. Depending on the stage or age of personal development that they are confronted by PTSD, their sense of self is affected. In addition, PTSD affects children’s emotional and social development. When children’s social development are affected, they view the world as harmful, and this affects the relationship between children and their family members. However, children living in the war-like atmosphere are affected by the lack of safety, sense of danger and the unreliability faced every day in the war zones; life holds real danger for this kids. Smith et al. (2007) defines localized effects as common PTSD symptoms, such as fearfulness and avoidance, which are normally found in traumatized children and can subdue over time with proper
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a stress experienced after exposure to traumatic stressors such as assault, abuse, accidents, and warfare. PTSD develops when a child experiences a significant traumatic event such as car accidents or ongoing trauma over time such as war. PTSD affects children of all ages. Estimates from nationally representative samples show that many children experience repeated exposure to trauma or multiple types of traumatic events over their lifetime. According to the 2010 American Academy of Children and Adolescents Psychiatry practice parameters for assessment of post-traumatic stress disorder, more than 25 percent of children and adolescents will experience traumatic events before the age of 18 (Saxe et al., 2001).
Are there specific effects that result from this kind of childhood trauma? …show more content…
Children get their sense of identity from their family. Depending on the stage or age of personal development that they are confronted by PTSD, their sense of self is affected. In addition, PTSD affects children’s emotional and social development. When children’s social development are affected, they view the world as harmful, and this affects the relationship between children and their family members. However, children living in the war-like atmosphere are affected by the lack of safety, sense of danger and the unreliability faced every day in the war zones; life holds real danger for this kids. Smith et al. (2007) defines localized effects as common PTSD symptoms, such as fearfulness and avoidance, which are normally found in traumatized children and can subdue over time with proper