What kinds of disorders are you seeing in children after a traumatic event?
In the days after a a traumatic event, children may start to experience Acute Stress Disorder. In this video, HealthMaker Jamie Howard, PhD, elaborates on ASD as well as other disorders children may experience in the months following a trauma.
Transcript
[MUSIC PLAYING] After a traumatic event ends, we can see post-traumatic stress disorder. And we don't diagnose that until one month after the event
ends because it's totally normal to experience some symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder in the immediate aftermath of a traumatic event.
After a child experiences a traumatic event, we'll see acute stress disorder in the early stages
after the traumatic event. So that's about the first month-- a few days to the first month after a traumatic event.
After that-- one month after a traumatic event ends, we can see post-traumatic stress disorder. And we don't diagnose that until one month after the event
ends because it's totally normal to experience some symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder in the immediate aftermath of a traumatic event.
We might, also, see an adjustment disorder, which is actually, a strong reaction to a significant stressor,
but not necessarily something as traumatic as an injury or a death. [AUDIO LOGO]
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