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Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in Children

A special issue of Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032). This special issue belongs to the section "Chronic Care".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2022) | Viewed by 6844

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Prof. Dr. Wissam El-Hage

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Regional Trauma Center, UMR 1253 iBrain, Clinical Investigation Center CIC1415, CHRU de Tours, Université de Tours, INSERM, 37000 Tours, France
Interests: PTSD; treatment-resistant depression; PNES
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Childhood maltreatment is common across the world. It impacts a sensitive stage of human life, resulting in long-lasting adverse consequences at multiple levels (namely, cognitive, affective and relational levels) and an increased risk for mental illness (namely, post-traumatic stress disorder and major depression). Post-traumatic stress disorder in children is often underdiagnosed, misunderstood, or inadequately treated.

We are pleased to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue ‘Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in Children’ that welcomes articles that either i) describe successful prevention strategies of childhood maltreatment, ii) promote effective programs to increase resilience in victims, iii) focus on clinical assessment and diagnosis of post-traumatic stress reactions in children, iv) consider risk factors (neurobiological, cognitive, and other factors) that are hypothesized to increase the risk of PTSD in trauma-exposed children, or v) evaluate current psychotherapeutic/pharmacotherapeutic treatments for childhood PTSD.

The goal of this Special Issue ‘Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in Children’ is to promote effective childhood maltreatment reduction policies, share evidence about field experience, inter-cultural views and academic knowledge in order to enhance access to care and understanding of PTSD in Children.

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome.

I look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Wissam El-Hage
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • trauma
  • childhood maltreatment
  • prevention
  • resilience
  • PTSD
  • therapy
  • policies

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Early Interventions to Prevent Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Youth after Exposure to a Potentially Traumatic Event: A Scoping Review
by Hala Kerbage, Ola Bazzi, Wissam El Hage, Emmanuelle Corruble and Diane Purper-Ouakil
Healthcare 2022, 10(5), 818; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10050818 - 28 Apr 2022
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The worldwide occurrence of potentially traumatic events (PTEs) in the life of children is highly frequent. We aimed to identify studies on early mental health interventions implemented within three months of the child/adolescent’s exposure to a PTE, with the aim of reducing acute [...] Read more.
The worldwide occurrence of potentially traumatic events (PTEs) in the life of children is highly frequent. We aimed to identify studies on early mental health interventions implemented within three months of the child/adolescent’s exposure to a PTE, with the aim of reducing acute post-traumatic symptoms, decreasing long term PTSD, and improving the child’s adjustment after a PTE exposure. The search was performed in PubMed and EMBASE databases resulting in twenty-seven articles meeting our inclusion criteria. Most non-pharmacological interventions evaluated had in common two complementary components: psychoeducation content for both children and parents normalizing early post-traumatic responses while identifying post-traumatic symptoms; and coping strategies to deal with post-traumatic symptoms. Most of these interventions studied yielded positive results on outcomes with a decrease in post-traumatic, anxiety, and depressive symptoms. However, negative results were noted when traumatic events were still ongoing (war, political violence) as well as when there was no or little parental involvement. This study informs areas for future PTSD prevention research and raises awareness of the importance of psychoeducation and coping skills building in both youth and their parents in the aftermath of a traumatic event, to strengthen family support and prevent the occurrence of enduring post-traumatic symptoms. Full article
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How Do We Address and Treat the Trauma of a 16-Year-Old Girl, Unaccompanied Minor, and Her Rape-Born Son? A Case Report
by Rahmeth Radjack, Luisa Molino, Anaïs Ogrizek, Elodie Gaelle Ngameni and Marie Rose Moro
Healthcare 2022, 10(10), 2036; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10102036 - 15 Oct 2022
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Background: The child psychiatry unit of the Cochin Hospital in Paris is specialized in a transcultural clinical approach and treatment of psychotraumatism. The clinical demands addressed to the service often combine several levels of vulnerability: recent migration, repeated and intentional traumas, isolation and [...] Read more.
Background: The child psychiatry unit of the Cochin Hospital in Paris is specialized in a transcultural clinical approach and treatment of psychotraumatism. The clinical demands addressed to the service often combine several levels of vulnerability: recent migration, repeated and intentional traumas, isolation and breach in family bonds sometimes precarious living conditions. Mastering how to approach trauma content adapting to the person’s temporality while taking into account the individual, family and collective dimensions, is a key driver to the clinical intervention (of our approach). Objective and method: We describe a paradigmatic clinical situation articulating its multidimensional complexity: the case of Céline, a 16-year-old Mozambique teenager, unaccompanied minor (UM), who arrived in France three years ago with her 4-year-old child born out of rape. They are both cared for by Paris Child Welfare Bureau. The authors used the CARE guidelines for a rigorous approach to clinical case writing. Results and discussion: In the clinical discussion, we highlight the pertinence of transcultural abilities for the treatment of a complex PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder). We describe the measures taken to adapt the clinical interview framework to the mother’s psychic temporality, while negotiating what can be said in attendance of the child. The idea of tranquility is primordial—whether she decides to tell or not tell the child. Removing the pressure to have to tell is an element of treatment. Conclusion: Working through a progressive narrative construction, the therapeutical process allowed for the restoration of multiple levels of continuity between times prior to the trauma and following it, as well as prior to migration and following it, to create a continuum from adolescence to adulthood. Restoring narrativity favors the process of becoming a mother and the one of negotiating this new identity. The therapeutic axes also focused on improving the well-being of the UM-mother and preventing the impacts of transgenerational trauma transmission to the child. For women with similar experiences, sharing their emotions and their stories with us makes their choice about telling their child legitimate and comfortable, regardless of the decision they make. Full article
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