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Akanksha Thakur1, Jennifer Creedon1, Charles H Zeanah1
1The authors are with the Section of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Abstract:
DSM-5 introduced a clustering of disorders designated "trauma- and stressor-related disorders." These disorders are unique in that the etiology is specified as part of the diagnostic criteria. In this review, the authors consider how some of these disorders manifest for children and adolescents. In posttraumatic stress disorder and related disorders, the child is exposed to one or more frightening, traumatic events. In attachment disorders, the child experiences severe social neglect. With this framework in mind, the authors consider details of several prominent trauma- and stressor-related disorders that arise in response to either excessive, unwanted input or inadequate, necessary input among children and adolescents.
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