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Post-traumatic stress disorder in child witnesses to domestic violence
1Department of Psychology, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia.
The American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
|November 15, 1997
Abstract:
A sample of children aged 6-12, of whom 20 had witnessed domestic violence and and 15 had not, was examined for symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and witness status was found to be a significant predictor of PTSD. Implications for clinical intervention are discussed.