Persistence of pediatric post traumatic stress disorder after 2 years

R Famularo; T Fenton; M Augustyn; B Zuckerman

doi:10.1016/s0145-2134(96)00119-6

Persistence of pediatric post traumatic stress disorder after 2 years

Child Abuse Negl. 1996 Dec;20(12):1245-8. doi: 10.1016/s0145-2134(96)00119-6.

Authors

R Famularo¹, T Fenton, M Augustyn, B Zuckerman

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.

PMID: 8985614
DOI: 10.1016/s0145-2134(96)00119-6

Abstract

One-hundred and fifty-six children were randomly evaluated at an inner-city juvenile/family court. These children were removed from their parent's custody subsequent to a finding of severe child maltreatment. From our original sample of 156 children, 62 met strict criteria for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Fifty-two of these 62 were successfully recruited and participated in the 2 year re-examination. Each PTSD diagnosis was conferred by the Diagnostic Interview for Children and Adolescents (DICA). From our sample of 52 PTSD children re-examined after 2 years, 17 (32.7%) retained the full PTSD diagnosis, while 67.3% did not meet criteria.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Child
Child Abuse / psychology*
Child Custody
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Male
Personality Assessment
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / diagnosis*
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / psychology
Urban Population*

Grants and funding

90-CA-1408/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States