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The Monsters in My Head: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and the Child Survivor of Sexual Abuse

โœ Scribed by Stacie E. Putman

Publisher
American Counseling Association
Year
2009
Tongue
English
Weight
140 KB
Volume
87
Category
Article
ISSN
1556-6678

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โœฆ Synopsis

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is 1 of several possible outcomes of child sexual victimization. There is a growing body of literature regarding the prevalence of PTSD among children who have been sexually victimized. Using specific case examples, this article looks at the nature and scope of the problem, diagnostic criteria according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed., text rev.; American Psychiatric Association, 2000) symptomatology of children presenting with this disorder, assessment and diagnosis, treatment interventions, and implications for counselors treating this population.

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