Post-traumatic stress reactions in young victims of road traffic accidents

Many children and adolescents are exposed to traumatic experiences every year. Over 30% of these children develop a clinical syndrome with emotional, behavioural, cognitive, social, and physical symptoms called post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Road traffic accidents (RTAs) are the main cause o...

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Main Authors: Stella Charitaki, Panagiota Pervanidou, John Tsiantis, George Chrousos, Gerasimos Kolaitis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-09-01
Series:European Journal of Psychotraumatology
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2017.1351163