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Can Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder be Diagnosed in Adolescence without a Catastrophic Stressor? A Case ReportMacclesfield District General, UK This article describes an adolescent girl who, having experienced repeated emotional bullying at school, developed a psychological disorder. The case is discussed in relation to current views on traumatic events and subsequent disorders. It is suggested that the diagnostic criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder may need to be modified to include cases where the precipitating event is less than catastrophic.
Key Words: adolescence bullying diagnosis post-traumatic stress
Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Vol. 5, No. 1,
77-83 (2000) This article has been cited by other articles:
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