Posttraumatic stress disorder in children and adolescents with chronic pain.

Lorin StahlschmidtFlorentina RosenkranzMichael DobeJulia Wager

Published in: Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association (2020)

This study demonstrated high prevalence of PTSD in children and adolescents with severe chronic pain. Regarding PTSD screening in this population, results revealed that valid PTSD assessment and identification of patients with PTSD seems possible despite overlapping symptoms. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

Keyphrases

posttraumatic stress disorder
chronic pain
pain management
early onset
emergency department
single cell