A core role for cognitive processes in the acute onset and maintenance of post-traumatic stress in children and adolescents.

Richard Meiser-StedmanAnna McKinnonClare DixonAdrian BoylePatrick SmithTim Dalgleish

Published in: Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines (2019)

Cognitive processes play an important role in the onset and maintenance of PTSS in children and adolescents exposed to trauma. Trauma-related appraisals play a particular role when considering whether youth make the transition from clinically significant acute PTSS to persistent PTSS.

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