Ph.D. Introduction A child with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder develops symptoms such as intense fear, disorganized and agitated behavior, emotional numbness, anxiety or depression, after being directly exposed to or witnessing an extreme traumatic situation involving threatened death or serious injury.
Treatment includes community and family support and psychotherapy.
When he got home he found that the roofs of most of the houses on his street, including his own, had been blown off. He could not find his parents and his sister, who had been removed to a shelter. He desperately searched the neighborhood and after several hours was found by the police, who reunited him with his family. The family stayed in the shelter for two weeks until they were relocated, and Stevie refused to eat or speak for several days. Although she had previously been a top student, Jessica's academic performance was faltering.