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Title: How is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Diagnosed


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How is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Diagnosed?
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How PTSD Diagnosed
  • Psychiatrist, psychologist, social worker, or
    other mental health clinician will make the
    diagnosis after a comprehensive assessment a
    series of interviews with you and your child.
    During the interviews, the clinician will ask
    about
  • the traumatic experience your child suffered or
    witnessed
  • your childs symptoms
  • your childs school, social, and medical
    histories
  • your familys medical and mental health history
  • Together with the mental health clinician, you
    will arrive at a formulation or explanation of
    your childs PTSD symptoms, which will lead
    directly to a mutually agreed-upon treatment plan.

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If my child is diagnosed with PTSD, what happens
next?
  • Your childs mental health clinician will explain
    the diagnosis and answer any questions you or
    your child may have. The next step is developing
    a mutually agreed-upon treatment plan that works
    for you, your child, and your family. The plan
    may include one or more of the following
    therapies
  • psychotherapy for the child
  • psychotherapy for the family
  • in some cases, a combination of therapy and
    medication
  • Its essential to seek PTSD Treatment for Child
    as soon as PTSD symptoms emerge. The disorder
    responds very well to therapies delivered by
    qualified mental health clinicians, but if left
    untreated, can cause longstanding emotional
    distress, relationship problems and academic
    failures for your child.

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Psychotherapy
  • Psychotherapy, or talk therapy, is the mainstay
    of mental health treatment at Boston Childrens.
    Psychotherapy will teach a child with
    PTSD-specific coping strategies, including
    learning how to
  • identify feelings of fear
  • manage fear and anxiety with relaxation
    techniques and self-soothing activities
  • talk through the traumatic event to release and
    understand buried feelings
  • think about the traumatic event in ways that do
    not involve self-blame or guilt
  • plan what to do if another traumatic event should
    occur
  • restore trust in others and build hope for the
    future
  • If your child is very young, you will usually
    participate in the psychotherapy sessions
    alongside him

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Trauma Systems Therapy
  • Clinicians have developed a therapeutic approach
    called Trauma Systems Therapy. This treatment
    recognizes that a childs traumatic stress often
    boils down to two factors
  • the child is unable to control his emotional or
    behavioural state
  • the child is not receiving sufficient support
    from his surrounding environment to help him
    regulate these feelings
  • Our psychiatrists and psychologists have used TST
    to train other clinicians, as well as providers
    in health and community agencies, to
  • recognize when a child is struggling with loss of
    emotional control tied to a trauma
  • take steps to address the problems in the childs
    environment that continue to trigger these
    feelings

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