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Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, December, 2005 by Landolt, Markus A.; Vollrath, Margarete; Timm, Karin; Gnehm, Hanspeter E.; Sennhauser, Felix H.
> In Western societies, road traffic accidents (RTAs) are among the most common traumatic events that children can face. There is now considerable evidence that children can suffer significant and long-lasting psychological distress following everyday RTAs. Notably, previous studies found that about 10% to 35% of traffic-injured children develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or suffer from clinically relevant posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSSs; de Vries et al., 1999; Di Gallo et al., 1997; Ellis et al., 1998; Landolt et al., 2003; McDermott and Cvitanovich, 2000; Mirza et ...
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