Predictive validity of acute stress disorder in children and adolescents

TY - JOUR

T1 - Predictive validity of acute stress disorder in children and adolescents

AU - Dalgleish, Tim

AU - Meiser-Stedman, Richard

AU - Kassam-Adams, Nancy

AU - Ehlers, Anke

AU - Winston, Flaura

AU - Smith, Patrick

AU - Bryant, Bridget

AU - Mayou, Richard A.

AU - Yule, William

PY - 2008/5

Y1 - 2008/5

N2 - Adult research suggests that the dissociation criterion of acute stress disorder has limited validity in predicting post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). We addressed this issue in child and adolescent survivors (n=367) of road accidents. Dissociation accounted for no significant unique variance in later PTSD, over and above other acute stress disorder criteria. Furthermore, thresholds of either three or more re-experiencing symptoms, or six or more re-experiencing/ hyperarousal symptoms, were as effective at predicting PTSD as the full acute stress disorder diagnosis.

AB - Adult research suggests that the dissociation criterion of acute stress disorder has limited validity in predicting post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). We addressed this issue in child and adolescent survivors (n=367) of road accidents. Dissociation accounted for no significant unique variance in later PTSD, over and above other acute stress disorder criteria. Furthermore, thresholds of either three or more re-experiencing symptoms, or six or more re-experiencing/ hyperarousal symptoms, were as effective at predicting PTSD as the full acute stress disorder diagnosis.

U2 - 10.1192/bjp.bp.107.040451

DO - 10.1192/bjp.bp.107.040451

M3 - Article

SN - 0007-1250

VL - 192

SP - 392

EP - 393

JO - British Journal of Psychiatry

JF - British Journal of Psychiatry

IS - 5

ER -