Typology of post-traumatic stress disorder in children and adolescents.

Results obtained from clinical and psychopathological studies of 161 patients with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) aged 3-18 years with symptom durations from one month to four years are presented. Four major clinical variants of the type of PTSD were identified in children and adolescents: insomniac( 34.8%), phobic (23.6%), psychopathic-like (21.7%), and asthenic-depressive (19.9%). These variants, differing in terms of course and prognosis, occurred at different frequencies in different age and ethnic groups; there were no gender-related differences.