Commentary: The need for research on PTSD in Children and adolescents - a commentary on Elliot et al. (2020)

Marylène Cloitre; Chris R Brewin; Evaldas Kazlauskas; Brigitte Lueger-Schuster; Thanos Karatzias; Philip Hyland; Mark Shevlin

doi:10.1111/jcpp.13361

Commentary: The need for research on PTSD in Children and adolescents - a commentary on Elliot et al. (2020)

J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2021 Mar;62(3):277-279. doi: 10.1111/jcpp.13361. Epub 2020 Dec 2.

Authors

Marylène Cloitre^{1

2}, Chris R Brewin³, Evaldas Kazlauskas⁴, Brigitte Lueger-Schuster⁵, Thanos Karatzias^{6

7}, Philip Hyland^{8

9}, Mark Shevlin¹⁰

Affiliations

¹ National Center for PTSD Dissemination and Training Division, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
² Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
³ Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, London, UK.
⁴ Center for Psychotraumatology, Institute of Psychology, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania.
⁵ Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
⁶ Rivers Centre for Traumatic Stress, NHS Lothian, Edinburgh, UK.
⁷ School of Health & Social Care, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, UK.
⁸ School of Business, National College of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
⁹ Centre for Global Health, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
¹⁰ School of Psychology, Ulster University, Coleraine, UK.

PMID: 33289105
DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.13361

Abstract

The recent release of the 11th version of The International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11: WHO, 2018) marked a significant departure from the previous similarities between it and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5; APA, 2013) in terms of their conceptualization of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The ICD-11 proposed a reduced symptom set for PTSD and a sibling disorder called Complex PTSD. There have been numerous studies that have provided support for the integrity of, and distinction between, PTSD and CPTSD diagnoses in adult samples. Elliot and colleagues (2020) have added to the research literature by providing a valuable examination of the differences between ICD and DSM PTSD/CPTSD in a sample of youth aged 8 to 17 years. This commentary reviews this study and reflects on the need for greater understanding of developmental changes in the presentation of PTSD and Complex PTSD.

Publication types

Comment

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Child
Concept Formation
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
Humans
International Classification of Diseases
Siblings
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic* / diagnosis