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SUMMARY:The science of horror: post-traumatic stress in children and adole
 scents - Richard Meiser-Stedman\, Clinical Psychologist &amp\; MRC Clinici
 an Scientist Fellow MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
DTSTART:20140312T130000Z
DTEND:20140312T140000Z
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CONTACT:DJ Goode
DESCRIPTION:Exposure to trauma is a common experience in childhood\; there
  are approximately two million child and adolescent attendances at hospita
 l Emergency Departments each year\, and at least 50\,000 children are on a
 n “at-risk” register at any given time. The past twenty years has seen
  a spectacular increase in the study of children’s reactions to such exp
 eriences. In this talk I will outline how mental health researchers now co
 nceptualise children’s reactions to life-threatening experiences (such a
 s road traffic accidents\, assaults and war)\, with a “warts and all” 
 emphasis on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). I will then review the 
 psychological mechanisms proposed to be underpinning persistent PTSD and t
 he evidence for psychological treatments for this disorder in youth.
LOCATION:Combination Room\, Wolfson College
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