News Report | April 7, 2019
7.8% Of Children In England/Wales Affected By PTSD
In a large sample of British young people, 7.8% had experienced by post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) by age 18. However, only 20.6% of those who had PTSD accessed help from mental health professionals in the past year.
These findings were reported in "The epidemiology of trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder in a representative cohort of young people in England and Wales" by Stephanie J. Lewis, MRCPsych; Louise Arseneault, Ph.D.; Prof Avshalom Caspi, Ph.D.; Helen L. Fisher, Ph.D.; Timothy Matthews, Ph.D.; Terrie E. Moffitt, Ph.D.; et al. The researchers conducted a study . . .