TRAUMATIC LOSS IN A ONE-YEAR-OLD GIRL

Citation
T. Gaensbauer et al., TRAUMATIC LOSS IN A ONE-YEAR-OLD GIRL, Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 34(4), 1995, pp. 520-528
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry
ISSN journal
08908567
Volume
34
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
520 - 528
Database
ISI
SICI code
0890-8567(1995)34:4<520:TLIAOG>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
This Grand Rounds presents the case of a girl who, at the age of 1 yea r, witnessed her mother's violent death. She was first seen by a child psychiatrist at age 4 years and has remained symptomatic for more tha n 5 years after the traumatic event. The case is discussed from the st andpoint of the interrelationships among posttraumatic stress, memory, attachment, and mourning.