Avoidance in trauma: Conscious and unconscious defense, pathology, and health

Authors
Whittlesey, SW Allen, JR Bell, BD Lindsey, ED Speed, LF Lucas, AF Ware, MM Allen, SF Pfefferbaum, B
Citation
Sw. Whittlesey et al., Avoidance in trauma: Conscious and unconscious defense, pathology, and health, PSYCHIATRY, 62(4), 1999, pp. 303-312
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry
Journal title
PSYCHIATRY-INTERPERSONAL AND BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES
ISSN journal
00332747 → ACNP
Volume
62
Issue
4
Year of publication
1999
Pages
303 - 312
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-2747(199924)62:4<303:AITCAU>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
DRAWING from our work with children seen following the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, this article describes clinical aspects of avoidance in traumatized children and their f amilies. Avoidance in traumatized children and their families seems a final common pathway arising from a number of diverse factors. The importance of particular factors for assessment and treatment is emphasized.