PTSD across the lifespan: an attachment perspective

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18552/aprj.v1i1.143

Keywords:

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Attachment theory, life span development

Abstract

The following report outlines a clinical problem, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and the changes in manifestation throughout life. A primary focus in on the global differences of the diagnostic symptomology between childhood and adulthood noted in the literature. Finally a critical evaluation is offered of the application of attachment theory to explain the development of the manifestations.

Author Biography

  • Hannah Rose Wilkinson, University of Lincoln
    Trainee Clinical Psychologist, Trent Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, Faculties of Humanities, Languages and Social Sciences, University of Lincoln

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Published

2014-01-06

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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2014): Inaugural Issue

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Practice Notes

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