Types of Trauma

The AACAP (American Academy of Child/Adolescent Psychology, has created classifications of the different ways children can be effected. One-Episode Trauma: Children effected by a singular traumatic event often have detailed memories and have a condition commonly known as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Nightmares are common among children with OE trauma, and they will effect their day to day lives all the way into adulthood. Repeated Trauma, or Type II PTSD: Type II is only common in children that have grown up in warzone-like areas. Domestic violence is a leading cause of Type II and it is frequent in areas with much gang-related activity. Children with Type II suffer from constant anxiety of another episode and often are more likely to have mental breakdowns than Type I patients.