Abstract
Ceylon Medical Journal (CMJ) is a peer-reviewed, open access journal published quarterly by the Sri Lanka Medical Association in the last week of March, June, September and December each year. The mission of the CMJ is to promote the science and art of medicine and betterment of public health. The Journal publishes original papers and commentaries which have relevance to medicine and allied sciences. The CMJ is committed to maintaining and conforming to the editorial and ethical standards recommended by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors.
Highlights
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an intense, prolonged and sometimes delayed reaction to extremely stressful events such as natural disasters or man-made calamities, characterised by persistent hyperarousal, reexperiencing of images of the stressful event and avoid ance of reminders (1)
A 9-year old schoolboy from Gampaha was brought by his mother, as he had become extremely fearful of stay ing alone and was disturbed by nightmares over a period of 6 weeks
She had noticed that there had been a decline in his interest in school work and that he did not engage in play as he used to
Summary
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an intense, prolonged and sometimes delayed reaction to extremely stressful events such as natural disasters or man-made calamities, characterised by persistent hyperarousal, reexperiencing of images of the stressful event and avoid ance of reminders (1). A 9-year old schoolboy from Gampaha was brought by his mother, as he had become extremely fearful of stay ing alone and was disturbed by nightmares over a period of 6 weeks She had noticed that there had been a decline in his interest in school work and that he did not engage in play as he used to. The child started ask ing his parents for a sedative antihistamine syrup before going to sleep He refused to watch television, became extremely distressed when it was switched on and avoided being in its vicinity. A 5-year old girl was brought by her parents a month after having seen her hero in a popular television series being stabbed to death on screen She had related the victim in the drama to her grandfather, and had become extremely distressed and tearful on seeing the killing.
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