Medical Traumatic Stress and Resilience

 

Last updated August 2025

Facts for Families

• Chronic Illness and Children
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Practice Guidelines

• Practice Parameter for the Psychiatric Assessment and Management of Physically Ill Children and Adolescents  
• Practice Parameter for the Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
• HHS Best Practice Guidelines for Pain Management

Educational and Treatment Resources

• Handouts from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network
  • At the Hospital: Helping My Child Cope
  • At the Hospital: Helping My Teen Cope
  • After the Hospital: Helping My Family Cope
• Ways to recognize, manage and reduce stress as a family - BC Children's Hospital
• Pain Management and Prevention Resources to Help You #BeAPainChampion - Meg Foundation
• Coping with Stress Reactions after Injury or Illness - Health Care Toolbox
• Managing Stress - Kelty Mental Health Resource Center

Screening Tools and Scales

• UCLA Child/Adolescent PTSD Reaction Index for DSM-5
• Acute Stress Checklist for Children (ASC-Kids) 
• Child Trauma Screening Questionnaire (CTSQ)  

Training and Research

• Pediatric Medical Traumatic Stress Toolkit for Health Care Providers from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network
• Online Education for Provides on Pediatric Medical Traumatic Stress 
• Clinician Fact Sheet from the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
• Training and resource center for clinicians with interest in pediatric hypnosis - National Pediatric Hypnosis Training Institute

Books

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