Children as young as two can develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in response to traumatic events, new research has found. The findings highlight the need for parents and childcare practitioners to be alert to the side effects that a stressful occurrence, such as a car accident, can have on a young child, and to give them continued support.
Child psychologist Jennie Lindon says, 'Some people continue to assume that events go over young children's heads or they get over them quickly. There is the temptation to think that if children can't voice a worry, then they can't feel it, which is not the case.
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