Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2026 Jan;35(1):1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.chc.2025.04.003. Epub 2025 May 24.
ABSTRACT
Trauma occurs when an event or series of events overwhelms an individual’s capacity to cope, invoking feelings of fear, terror, or powerlessness. Girls have higher prevalence rates of traumatic experiences and subsequent posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and anxiety compared to boys. The authors reviewed these prevalence rates within a socioecological context using a social constructions of gender framework to understand mechanisms of risk, best practices of measurement in research, and identification of targets for intervention. Clinical care points include promotion, prevention, and treatment strategies for mental health that are gender sensitive.
PMID:41260863 | DOI:10.1016/j.chc.2025.04.003
