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Children's temperaments vary and thus they are quite different in their ability to cope with stress and daily hassles. Some are easygoing by nature and adjust easily to events and new situations. Others are thrown off balance by changes in their lives.

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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): Can Children & Teens Have It?

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) forces people to relive ordeals such as murder, rape, war, accidents and natural disasters. In some instances, a person can be so immersed in the recurrent disturbing memories that they lose touch with reality.

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