Madeline Soto, 13-year-old girl, was diagnosed with ADHD. She was sexually abused. Madeline Soto was first reported missing on February 26 after she failed to turn up for class at her Orlando middle school. Her body was discovered in the woods in Osceola County four days later. She was strangled to death. Stephan Sterns, 37-year-old, […]
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People who experience chronic trauma that continues or repeats for months or years at a time. Some have suggested that the current PTSD diagnosis does not fully capture the severe psychological harm that occurs with prolonged, repeated trauma. In 1988, Dr. Judith Herman of Harvard University suggested that a new diagnosis, complex PTSD, was needed
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DSM-5 Diagnostic Criteria for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Note: The following criteria apply to adults, adolescents, and children older than 6 years. For children 6 years and younger, see the DSM-5 section titled “Posttraumatic Stress Disorder for Children 6 Years and Younger” (APA, 2013a). Exposure to actual or threatened death, serious injury, or sexual violence
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Battered woman syndrome is considered a type of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Psychologist Lenore Walker, EdD, coined the term in her groundbreaking 1979 book, The Battered Woman. Battered woman’s syndrome is the psychological effects of physical, sexual, and psychological abuse inflicted by intimate partner. Men are also abused by their partners, and the term “battered
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Nearly two months after the body of missing Florida 13-year-old Madeline Soto was officially recovered, Stephan Sterns – the man considered the prime suspect in the case – was charged with first-degree murder. FEBRUARY 26 Madeline Soto was reported missing around 8 p.m. after Stephan Sterns – her mother’s boyfriend, reportedly dropped her off near
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