[Psychological trauma in pre-school children]. / Traumatisme psychique chez l'enfant d'âge préscolaire.

Overall clinical pictures of post-traumatic experiences in pre-school children depend on several factors: developmental, environmental and socio-cultural. Knowledge of these clinical pictures and the early management of these children are essential for their development and for building their personality.

[Does trauma help teenagers to "grow up"?]. / Les traumatismes font-ils "grandir" les adolescents?

Traumatic events may give rise to invalidating and chronic situations of distress. The concept of post-traumatic growth suggests that trauma may help people who have experienced it to mature and make positive changes in their lives, especially teenagers. This concept and its limits deserve to be studied in greater depth.