Problem 1: Identify common risk factors for experiencing a childhood trauma and then developing trauma- or stressor-related disorders. Include biological and environmental factors such as home, family, school, community environments.
Problem 2: Analyze the long-term impact of childhood PTSD and how the trauma can affect the individual later in life.
Problem 3: Analyze trauma's role as a precipitating factor that contributes to other life challenges during childhood and throughout adulthood. For example, but not limited to, issues related to self-esteem, future relationships, scholastic achievement, substance use, self-harm/suicide, and psychopathology.