A Child's Secret Trauma; Trauma Comes in Many Guises and Can Be Hard to Detect but One Hospital Unit Prides Itself on Being Able to Cope with Anything That May Befall You in South London, Says Tina Bexson

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Byline: TINA BEXSON

Jobs for clinical psychologists IT happened so quickly.

One minute she was happily walking home from school, the next she was being grabbed from behind, a hand was pulled tight across her mouth, a voice in her ear threatened to slit her throat if she didn't hand over her mobile.

Months later, the extreme feelings of panic are still with her whenever she walks down the street. But which experts can help her, and exactly how can they do so?

She is only 10 years old.

Within the Michael Rutter Centre for Children and Young People at Maudsley Hospital in Camberwell, lies the Child Traumatic Stress Clinic. This provides a highly specialised service to …