Direction of influence between posttraumatic and depressive symptoms during prolonged exposure therapy among children and adolescents.

Objective: Our objective in the present study was to examine the temporal sequencing of posttraumatic and depressive symptoms during prolonged exposure therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among children and adolescents.

Method: Participants were 73 children and adolescents (56.2% female) between the ages of 8 and 18.