Here are links to a number of professional articles about PTSD, including some focusing on children and disaster situations.

1. AMERICAN FAMILY PHYSICIAN
Primary Care Treatment of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
http://www.aafp.org/afp/20000901/1035.html
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can affect a wide range of patients in family practice, regardless of culture, age, sex, or socioeconomic class.

2. THE JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHIATRY
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: The Burden to the Individual and to Society
http://www.psychiatrist.com/supplenet/v61s05/02index.htm
PTSD is a highly prevalent and impairing condition. Early and aggressive outreach to treat people with PTSD could help reduce the enormous societal costs of this disorder.

3. AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION
Psychiatric Dimensions of Disaster: Patient Care, Community Consultation, and Preventive Medicine
http://www.psych.org/pract_of_psych/disaster.cfm
This paper examines posttraumatic responses of direct concern to clinicians working in a community exposed to a disaster.

4. THE JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHIATRY
Comorbidity of Psychiatric Disorders and PTSD
http://www.psychiatrist.com/supplenet/v61s07/61s07.pdf#nameddest=brady
Data from epidemiologic surveys indicate that the vast majority of individuals with PTSD meet criteria for at least one other psychiatric disorder.

5. AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS
http://www.aap.org/advocacy/releases/disastercomm.htm
The American Academy of Pediatrics offers advice on how to communicate with children and adolescents during times of crisis.

6. AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY
Practice Parameters for the Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
http://www.guideline.gov/VIEWS/summary.asp?guideline=000314
The guidelines include sections on diagnostic assessment, differential diagnosis, subtypes of PTSD, and treatment.

7. AMERICAN ACADEMY OF EXPERTS IN TRAUMATIC RESPONSE
Law Enforcement Traumatic Stress: Clinical Syndromes and Intervention Strategies
http://www.aaets.org/arts/art87.htm
Law enforcement and emergency services personnel are highly prone to PTSD.

8. AMERICAN ACADEMY OF EXPERTS IN TRAUMATIC RESPONSE
Down the Long Road of Grief: Supporting Survivors, Families and Loved Ones in the Aftermath
http://www.aaets.org/arts/art98.htm
In the aftermath of tragedy, individuals, families, responders, schools, workplaces, neighborhoods and the community reverberate in grief.