Post-Traumatic Syndromes in Childhood and Adolescence A Handbook of Research and Practice
by Ardino, Vittoria
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Summary
This book offers a comprehensive overview of up-to-date research and intervention techniques for traumatized youth highlighting uncharted territories in the field of developmental trauma and related post-traumatic reactions. One of the few titles to provide a critical and comprehensive framework which focuses specifically on post-traumatic syndromes in children and adolescents Presents the implications of PTSD in other settings (such as school and family) that are not fully addressed in other works International range of contributors, such as David Foy, Julian Ford, Jennifer Freyd, Giovanni Liotti, and Brigitte Lueger-Schuster, bring perspectives from both Europe and North America An essential resource for both researchers and practitioners
Author Biography
Vittoria Ardino is a senior lecturer in Forensic Psychology at London Metropolitan University, UK, where she lectures in the MSc in Forensic Psychology. She is the President of the Italian Society for the Study of Traumatic Stress (SISST) and serves on the board of the European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ESTSS). She is associated editor of the European Journal of Psychotraumatology and her research interests and publications bridge clinical and forensic psychology with a focus upon the role of trauma in young and adult offenders with post-traumatic symptoms. She also offers consultancy and workshops on trauma in forensic settings.
Table of Contents
About the Editor | p. ix |
Contributors | p. xi |
Foreword | p. xv |
Acknowledgments | p. xix |
Introduction | p. 1 |
Assessment | p. 13 |
Evaluation and Diagnosis of PTSD in Children and Adolescents | p. 15 |
Vulnerability and Resilience in Childhood Trauma and PTSD | p. 43 |
Context-Specific Reactions to Trauma | p. 61 |
The Impact of Lower Magnitude Stressors on Child and Adolescent Development: The Family Context | p. 63 |
Stories of Children and Adolescents from Other Cultures: The Trauma of Migration | p. 77 |
Post-Traumatic Stress Related to Pediatric Illness and Injury | p. 91 |
Neurobiology, Memory and Dissociative Processes | p. 111 |
Neuropsychological Underpinnings of PTSD in Children and Adolescents | p. 113 |
Why and how People Forget. Why and how People Forget Sexual Abuse. The Role of Traumatic Memories | p. 135 |
Dissociation in Traumatized Children and Adolescents | p. 157 |
Forensic Aspects | p. 175 |
The Role of PTSD in Understanding Child Allegations of Sexual Abuse | p. 177 |
Exposure to Violence, Post-Traumatic Symptomatology, and Criminal Behaviors | p. 199 |
Post-Traumatic Stress in Antisocial Youth: A Multifaceted Reality | p. 211 |
Psychosocial Interventions | p. 231 |
Schools as a Context of Trauma Prevention | p. 233 |
A City-Wide School-Based Model for Addressing the Needs of Children Exposed to Terrorism and War | p. 243 |
Helping Children after Mass Disaster: Using a Comprehensive Trauma Center and School Support | p. 255 |
Therapeutic Models | p. 273 |
Use of Somatic Experiencing Principles as a PTSD Prevention Tool for Children and Teens during the Acute Stress Phase Following an Overwhelming Event | p. 275 |
EMDR and the Challenge of Treating Childhood Trauma: A Theoretical and Clinical Discussion with Case Examples | p. 297 |
Recent Advances in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Traumatized Children and Teenagers | p. 323 |
A Constructivist Perspective on Post-Traumatic Stress in Children and Adolescents | p. 345 |
Trauma Systems Therapy: Intervening in the Interaction between the Social Environment and a Child's Emotional Regulation | p. 373 |
PTSD in the Context of Childhood Endangerment: Implications for Assessment and Treatment | p. 391 |
Compassion Fatigue, Vulnerability, and Resilience in Practitioners Working with Traumatized Children | p. 417 |
Future Directions in Conceptualizing Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Syndromes in Childhood and Adolescence: Toward a Developmental Trauma Disorder Diagnosis | p. 433 |
Afterword | p. 449 |
Index | p. 453 |
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