Post-Traumatic Syndromes in Childhood and Adolescence: A Handbook of Research and Practice (Hardcover)

About the Editor.

Contributors.

Foreword.

Christine Courtois.

Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

Vittoria Ardino.

PART I ASSESSMENT.

Chapter 1 Evaluation and Diagnosis of PTSD in Children andAdolescents (Kathleen Nader).

Chapter 2 Vulnerability and Resilience in Childhood Trauma andPTSD (Scott D. Cicero, Kate Nooner, and Raul Silva).

PART II CONTEXT-SPECIFIC REACTIONS TO TRAUMA.

Chapter 3 The Impact of Lower Magnitude Stressors on Child andAdolescent Development: The Family Context (DonCatherall).

Chapter 4 Stories of Children and Adolescents from OtherCultures: The Trauma of Migration (Dalila Rezzoug, ThierryBaubet, and Marie Rose Moro).

Chapter 5 Post-Traumatic Stress Related to Pediatric Illness andInjury (Elena Camisasca).

PART III NEUROBIOLOGY, MEMORY AND DISSOCIATIVEPROCESSES.

Chapter 6 Neuropsychological Underpinnings of PTSD in Childrenand Adolescents (Helen Z. MacDonald, Jennifer J. Vasterling, andAnn Rasmusson).

Chapter 7 Why and how People Forget. Why and how People ForgetSexual Abuse. The Role of Traumatic Memories (Kathryn A.Becker-Blease, Anne P. DePrince, and Jennifer J. Freyd).

Chapter 8 Dissociation in Traumatized Children and Adolescents(Eli Somer).

PART IV FORENSIC ASPECTS.

Chapter 9 The Role of PTSD in Understanding Child Allegations ofSexual Abuse (Paola Di Blasio, Sarah Miragoli, and RossellaProcaccia).

Chapter 10 Exposure to Violence, Post-Traumatic Symptomatology,and Criminal Behaviors (David W. Foy, James Furrow, and ShaunaMcManus).

Chapter 11 Post-Traumatic Stress in Antisocial Youth: AMultifaceted Reality (Vittoria Ardino).

PART V PSYCHOSOCIAL INTERVENTIONS .

Chapter 12 Schools as a Context of Trauma Prevention (BarbaraOehlberg).

Chapter 13 A City-Wide School-Based Model for Addressing theNeeds of Children Exposed to Terrorism and War (RuthPat-Horenczyk, Danny Brom, Naomi Baum, Rami Benbenishty, MiriamSchiff, and Ron Avi Astor).

Chapter 14 Helping Children after Mass Disaster: Using aComprehensive Trauma Center and School Support (BrigitteLueger-Schuster).

PART VI THERAPEUTIC MODELS.

Chapter 15 Use of Somatic Experiencing Principles as a PTSDPrevention Tool for Children and Teens during the Acute StressPhase Following an Overwhelming Event (Peter Levine and MaggieKline).

Chapter 16 EMDR and the Challenge of Treating Childhood Trauma:A Theoretical and Clinical Discussion with Case Examples(Barbara Wizansky).

Chapter 17 Recent Advances in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy forTraumatized Children and Teenagers (Dirk Flower and StefaniaGrbcic).

Chapter 18 A Constructivist Perspective on Post-Traumatic Stressin Children and Adolescents  (Kenneth W. Sewell and KeithR. Cruise).

Chapter 19 Trauma Systems Therapy: Intervening in theInteraction between the Social Environment and a Child’sEmotional Regulation (B. Heidi Ellis, Glenn N. Saxe, andJennifer Twiss).

Chapter 20 PTSD in the Context of Childhood Endangerment:Implications for Assessment and Treatment (Patricia McKinseyCrittenden and Daniele Poggioli).

Chapter 21 Compassion Fatigue, Vulnerability, and Resilience inPractitioners Working with Traumatized Children (Charles R.Figley, Cheri Lovre, and Kathleen Regan Figley).

Chapter 22 Future Directions in Conceptualizing ComplexPost-Traumatic Stress Syndromes in Childhood and Adolescence:Toward a Developmental Trauma Disorder Diagnosis (Julian D.Ford).

Afterword (Giovanni Liotti).

Index.