Post-Traumatic Syndromes in Childhood and Adolescence (eBook)

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.

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.

"This book would be helpful for researchers as well as
mental health professionals who work with traumatized children and
adolescents." (PsycCRITIQUES, 27 June 2012)

"As such it is successful, but it is also a wide ranging
and in depth examination of the literature and research on PTSD in
children and adolescents." (Child and Adolescent
Mental Health, 1 May 2012)



'This book represents a comprehensive and masterful
compilation of state-of-the art knowledge of trauma and
trauma-based disorders in children and adolescents. Experiences of
trauma - whether attachment-based or due to natural
disaster/accident or crime/terrorism - are worryingly common
in our children and young people. It is vital that researchers and
practitioners can benefit from the recent developments in this ever
growing field, to understand why some are stricken with PTSD whilst
others are resilient, and how to intervene effectively.
Understanding PTSD in children is a challenge and there is a lack
of similar works to inform research and practice. The contributions
in this book are therefore of critical importance and are of very
high quality, provided by many of the most eminent researchers and
professionals in the field.

'The book is wide in scope - it serves to aid
understanding PTSD, its sometimes controversial diagnosis, and
seeks to clarify and extend definitions of trauma. It emphasises
the crucial role of child development; of social risk and
resilience in local and international settings, its associations
with criminal behaviour and the use of neurobiological, cognitive
and attachment models in understanding its causes. It also examines
a range of interventions, such as those school-based and social,
and treatments available. It is to be applauded for succeeding in
its aims of informing, reflecting and looking to future
explorations in experiences associated with trauma.'

Antonia Bifulco, Royal Holloway, University of London,
UK