PTSD in children and adolescents
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PTSD in children and adolescents
(Review of psychiatry series, v. 20,
American Psychiatric Press, c2001
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  Chiba
  Tokyo
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  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
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  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
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  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
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  United Kingdom
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
PTSD is a recently named psychiatric condition that unknown before the publication of DSM-III in 1980. The creation of this diagnosis was intensely controversial, and there continued to be considerable reluctance to apply the term to children. The 1985 landmark volume, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Children, edited by Spencer Eth and Robert Pynoos, helped establish the validity of this condition during childhood. Now Spencer Eth has edited PTSD in Children and Adolescents, a work that brings the field of childhood trauma in to the new century by offering fresh insights on five major topic areas in child and adolescent PTSD:
* Techniques for comprehensive evaluation-details recently developed diagnostic instruments and rating scales that measure the variety and severity of traumatic symptoms in children and adolescents.
* Forensic aspects of traumatized children-surveys legally pertinent issues, including abuse, reliability of traumatic memories, and credibility of child victims.
* Juvenile offenders and incarcerated youth-examines the role of trauma in the lives of juvenile offenders, noting that the victimization of delinquents must be specifically addressed in order for an integrated approach to treatment to achieve effective rehabilitation.
* Biological treatment strategies-systematically reviews the important role of medications for PTSD in clinical practice, including such topics as biological dysregulation, target symptoms, and the inclusion of drugs into the biopsychosocial treatment plan.
* The relationship between exposure to trauma in childhood and the development of psychiatric disorders in adulthood-presents current research on the long-term prognosis of traumatized children and adolescents by analyzing the association between early traumatic exposure, biological substrates, and subsequent symptomatic morbidity.
Mental health practitioners and trainees, as well as attorneys, pediatricians, and school personnel, will find this thoroughly annotated volume an invaluable roadmap in their journey toward understanding PTSD and discovering more effective treatments for traumatized children and adolescents. With its eclectic perspective and interdisciplinary format, this exceptional reference will also enhance courses in developmental psychology, social work, and education.
Table of Contents
Contributors
Introduction to the Review of Psychiatry Series
Introduction: Childhood Trauma in Perspective
Chapter 1. Evaluation and assessment of PTSD in children and adolescents
Chapter 2. Forensic aspects of PTSD in children and adolescents
Chapter 3. PTSD in children and adolescents in the juvenile justice system
Chapter 4. Biological treatment of PTSD in children and adolescents
Chapter 5. Relationship between childhood traumatic experiences and PTSD in adults
Index
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