Main description:

This handbook presents the current evidence-based psychological treatments for trauma related disorders in childhood and adolescence and in addition provides clearly structured, up-to-date information on the basic principles of traumatic stress research and practice in that age group, covering epidemiology, developmental issues, pathogenetic models, diagnostics, and assessment. Each of the chapters on treatment, which form the core of the book, begins with a summary of the theoretical underpinnings of the approach, followed by a case presentation illustrating the treatment protocol session by session, an analysis of special challenges typically encountered in implementing this treatment, and an overview of the current evidence base for the treatment approach. A special section considers modern treatments in particular settings, such as schools, hospitals, and juvenile justice systems, and the concluding chapters provide an integrative discussion on how to treat traumatized children and adolescents and an outlook. The book will be invaluable for clinical child and adolescent psychologists, child and adolescent psychiatrists, psychotherapists, and other mental health professionals working with traumatized children and adolescents.

Contents:

1. Introduction

Part I: Basics

2. Epidemiology of trauma and trauma-related disorders in children and adolescents

3. Childhood trauma as a public health issue

4. The diagnostic spectrum of trauma-related disorders in children and adolescents

5. Assessment of trauma-related disorders in children and adolescents

6. Developmental aspects

7. Pathogenetic models and theories of trauma-related disorders in children and adolescents

Part II: Interventions

8. Primary prevention

9. Early interventions

10. Child Family Traumatic Stress Intervention (CFTSI)

11. Trauma-focussed Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)

12. Narrative Exposure Therapie (KIDNET)

13. Prolonged Exposure Therapy

14. Cognitive Therapy

15. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy

16. Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPT)

17. Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)

18. STAIR-A Narrative Therapy

19. Attachment, Self-Regulation, and Competency (ARC)

20. Trauma Systems Therapy (TST)

21. Pharmacological treatment

Part III: Settings

22. School-based interventions

23. Interventions in medical settings

24. Juvenile justice and forensic settings

25. Residential care and psychiatric inpatient care

26. Post-conflict settings

Part IV: Summary and conclusions

27. How to treat children and adolescents with trauma-related disorders

28. Outlook and future perspectives