Includes bibliographical references and index.

Front Matter -- Introduction / Vittoria Ardino -- Assessment. Evaluation and Diagnosis of PTSD in Children and Adolescents / Kathleen Nader -- Vulnerability and Resilience in Childhood Trauma and PTSD / Scott D Cicero, Kate Nooner, Raul Silva -- Context-Specific Reactions to Trauma. The Impact of Lower Magnitude Stressors on Child and Adolescent Development: The Family Context / Don Catherall -- Stories of Children and Adolescents from other Cultures: The Trauma of Migration / Dalila Rezzoug, Thierry Baubet, Marie Rose Moro -- Post-Traumatic Stress Related to Pediatric Illness and Injury / Elena Camisasca -- Neurobiology, Memory and Dissociative Processes. Neuropsychological Underpinnings of PTSD in Children and Adolescents / Helen Z MacDonald, Jennifer J Vasterling, Ann Rasmusson -- Why and how People Forget. Why and how People Forget Sexual Abuse. The Role of Traumatic Memories / Kathryn A Becker-Blease, Anne P DePrince, Jennifer J Freyd -- Dissociation in Traumatized Children and Adolescents / Eli Somer -- Forensic Aspects. The Role of PTSD in Understanding Child Allegations of Sexual Abuse / Paola Di Blasio, Sarah Miragoli, Rossella Procaccia -- Exposure to Violence, Post-Traumatic Symptomatology, and Criminal Behaviors / David W Foy, James Furrow, Shauna McManus -- Post-Traumatic Stress in Antisocial Youth: A Multifaceted Reality / Vittoria Ardino -- Psychosocial Interventions. Schools as a Context of Trauma Prevention / Barbara Oehlberg -- A City-Wide School-Based Model for Addressing the Needs of Children Exposed to Terrorism and War / Ruth Pat-Horenczyk, Danny Brom, Naomi Baum, Rami Benbenishty, Miriam Schiff, Ron Avi Astor -- Helping Children after Mass Disaster: Using a Comprehensive Trauma Center and School Support / Brigitte Lueger-Schuster -- Therapeutic Models. Use of Somatic Experiencing Principles as a PTSD Prevention Tool for Children and Teens during the Acute Stress Phase Following an Overwhelming Event / Peter Levine, Maggie Kline -- EMDR and the Challenge of Treating Childhood Trauma: A Theoretical and Clinical Discussion with Case Examples / Barbara Wizansky -- Recent Advances in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Traumatized Children and Teenagers / Dirk Flower, Stefania Grbcic -- A Constructivist Perspective on Post-Traumatic Stress in Children and Adolescents / Kenneth W Sewell, Keith R Cruise -- Trauma Systems Therapy: Intervening in the Interaction between the Social Environment and a Child's Emotional Regulation / B Heidi Ellis, Glenn N Saxe, Jennifer Twiss -- PTSD in the Context of Childhood Endangerment: Implications for Assessment and Treatment / Patricia McKinsey Crittenden, Daniele Poggioli -- Compassion Fatigue, Vulnerability, and Resilience in Practitioners Working with Traumatized Children / Charles R Figley, Cheri Lovre, Kathleen Regan Figley -- Future Directions in Conceptualizing Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Syndromes in Childhood and Adolescence: Toward a Developmental Trauma Disorder Diagnosis / Julian D Ford -- Afterword -- Index.

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