Psychological Trauma and the Developing Brain: Neurologically Based Interventions for Troubled Children

ISBN-13: 9780789017888 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 282 str.

Diana Star Helmer; Joshua C. Kendall; Phyllis T. Stien

Opis

Specifically shows how positive early experiences enhance brain development and how traumatic life experiences, especially child abuse and neglect, can affect a child's brain and behavior. Through carefully selected case studies, the text offers basic principles of treatment and a broad range of interventions.

Spis treści

• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Overview of the New Neurobiology
• Organization of This Book
• Chapter 1. Brain Growth and Organization
• How the Brain Grows
• How the Brain Organizes
• Chapter 2. Birth to Five: Factoring in Biology
• Interaction, Brain Maturation, and the Stages of Development
• Conclusion
• Appendix: Charting Your Baby’s Emotional Milestones
• Chapter 3. PTSD: Biology Impinging on Behavior
• Identifying PTSD in Children
• The Two Types of PTSD
• The Psychobiology of PTSD
• Conclusion
• Chapter 4. Complex PTSD in Children: Brain and Behavior
• Child Maltreatment: The Scope of the Problem
• Complex PTSD: A Psychobiological Syndrome
• Brain Impairments Associated with Complex PTSD
• The Effects of Maltreatment on a Child’s Psyche
• Conclusion
• Chapter 5. Healing the Brain: An Interactive Approach to Treating PTSD and Complex PTSD in Children
• Therapeutic Goals: An Overview
• Demystifying the Therapy Process
• Stage One: Safety and Stabilization
• Stage Two: Symptom Reduction and Memory Work
• Stage Three: Developmental Skills
• Adjuncts to Therapy: Reconnecting to the Body
• Conclusion
• Chapter 6. Complex PTSD Compounded by Attachment Problems: Billy’s Story
• Children in the Child Welfare System
• Introducing Billy
• Analysis
• Treatment
• Conclusion
• Chapter 7. Early Experience and Psychobiology: Translating Scientific Advances into Policy Prescriptions
• The Two Approaches: White House Conferences I and II
• The Underlying Sociological Ills
• What’s Been Working So Far: Interventions to Build On
• Principles for the Future
• Conclusion
• Notes
• References
• Index

O autorze

Authored by Stien, Phyllis; Kendall, Joshua C