Neuroscience of Pediatric Ptsd

ISBN-13: 9780190201968 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 200 str.

Victor Carrion; Carl Weems

Opis

The past twenty years have seen an increased interest in the impact of traumatic stress on development. In Neuroscience of Pediatric PTSD, Drs. Carrion and Weems summarize key work done in areas pertinent to function and development. They discuss advances in the neuroscience of executive function, memory, emotional processing and associated features such as dissociation, self-injurious behaviors and sleep regulation. Each chapter is divided into three parts; pre-clinical research, adult research and developmental research. The Authors present Issues such as comorbidity and treatment and their relationship to these neuroscience findings are presented.

O autorze

Dr. Carrion is the John A. Turner, M.D. Endowed Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Vice Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. Through longitudinal, multi-method designs he studies the biological, psychological and social ramifications of trauma experienced early in development. Dr. Carrion has developed Cue-Centered Therapy for treating children who experience trauma (Oxford Press) and is engaged in policy and systems work that promote dissemination of effective interventions.