Posttraumatic Stress Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Handbook

Raul R. Silva, M.D.

Praise for Postraumatic Stress Disorders in Children and Adolescents

"[V]ery skillfully and insightfully written… [T]his compact little handbook is worth more than its weight in gold."
—American Journal of Psychiatry

"This is an excellent book--full of information and a pleasure to read… Each chapter is clear, concise, and easy to read, with a comprehensive bibliography. References to the research (not just America) inform the text throughout. Excellent editing has ensured that the chapters are comprehensive but that there is little unnecessary overlap between them. There is a consistent style throughout, and the book is attractively presented. In short, highly recommended and excellent value!"
—Child & Adolescent Mental Health

"This book would be useful for researchers and clinicians applying for funding in this area, or those writing court reports and doing diagnostic assessments, who need up-to-date information on prevalence, risk and protective factors, neurobiology, and diagnostic assessment."
—Janet Roth, Psychotherapy in Australia

Overview – Table of Contents

Posttraumatic Stress Disorders in Children and Adolescents is an expert guide to the most salient issues pertaining to PTSD, stress, trauma, and the concurrent conditions that affect children and adolescents. The rich mix of clinical experience and research constitutes a thorough introduction for practitioners.

Unlike the many works that attempt to deal with PTSD in youth by extrapolating from therapeutic work with adults, Dr. Silva has called upon leading practitioners in the area of childhood and adolescent trauma to write about their clinical practice and to consider research findings drawn from studies focusing on these younger populations. The 15 chapters gathered here address different aspects of childhood and adolescent trauma-some consider a distinct therapeutic situation (abuse and neglect), others pertain to standard clinical procedure (assessment), and still others focus on complex research issues (neurobiology and genetics of PTSD). This broad range of clinical experience as well as theoretical research makes this book Posttraumatic Stress Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Handbook an extremely useful resource for clinicians of varying backgrounds and with different therapeutic disciplines.

About the Editor

Raul R. Silva, M.D., is Deputy Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at NYU School of Medicine and Bellevue Hospital Center. He is also Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, NYU School of Medicine.

ISBN 10: 0-393-70412-2
2004 / 384 pages / paperback