Post traumatic stress disorder in children / Martin Herbert.
By: Herbert, Martin.
Material type: BookSeries: PACTS series--Parent, adolescent and child training skills 2: Publisher: Leicester : British Psychological Society, 1996Description: vi, 32 p. ; 24 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 1854331973 .Subject(s): Post-traumatic stress disorderDDC classification: 618.9289Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 618.9289 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00070025 | ||
General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 618.9289 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00070024 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The aim of this guide is to provide practitioners with a brief introduction to the clinical management of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in Children. This will include a descriotion of the disorder; an account of the shortcomings of the diagnosis; guidelines for treating/counselling children suffering from PTSD; and a checklist for assessing PTSD.
Bibliography: p. 19-20.
Introduction -- The development of the concept PTSD -- Part I: Assessment -- Key criteria for the diagnosis of PTSD -- PTSD in childhood -- Assessment measures -- Developmental variations -- Persistence of PTSD symptoms -- Part II: Treatment and counselling -- Re-exposure -- Crisis intervention debriefing -- Individual treatment -- Some ideas to help and support the child -- Ways to help families come to terms with the child's PTSD -- Helping siblings and parents -- Some dos for the counsellor -- Some don'ts for the counsellor -- Some dos and don'ts for the parent -- Some dos for the child -- Some don'ts for the child.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Assessment: Criteria for diagnosis of PTSD
- PTSD in childhood
- Assessment measures
- Developmental variations
- Persistence of PTSD symptoms
- Treatment and Counselling: Crisis intervention
- Individual treatment
- Ideas to support the child
- Helping families
- Appendixes
- Hints for parents