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Post traumatic stress disorder in children / Martin Herbert.

By: Herbert, Martin.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: 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: 618.9289
Contents:
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.
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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

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Martin Herbert has drawn on years of child and family guidance experience and of teaching professionals from various disciplines for this series. He is currently Professor of Clinical and Community Psychology, University of Exeter, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Exeter Health Authority and a Fellow of The British Psychological Society.

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