Evidence-based treatments for trauma related disorders in children and adolescents Markus A. Landolt , Marylene Cloitre and Ulrich Schnyder Springer, 2017, 517 pp. (hb) ISBN: 978-3-319-46136-6 doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-46138-0 (2025)

Evidence-Based Treatments for Trauma Related Disorders in Children and Adolescents

Springer eBooks, 2017

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Clinical management of traumatized children

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 1994

Extreme traumatic events such as natural disasters and violent crime often result in profound stress reactions incorporating distressing memories, nightmares, avoidance behaviour, general anxiety and aggression. The effects of traumatic experiences have been chronicled for many decades as witnessed by the use of terms such as fright hysteria, shell shock, combat fatigue and traumatic neurosis.' More recently, the American Psychiatric Association included post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.* An enormous amount of clinical work and research has since been conducted on adults with PTSD (especially war veterans and rape victims).' However, children may also exhibit stress reactions following traumatic events such as natural disasters, abuse, accidents or violent crime.3 Contrary to the claims of early authorities: traumatized children frequently show severe and durable stress reactions2 A brief review is made of risk factors, diagnostic criteria, epidemiological findings and advances in treatment for childhood PTSD.

Practitioners' Views of Effective Treatment Options for Childhood Trauma

McNair Scholars Research Journal, 2010

In today's society the number of children who experience childhood trauma is increasing significantly. As a result of this increase, the number of people seeking treatment is also on the rise. For this study, data were collected using both qualitative interviews (N=10) and an online quantitative survey (N=32). Practitioners' views of effectiveness ranged from both more traditional treatments to emerging alternative treatments. Recent knowledge from brain research shows trauma impacts both the left and right side of the brain. Many practitioners noted effective treatment needs to be comprehensive. This is supported by literature recommending modalities that work with the effect trauma has on both sides of the brain.

Everything within the pages of this literature review exists because of the tireless work of researchers, therapists and advocates who have dedicated their time to understanding and treating complex and developmental trauma and the detrimental effects it has in lives, in communities, and in the world. Thank you all for putting in the work, and thank you for continuing to write, produce, research and guide us towards a more compassionate and trauma-informed world. I want to thank my Professor and advisor, Dr. Dave Fischer, who showed me the different realms and ways in which we can think and begin to comprehend the human condition. You introduced your students to a myriad of ways to understand and treat the psyche. That introduction fuels my scholarship in the field and the current focus of my life. Lastly, though most importantly, I want to acknowledge the thousands of children, teenagers, and adults who have dealt with trauma.

Training and Education in Professional Psychology, Vol 7(3), Aug 2013, 195-204. doi: 10.1037/a0033086

"(abstract): Despite the proliferation of empirically supported treatments in child mental health and the intensive resource investments agencies and training programs make to prepare clinicians, there are no clear guidelines to direct the selection of treatments. Specifically in the treatment of traumatized youth, there is no current mandate to adopt a developmental trauma framework to guide clinical decision making. The authors argue that this lack of knowledge and guiding framework can significantly impair therapists' abilities to address the complexities chronically traumatized children and families experience that may call for tailoring or adapting treatment models. It is proposed that cultivating a lifelong learning approach, driven by critical thinking, to review the latest scientific knowledge base and to utilize evidence-based trauma-informed assessment is essential. With this knowledge, clinicians are better equipped to engage in critical appraisal as they formulate case conceptualizations and treatment recommendations for traumatized youth and their families. Recommendations for promoting an evidence-based practice approach in the field of child and adolescent traumatic stress applicable to both graduate programs and continuing education for seasoned clinicians are proposed. Full citation: DeRosa, R.R., Amaya-Jackson, L, & Layne, C.M. (2013). From rifts to riffs: Evidence-based principles to guide critical thinking about next-generation child trauma treatments and training. Training and Education in Professional Psychology, 7, 195-204. doi: 10.1037/a0033086"""

Childhood Trauma and Effective Empirically Based Interventions

Journal of Psychology & Behavior Research, 2019

Trauma affects many children in various ways globally. According to SAMHSA (2017), the “occurrence of child trauma is very prevalent, and 75% of children reported experiencing at least one traumatic event by age 16”. Traumatic events consist of “psychological, physical, or sexual abuse; community or school violence; witnessing or experiencing domestic violence; national disasters or terrorism; commercial sexual exploitation; sudden or violent loss of a loved one; refugee or war experiences; military family-related stressors; physical or sexual assault; neglect; and serious accidents or life-threatening illness” (SAMHSA, 2017). This literature review evaluates three different attachment-based, trauma-informed interventions for young children 0-7 years of age which are: Attachment and Bio-Behavioral Catchup (ABC), Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP), and Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT). Throughout this review, childhood trauma will be defined, and the current occurrence rates wil...

Comparative Effectiveness of Interventions for Children Exposed to Nonrelational Traumatic Events

Pediatrics, 2013

OBJECTIVES: To assess the effectiveness of interventions targeting traumatic stress among children exposed to nonrelational traumatic events (eg, accidents, natural disasters, war). METHODS: We assessed research on psychological and pharmacological therapy as part of an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality–commissioned comparative effectiveness review. We conducted focused searches of Medline, Cochrane Library, Embase, PsycINFO, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, International Pharmaceutical s, and Web of Science. Two trained reviewers independently selected, extracted data from, and rated the risk of bias of relevant trials and systematic reviews. We used qualitative rather than quantitative analysis methods because of statistical heterogeneity, insufficient numbers of similar studies, and variation in outcome reporting. RESULTS: We found a total of 21 trials and 1 cohort study of medium or low risk of bias from our review of 6647 unduplicated abstracts...

The Psychological Trauma in Children and Adolescents: Scientific and Sociological Profiles

Sociology Mind, 2017

Despite the research on trauma, which until recent times has been directed towards the category of adults, today scholars need to turn their attention to children and adolescents who may undergo traumatic experiences at different stages of their growth. There is a prevailing hypothesis that the narrow and partial cognitive processes of memory, attention and dysfunctional problem solving skills constitute the main problem of exposure to trauma, which also compromises the family equilibrium, taking into account that traumatic events are arbitrary and unpredictable. It is possible that dissociation phenomena and derealization emerge in response to a traumatic event. The specificity and complexity of the treatment of disorders resulting from traumatic development have prompted specialists of different orientations to formulate guidelines and treatment protocols to guide clinical work.

A Trauma-Informed Treatment for Young Children and Their Caregivers

2019

Child–parent psychotherapy (CPP) is a relationship-based treatment for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers who are experiencing mental health problems or are at risk for such disturbances due to exposure to traumatic events, environmental adversities, parental mental illness, maladaptive parenting practices, and/or discordant parent–child temperamental styles. The overarching goal of treatment is to help parents create physical and emotional safety for the child and the family. This goal of physical and psychological safety is pursued through therapeutic strategies designed to promote an age-appropriate, goal-corrected partnership between parent and child (Bowlby, 1969), in which parents become the child’s protectors and guides in striving toward three components of early mental health: developmentally expectable emotional regulation, safe and rewarding relationships, and joyful engagement in exploration and learning. In situations of danger to physical well-being as a result of dom...

From rifts to riffs: Evidence-based principles to guide critical thinking about next-generation child trauma treatments and training

Training and Education in Professional Psychology, 2013

Despite the proliferation of empirically supported treatments in child mental health and the intensive resource investments agencies and training programs make to prepare clinicians, there are no clear guidelines to direct the selection of treatments. Specifically in the treatment of traumatized youth, there is no current mandate to adopt a developmental trauma framework to guide clinical decision making. The authors argue that this lack of knowledge and guiding framework can significantly impair therapists' abilities to address the complexities chronically traumatized children and families experience that may call for tailoring or adapting treatment models. It is proposed that cultivating a lifelong learning approach, driven by critical thinking, to review the latest scientific knowledge base and to utilize evidence-based trauma-informed assessment is essential. With this knowledge, clinicians are better equipped to engage in critical appraisal as they formulate case conceptualizations and treatment recommendations for traumatized youth and their families. Recommendations for promoting an evidence-based practice approach in the field of child and adolescent traumatic stress applicable to both graduate programs and continuing education for seasoned clinicians are proposed.