Includes bibliographical reference (pages 417-478) and indexes.
Contents
How children and adolescents are affected by trauma -- How children and adolescents' brains are affected by trauma -- Are there different pathways to a symptom or set of symptoms? -- The nature of assessing traumatized children and adolescents -- Risk and resilience factors : trauma's mediator, moderator, or outcome variables -- The nature of the child -- Culture and family background -- Attachment -- Interviewing children and adolescents following traumatic events -- The nature of the event : assessing exposure levels and complicated reactions -- Self-reports of trauma symptoms : school-age children and adolescents -- The use of projective tests in the evaluation of trauma -- Adult reports : parent, teacher, and clinician assessments of trauma -- The integration of information following traumas : information processing and dissociation -- Assessing comorbidity and additional symptoms -- Writing reports regarding traumatized youths -- An afterword : some conclusions about assessing trauma in youths.