The Psychobiology of Trauma and Resilience Across the Lifespan
Research has suggested that childhood experiences confer risk/resilience for reactions to trauma in adulthood, and predictors and correlates of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) appear to differ developmentally. Research in PTSD has typically been conducted by either child or adult researchers with relatively little overlap or communication between the two camps. Developmental models of PTSD are necessary to fully understand the complex constellation of responses to trauma across the lifespan. Such models can inform study designs and lead to novel, developmentally-appropriate interventions. To this end, this book is organized in such a way as to present and integrate research into child, adult, and older adult trauma samples in an attempt to culminate in a testable model of PTSD risk and resilience across the lifespan. Each author incorporates a developmental slant to their individual chapter, and the chapters are organized to highlight potential differences in our understanding of risk and resiliency between children and adults. Initial chapters concerning pre- and peri-traumatic risk factors for PTSD lead into chapters reviewing specific risk and resilience factors in adults and children. Additional chapters focus on the impact of childhood trauma on adult functioning and the biology of PTSD in children, adults, and older adults. As PTSD rarely occurs in a 'pure' form, specific chapters focus on the impact of comorbid disorders in our understanding of PTSD, and the final chapters consider both psychosocial and pharmacological treatments for PTSD in children and adults.
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The Psychobiology of Trauma and Resilience Across the Lifespan
Research has suggested that childhood experiences confer risk/resilience for reactions to trauma in adulthood, and predictors and correlates of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) appear to differ developmentally. Research in PTSD has typically been conducted by either child or adult researchers with relatively little overlap or communication between the two camps. Developmental models of PTSD are necessary to fully understand the complex constellation of responses to trauma across the lifespan. Such models can inform study designs and lead to novel, developmentally-appropriate interventions. To this end, this book is organized in such a way as to present and integrate research into child, adult, and older adult trauma samples in an attempt to culminate in a testable model of PTSD risk and resilience across the lifespan. Each author incorporates a developmental slant to their individual chapter, and the chapters are organized to highlight potential differences in our understanding of risk and resiliency between children and adults. Initial chapters concerning pre- and peri-traumatic risk factors for PTSD lead into chapters reviewing specific risk and resilience factors in adults and children. Additional chapters focus on the impact of childhood trauma on adult functioning and the biology of PTSD in children, adults, and older adults. As PTSD rarely occurs in a 'pure' form, specific chapters focus on the impact of comorbid disorders in our understanding of PTSD, and the final chapters consider both psychosocial and pharmacological treatments for PTSD in children and adults.
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Research has suggested that childhood experiences confer risk/resilience for reactions to trauma in adulthood, and predictors and correlates of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) appear to differ developmentally. Research in PTSD has typically been conducted by either child or adult researchers with relatively little overlap or communication between the two camps. Developmental models of PTSD are necessary to fully understand the complex constellation of responses to trauma across the lifespan. Such models can inform study designs and lead to novel, developmentally-appropriate interventions. To this end, this book is organized in such a way as to present and integrate research into child, adult, and older adult trauma samples in an attempt to culminate in a testable model of PTSD risk and resilience across the lifespan. Each author incorporates a developmental slant to their individual chapter, and the chapters are organized to highlight potential differences in our understanding of risk and resiliency between children and adults. Initial chapters concerning pre- and peri-traumatic risk factors for PTSD lead into chapters reviewing specific risk and resilience factors in adults and children. Additional chapters focus on the impact of childhood trauma on adult functioning and the biology of PTSD in children, adults, and older adults. As PTSD rarely occurs in a 'pure' form, specific chapters focus on the impact of comorbid disorders in our understanding of PTSD, and the final chapters consider both psychosocial and pharmacological treatments for PTSD in children and adults.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780765705358
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 11/15/2010
Edition description: Reprint
Pages: 294
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Daniel W. Smith is Professor of Philosophy at Purdue University. He is the author of Essays on Deleuze (Edinburgh 2012) and also the translator, from the French, of books by Gilles Deleuze, Pierre Klossowski, Isabelle Stengers, and Michel Serres.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 Introduction
Chapter 3 1. Developmental Issues in Diagnosing PTSD
Chapter 4 2. Genetic Risk Factors for PTSD
Chapter 5 3. Predictors of PTSD Symptoms in Police Officers: From Childhood to Retirement
Chapter 6 4. PTSD in Children and Adolescents: Risk Factors and Treatment Innovations
Chapter 7 5. Modeling Pathways to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Chapter 8 6. The Long Reach of Trauma Across the Lifespan: Mechanisms for the Signature of Abuse
Chapter 9 7. Biological Risk and Resilience Factors
Chapter 10 8. Age-Related Changes in Neuroendocrine, Cognitive, and Neuroanatomic Aspects of PTSD
Chapter 11 9. Dissociation Across the Lifespan and Interfaces with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Chapter 12 10. Comorbid PTSD and Major Depression: Does History of Exposure to Interpersonal Violence Contribute to Nonresilience?
Chapter 13 11. PTSD in Child and Adult Populations: A Review of the Cognitive Behavioral Treatment Outcome Literature
Chapter 14 12. Recent Advances in the Pharmacological Treatment/Prevention of PTSD
Chapter 15 13. From Childhood to Adult PTSD-An Integrative Model

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