PTSD in Children and Adolescents

Author: Spencer Eth, John M. Oldham and Michelle B. Riba Series: Review of Psychiatry

The field of developmental psychotraumatology is in its infancy, but it is a steady, thriving infancy that is growing and developing rapidly. Dr. Eth and co-authors have undertaken an ambitious project by reviewing this field as it stands today. The last similar volume was published 15 years ago, and it is a pleasure to see how far the field has come and how many questions have been answered since then. Many questions remain, but the field has attracted skilled investigators, researchers, and clinicians, many of whom have contributed fascinating chapters to this volume skillfully edited by Dr. Eth. Elissa P. Benedek, M.D., Diplomate Psychiatry, Subspecialty in Forensic Psychiatry, ABPN, Diplomate Forensic Psychiatry, Amer Board Forensic Psych, Diplomate Child Psychiatry, Amer Board Child Psych A full and complete review of PTSD with up-to-date information on standardized assessments, biological approaches, courtroom aspects, and long-term effects. Recommended highly for those just entering the trauma field as well as for those experienced workers who need to find new information all in one place. Spencer Eth has done a bang-up job putting a number of trauma experts together to make sense of childhood PTSD. Lenore C. Terr, M.D., Clinical Professor of PsychiatryUniversity of CaliforniaSan Francisco, Author of Too Scared to Cry and Unchained Memories

This work offers fresh insights on five major topic areas in child and adolescent PTSD, forensic aspects of traumatized children, juvenile offender and incarcerated youth, biological treatment strategies, and the relationship between exposure to trauma in childhood and the development of psychiatric disorders in adulthood.

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Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a psychiatric condition that was unknown until 1980. The creation of this diagnosis was intensely controversial, and the 1985 volume, "Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Children" edited by Spencer Eth and Robert Pynoos, helped establish the validity of this condition during childhood. This text seeks to bring the field of childhood trauma into the 21st century by offering fresh perspectives on five major topic areas in child and adolescent PTSD: techniques for comprehensive evaluation; forensic aspects of traumatized children; juvenile offender and incarcerated youth; biological treatment strategies; and the relationship between exposure to trauma in childhood and the development of psychiatric disorders in adulthood.

Critic Reviews

“"[T]his volume helps organize what is known for clinicians and forensic experts looking for a single reliable and up-to-date text."- Journal of Clinical Psychiatry , June 2002”

[T]his volume helps organize what is known for clinicians and forensic experts looking for a single reliable and up-to-date text.

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

This is a very well written comprehensive review of the latest information on PTSD in children. It is useful as a manual for clinicians and can greatly aid trainees as well as experienced clinicians. There are not many books in this area that provide an objective review of the latest research in such a concise manner.

Doody's Health Science Book Review

This volume, edited by Spencer Eth, professor of psychiatry at New York Medical College, features chapters by a number of well-known authorities in the field. Making use of up-to-date sources and avoiding much of the ideological 'preachiness' of earlier materials, the contributors cover the important areas of assessment, biological treatment, and forensic dimensions of PTSD among children and adolescents.

-- Joshua Mark Ph.D. Psychiatric Services

About the Author

Spencer Eth, M.D., is Professor and Vice-Chairman in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at New York Medical College. Dr. Eth also serves as the Medical Director of Behavioral Health Services at Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers located in New York, New York.