Neuroscience of Pediatric PTSD

Download or read book Neuroscience of Pediatric PTSD written by Victor G. Carrion and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The past twenty years have seen an increased interest in the impact of traumatic stress on development. In Neuroscience of Pediatric PTSD, Drs. Carrion and Weems summarize key work done in areas pertinent to function and development. They discuss advances in the neuroscience of executive function, memory, emotional processing and associated features such as dissociation, self-injurious behaviors and sleep regulation. Each chapter is divided into three parts; pre-clinical research, adult research and developmental research. The Authors present Issues such as comorbidity and treatment and their relationship to these neuroscience findings are presented.