It has long been recognized that stressful life events may cause emotional and behavioral
effects. In addition, the clinical phenomenon of PTSD has been known by various names, …

This article analyzes the literature on the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
It briefly exposes the theoretical basis for each treatment modality and extensively examines …

• One hundred fifty-nine children (14.5% of the student body) were sampled after a fatal
sniper attack on their elementary school playground. Systematic self-reports of posttraumatic …

Children and psychic trauma: a brief review of contemporary thinking. Children traumatized
by witnessing acts of personal violence: homicide, rape, or suicide behavior. Children …

In this paper, we present a widely applicable technique of interviewing the traumatized child
who has recently witnessed an extreme act of violence. This technique has been used with …

This chapter will present a developmental schema for children exposed to psychic trauma.
We begin by describing our research with children who have witnessed the homicide of a …

This study tested a family-based skills-building intervention in veterans with chronic combat-related
posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Veterans and a family member were randomly …

THE traumatic nature of a child's experience viewing catastrophic family violence is a relatively
underreported area of exploration in psychiatry (eg, Black and Kaplan 1988; Lystad 1986)…

Millions of children are affected by physical and sexual abuse, natural and technological
disasters, transportation accidents, invasive medical procedures, exposure to community …

Objective: The authors evaluated psychological responses to continuous terror. Method: Data
were collected after 10 months of escalating hostilities against civilians in Israel. The study’…