Post-Traumatic Syndromes in Childhood and Adolescence - A Handbook of Research and Practice

This book offers a comprehensive overview of up-to-date research and intervention techniques for traumatized youth highlighting uncharted territories in the field of developmental trauma and related post-traumatic reactions.

• One of the few titles to provide a critical and comprehensive framework which focuses specifically on post-traumatic syndromes in children and adolescents
• Presents the implications of PTSD in other settings (such as school and family) that are not fully addressed in other works
• International range of contributors, such as David Foy, Julian Ford, Jennifer Freyd, Giovanni Liotti, and Brigitte Lueger-Schuster, bring perspectives from both Europe and North America
• An essential resource for both researchers and practitioners

Vittoria Ardino is a senior lecturer in Forensic Psychology at London Metropolitan University, UK, where she lectures in the MSc in Forensic Psychology. She is the President of the Italian Society for the Study of Traumatic Stress (SISST) and serves on the board of the European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ESTSS). She is associated editor of the European Journal of Psychotraumatology and her research interests and publications bridge clinical and forensic psychology with a focus upon the role of trauma in young and adult offenders with post-traumatic symptoms. She also offers consultancy and workshops on trauma in forensic settings.