Childhood adversity and developmental effects : international and cross-disciplinary perspectives / editor, Lisa Albers Prock, MD, MPH.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Prock, Lisa Albers, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children and violence.

Child abuse.

Violence--Health aspects.

Violence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (354 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, Florida : CRC Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Child trauma and violence is not an issue that is constrained to one nationality or one ethnicity. A staggering number of children around the world are subjected to violence and abuse, both domestic and political. The current volume examines the issue of developmental trauma from a variety of viewpoints, including sociological, epidemiological, genetic, and psychiatric. The chapters contained within are broken into the following sections: Child neglect and violence from an international perspective The effects of war and armed conflict on children's health and development The impact of child

Contents:

Cover; About the Editor; Contents; Acknowledgment and How to Cite; List of Contributors; Introduction; Part I: An International Problem; Chapter 1: Acts of Omission: An Overview of Child Neglect; Chapter 2: Frequency of Child Maltreatment in a Representative Sample of the German Population; Chapter 3: Setting the Stage for Chronic Health Problems: Cumulative Childhood Adversity among Homeless Adults with Mental Illness in Vancouver, British Columbia; Chapter 4: Emotional Abuse Towards Children by Schoolteachers in Aden Governorate, Yemen: A Cross-Sectional Study

Chapter 5: Child Neglect in One-Child Families from Suzhou City of Mainland ChinaPart II: Children and War; Chapter 6: Transgenerational Consequences of PTSD: Risk Factors for the Mental Health of Children Whose Mothers Have Been Exposed to the Rwandan Genocide; Chapter 7: The Intergenerational Effects of War on the Health of Children; Part III: The Developmental Impact on Mental and Physical Health; Chapter 8: Childhood Adversity, Recent Life Stressors and Suicidal Behavior in Chinese College Students

Chapter 9: Childhood Sexual Abuse and the Development of Recurrent Major Depression in Chinese WomenChapter 10: Differences in the Association Between Childhood Trauma and BMI in Black and White South African Women; Chapter 11: Childhood Trauma and PTSD Symptoms Increase the Risk of Cognitive Impairment in a Sample of Former Indentured Child Laborers in Old Age; Chapter 12: Adverse Childhood Experiences, Psychosocial Well-Being and Cognitive Development Among Orphans and Abandoned Children in Five Low Income Countries; Part IV: Hope for the Future

Chapter 13: School-Based Mental Health Intervention for Children in War-Affected Burundi: A Cluster Randomized TrialChapter 14: Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Children Affected by Sexual Abuse or Trauma; Author Notes; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-77463-384-1

0-429-15387-2

9780429153877

OCLC:

942714556