Childhood Adversity and Developmental Effects : An International, Cross-Disciplinary Approach.

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 China -- Part 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 Women -- Chapter 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 Trial.

Chapter 14: Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Children Affected by Sexual Abuse or Trauma -- Author Notes -- Back Cover.

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 childhood trauma on mental and physical health into adulthood Case studies of interventions that provide possibilities for treatment in a variety of different contexts Written by a researcher from Harvard Medical School and Children's Hospital (Boston), this book provides an important resource for understanding violence as an almost ubiquitous presence in children's lives around the world, as well as offering directions for treatment and interventions. This book is an important resource for researchers, counselors, psychologists, child advocates, and anyone who seeks to understand how adversity in childhood affects a person's entire life.

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