Selected Topcs

Louis Najarian , M.D.  

PTY-CA - 2nd Year
Third Trimester 2006-07

The primary focus during the 10 weeks of selected topics is a review of the diagnosis and treatment of childhood trauma. There is an introduction to the types of trauma with the variations of emotional sequellae. A detailed session by session treatment manual for Cognitive Behavior Therapy of Traumatic Bereavement in Children is presented with clinical illustrations. Current research and treatment interventions for Complex Trauma and Developmental Trauma Disorders are reviewed.

Other topics include psychosomatic conditions in children with a focus on gastrointestinal disorders and the importance of fairy tales in childhood development. There is opportunity for candidates to identify special topics of interest for discussion.

REFERENCE LIST

1. "Disaster Intervention: Long term psychosocial benefits in Armenia."
 Louis M. Najarian, MD in Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 2004; 19(1)79-85

2. "Outcome of psychotherapy among early adolescents after trauma."
Armen K. Goenjian, MD et al in American Journal of Psychiatry 1997;154:536-542

3. "A prospective study of post-traumatic stress and depressive reactions among treated and untreated adolescents 5 years after a catastrophic disaster."
Armen K. Goenjian, MD et al in American Journal of Psychiatry 2005;162:2302-2308

4. "A pilot study of modified cognitive-behavioral therapy for childhood traumatic Grief (CBT-CTG)."
Judith A. Cohen, MD, Anthony P. Mannarino, PhD. Virginia R. Staron, MA. in  J. American Academy Child Adolescent Psychiatry 2006; 45(12):1465-1473

5. "Treatment of traumatized children: A review and synthesis."
Cohen, JA, Berliner, L, Mannarino, AP in Journal of Trauma, Violence and Abuse 2000:1(1):29-46

6. "A treatment outcome study for sexually abused preschool children: initial findings."
Cohen, JA, Mannarino, AP in J American Academy Child Adolescent Psychiatry 1996; 35(1)42-50

7. "Trauma/grief-focused group psychotherapy: school based post-war intervention  with traumatized Bosnian adolescents."
Layne, CM, Pynoos, RS, Saltzman, WA,  Arslanagic, B, Black,M in Group Dynamics: Theory Research Practice 2001; 5(4)

8. " A public mental health approach to post disaster treatment of children and adolescents."
Pynoos RS, Goenjian AK, Steinberg AM in Child and Adolescent Clinics of North America 1998;7:195-210

BOOKS

Treating Trauma and Traumatic Grief in Children and Adolescents Judith A Cohen, Anthony P Mannarino and Elizabeth Deblinger  New York: The Guilford Press 2006

Play Therapy with Children in Crises Edited by Nancy Boyd Webb Guilford Press New York 1999

Traumatic Stress Edited by Bessel van der Kolk, Alexander Mc Farlane and Lars Weisaeth Guiford Press New York 1996

Trauma and Self Edited by Charles Strozier and Michael Flynn Rowman Littlefield Publishers Inc London 1996

Too Scared To Cry Lenore Terr, Harper Row Publishers New York 1990

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Children  Edited by Spencer Eth and Robert s Pynoos American Psychiatric Press Inc. Washington DC 1985