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Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 November 1999

Patrick Smith ,
Sean Perrin  and
William Yule
Patrick Smith
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, de Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF
Sean Perrin
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, de Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF
William Yule
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, de Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF
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Abstract

It is only relatively recently that Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) has been recognised in children. Controlled treatment outcome studies of childhood PTSD are scarce, but those that exist indicate that Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) is an effective intervention. In this article, we briefly describe PTSD in children and outline some behavioural and cognitive models of the disorder. Derived from these models, prolonged therapeutic exposure and cognitive restructuring as part of a CBT package are then described. In practice, effective therapy will include more than exposure-based work, and additional procedures, including work with parents, are highlighted. While CBT is the treatment of choice of PTSD in childhood, there is an urgent need for further treatment outcome studies.

Keywords

Cognitive behaviour therapyPTSDemotional processingexposure therapycognitive restructuringtherapeutic groupsworking with parents
Type
Therapy Matters
Information
Child Psychology and Psychiatry Review , Volume 4 , Issue 4 , November 1999 , pp. 177 - 182
Copyright
© 1999 Association for Child Psychology and Psychiatry

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