Introduction -- Part I: Basics: The diagnostic spectrum of trauma-related disorders in children and adolescents -- Epidemiology of trauma and trauma-related disorders in children and adolescents -- Childhood trauma as a public health issue -- Assessment of trauma-related disorders in children and adolescents -- Psychological and biological theories of child and adolescent traumatic stress disorders -- Part II: Interventions: Early interventions -- Child Family Traumatic Stress Intervention (CFTSI) -- Trauma-focussed Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) -- Cognitive Therapy -- Prolonged Exposure Therapy Narrative Exposure Therapie (KIDNET) -- STAIR-A Narrative Therapy -- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy -- Attachment, Self-Regulation, and Competency (ARC) -- Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPT) -- Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) -- Trauma Systems Therapy (TST) -- Pharmacological treatment -- Part III: Settings: Interventions in medical settings -- Residential care and psychiatric inpatient care -- Juvenile justice and forensic settings -- School-based interventions -- Post-conflict settings -- Part IV: Summary and conclusions: How to treat children and adolescents with trauma-related disorders.

This handbook presents the current evidence-based psychological treatments for trauma related disorders in childhood and adolescence and in addition provides clearly structured, up-to-date information on the basic principles of traumatic stress research and practice in that age group, covering epidemiology, developmental issues, pathogenetic models, diagnostics, and assessment. Each of the chapters on treatment, which form the core of the book, begins with a summary of the theoretical underpinnings of the approach, followed by a case presentation illustrating the treatment protocol session by session, an analysis of special challenges typically encountered in implementing this treatment, and an overview of the current evidence base for the treatment approach. A special section considers modern treatments in particular settings, such as schools, hospitals, and juvenile justice systems, and the concluding chapters provide an integrative discussion on how to treat traumatized children and adolescents and an outlook. The book will be invaluable for clinical child and adolescent psychologists, child and adolescent psychiatrists, psychotherapists, and other mental health professionals working with traumatized children and adolescents.