Giving Voice to the Unsayable: Repairing the Effects of Trauma in Infancy and Early Childhood

Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 707-720

  Lieberman, Alicia F ^a   Van Horn, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child parent psychotherapy; Evidence based treatment; Infancy and early childhood trauma; Intergenerational transmission; Traumatic stress

Indexed keywords

CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FAMILY THERAPY; HUMANS; INFANT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 66049126196     PISSN: 10564993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chc.2009.02.007     Document Type: Review

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