Current perspectives & applications in neurobiology
Subtitle: working with young persons who are the victims and perpetrators of sexual abuse
By: editors, Robert E. Longo [and others]
Publisher: Neari Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Holyoke, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9781929657674
Subjects: Clinical neuropsychology; Child sexual abuse; Treatment; Sexually abused children; Sexually abused teenagers; Teenage sex offenders; Children; Sexual Child Abuse; Therapy; Sex Offenses; Psychology; Brain; Growth & development; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic; Physiopathology; Psychotherapy; Methods; Child; Adolescent; Neuropsychologie clinique; Enfants victimes d'abus sexuels; Jeunes délinquants sexuels; Enfants; Children (people by age group)
Other titles: Current perspectives and applications in neurobiology; Working with young persons who are the victims and perpetrators of sexual abuse
Description: One of the most important scientific advancements of the past few decades is our increased understanding of the brain and the impact of our environment on this complex neurobiology. This new volume by some of the leading experts in the field compiles a comprehensive overview of the core issues we need to understand affecting the neurobiology, neuroscience and the assessment and treatment of sexually abusive youth as well as the child and adolescent victims of sexually abusive and aggressive behavior. -- Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Part I -- introduction and overview; title: Introduction  -- Robert E. Longo & David S. Prescott; title: Current perspectives & applications in neurobiology: and overview  -- Robert E. Longo & David S. Prescott; title: The more things change, the more they remain the same  -- Geral T. Blanchard; title: Where we are and where we need to be: assessment and treatment of the past, present, and future  -- David S. Prescott; title: Adolescent who have sexually abused: trauma & executive functioning -- -- Part Two -- theory and understanding; title: An interpersonal neurobiology view of trauma  -- Eric Bergemann; title: Brain function assessment and neurotherapy for sexual abuse  -- David A. Kaiser & Andrea Meckley; title: Neuroscience applied to the therapeutic milieu  -- Jerry Yager; title: Combining neuroscience, education and therapy: practical applications for treatment planning of youth who have sexually abused  -- Nicki Hopwood; title: Working with juveniles with sexually abusive behaviour in the UK: the G-MAP approach  -- Dawn Fisher, Julie Morgan, Bobbie Print & Sharon Leeson; title: Traumatic brain injury: a brief introductory overview  -- Robert E. Longo; title: Ethical responsibilities in neuroscience and neurobiology  -- Robert E. Longo & David E. Prescott -- Part Three -- interventions; title: Brain-to-brain, body-to-body: a sensorimotor psychotherapy perspective on the treatment of children and adolescents  -- Pag Ogden, Bonnie Goldstein & Janina Fisher; title: Sensory integration and trauma  -- Marsha Raredon, Janet Reilly Jackson & Peg Ingolia; title: Teaching, intervening, and counseling with the brain in mind  -- Penny Cuninggim & Steven Bengis; title: Medications and the brain  -- Robert E. Longo; title: Working with sexually abusive behavior and traumatic brain injury: a case study  -- Robert E. Longo; title: The theatre of meeting: the history of drama and other experiential therapies as neurological analogs  -- John Berman; title: End word -- Robert E. Longo & David S. Prescott.