Neurocognitive considerations in the treatment of attachment and complex trauma in children

dc.contributor.authorZilberstein, K.
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-03T19:44:12Z
dc.date.available2017-08-03T19:44:12Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractAccumulating evidence suggests that children suffering deprivation and maltreatment at critical times in their development often pay a cognitive toll. While children vary to the extent that neurocognitive domains are affected, those factors influence how children process, manage and understand traumatic and attachment experiences as well as how they respond to treatment. Current research on trauma and attachment favor some aspects of cognition over others. The literature discusses attention, memory, cognitive biases, internal working models, beliefs and attributions as ways that impact an individual’s understanding of experience. Other categories such as working memory, processing speed, verbal, auditory or perceptual processing, metacognitive skills, and cognitive rigidity or flexibility rarely surface. This paper examines what is and is not known about the interface of cognition with attachment and complex trauma and how that knowledge can inform treatment. It explores existing research and offers a case vignette as an example of how that knowledge can be integrated into treatment strategies.en_US
dc.identifier.citationZilberstein, K. (2014). Neurocognitive considerations in the treatment of attachment and complex trauma in children. Clinical child psychology and psychiatry, 19(3), 336-354.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.researchgate.net/profile/Karen_Zilberstein/publication/236675879_Neurocognitive_considerations_in_the_treatment_of_attachment_and_complex_trauma_in_children/links/552e42270cf2acd38cb90bd9.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/3481
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherClinical child psychology and psychiatryen_US
dc.subjectattachmenten_US
dc.subjectcomplex traumaen_US
dc.subjectpsychotherapyen_US
dc.subjectlearning disabilitiesen_US
dc.subjectneurocognitionen_US
dc.titleNeurocognitive considerations in the treatment of attachment and complex trauma in childrenen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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