Family-Based Prevention of Child Traumatic Stress
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Family-Based Prevention of Child Traumatic Stress
Abstract
Most children experience potentially traumatic events, and some develop significant emotional and behavioral difficulties in response. Although the field has mainly focused on treatment, a prevention framework provides an alternate approach to reducing the public health burden of trauma. Because parents and families can affect children's trauma exposure and reactions, family-based preventive interventions represent a unique opportunity to address child traumatic stress. This article discusses family-based programs that address child traumatic stress across 3 categories: preventing children's exposure to traumatic events, preventing traumatic stress reactions following exposure, and preventing negative long-term sequelae of trauma.
Keywords: Adolescents; Children; Families; Family-based intervention; PTSD; Parenting; Prevention; Trauma.
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