Developmental Traumatology Seminar Week-by-Week Reading List

Spring 1999 Graduate Seminar
Jennifer J. Freyd
University of Oregon

course home page: http://dynamic.oregon.edu/~jfreyd/psy607-win99/

[Subject to Change]

Books on Reserve --these books are on reserve in Knight Library Reserve Reading Room for this course*:

Cicchetti, D. & Carlson, V. (Eds.) (1989) Child Maltreatment: Theory and resarch on the causes and consequences of child abuse and neglect. Cambridge University Press.

Cicchetti, D., & Toth, S. L. (1997). Developmental perspectives on trauma: Theory, research and intervention. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press.

Luthar, S.S., Burack, J.A., Cicchetti, D. & Weisz, J.R. (Eds.) (1997) Developmental psychopathology: Perspectives on adjustment, risk and disorder. Cambridge: UK: Cambridge University Press.

Putnam, F. (1997) Dissociation in Children and Adolscents: A Developmental Perspective. Guilford.

Silberg, J.L. (Ed) (1998) The Dissociative Child: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Management (Second Edition). Sidran Press.

Terr, L. ( 1990) Too Scared to Cry: Psychic Trauma in Childhood. Harper & Row.

[*Also for your information: on reserve in Knight Library Reserve Reading Room for J. Freyd's winter undergraduate course (Honors College 211):

Freyd, J. J. (1996). Betrayal Trauma: The logic of forgetting abuse. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. ]

 

January 4: Developmental Traumatology Overview and Conceptualization & Organizational Meeting and Introduction to Course

Discussion leader:

Jennifer Freyd

Reading for January 4

None

 

January 11: Traumatized Children: The Phenomenology

Guest Speakers (Case Presentations):

Jane Vogel, PhD and Jenny Mauro, PhD

Readings for January 11

Terr, L. ( 1990) Too Scared to Cry: Psychic Trauma in Childhood. Harper & Row.

January 18: No Class, MLK day

January 25: Child Abuse Research

Guest Speaker

Kirby Deater-Deckard, PhD. (Psychology)

Presentation topic: Children's perceptions of and beliefs about mothers' use of corporal punishment, and whether & how these social cognitions matter to our understanding of the processes linking "normative" physical punishment, abuse, and child psychopathology. Data presented from US, British & Swedish samples.

Readings for January 25:

Cicchetti, D. (1989) How research on child maltreatment has informed the study of child development: perspectives from developmental psychopathology. In Cicchetti, D. & Carlson, V. (Eds.) Child Maltreatment: Theory and research on the causes and consequences of child abuse and neglect. (pp 377-431) Cambridge University Press.

Coffey, P., Leitenberg, H., Henning, K., Turner, T., & Bennett, R. T. (1996). Mediators of the long-term impact of child sexual abuse: Perceived stigma, betrayal, powerlessness and self-blame. Child Abuse and Neglect, 20(5), 447-455.

deYoung, M., & Lowry, J. A. (1992). Traumatic bonding: Clinical implications in incest. Child Welfare, 71(2), 165-175.

Egeland, B., & Susman-Stillman, A. (1996). Dissociation as a mediator of child abuse across generations. Child Abuse and Neglect, 20(11), 1123-1132.

Trickett, P. K. (1997). Sexual and physical abuse and the development of social competence. In S. S. Luthar, J. A. Burack, D. Cicchetti, & J. R. Weisz (Eds.), Developmental psychopathology: Perspectives on adjustment, risk and disorder, (pp. 390-416). Cambridge: UK: Cambridge University Press.

 

February 1: Developmental Trauma Theories

Presentations:

Phil Fisher, PhD (OSLC)

Readings for Feb 1:

Finkelhor, D., & Kendall-Tackett, K. (1997). A developmental perspective in the childhood impact of crime, abuse and violent victimization. In D. Cicchetti & S. L. Toth (Eds.), Developmental Perspectives on Trauma: Theory, Research and Intervention, (Vol. 8, pp. 1-32). Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press.

Freyd, J.J. (in press) Memory for Trauma: Separating the contributions of fear from betrayal. In J.R. Conte (Ed) Child Sexual Abuse: Knowns and Unknowns -- A Volume in Honor of Roland Summit. Sage Publications.

Putnam, F. (1997) Dissociation in Children and Adolscents: A Developmental Perspective. Guilford. Chapters 1 - 3 [pages 1-58].

Shahinfar, A., & Fox, N. A. (1997). The effects of trauma on children: Conceptual and methodological issues. In D. Cicchetti & S. L. Toth (Eds.), Developmental Perspectives on Trauma: Theory, Research and Intervention, (Vol. 8, pp. 115-139). Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press.

 

Feb 8: Perpetrators, Denial, Impact of Disclosure

Presentations:

Cindy Veldhuis

Gretchen Lussier

Readings for Feb 8

Bradley, A. R., & Wood, J. M. (1996). How do children tell? The disclosure process in child sexual abuse. Child Abuse and Neglect, 20(9), 881-891.

deYoung, M. (1994). Immediate maternal reactions to the disclosure or discovery of incest. Journal of Family Violence, 9(1), 21-33.

Goodman, G. S., Quas, J. A., Batternam-Faunce, J. M., Riddlesberger, M. M., & Kuhn, J. (1994). Predictors of accurate and inaccurate memories of traumatic events experienced in childhood. Consciousness and Cognition, 3(269-294).

Henderson, L. (1997). Without narrative: Child sexual abuse. Virginia Journal of Social Policy & the Law, 4(2), 479-544. [RECOMMENDED, NOT REQUIRED]

Nagel, D. E., Putnam, F. W., Noll, J. G., & Trickett, P. K. (1997). Disclosure patterns of sexual abuse and psychological functioning at a 1-year follow-up. Child Abuse and Neglect, 21(2), 137-147.

Sinclair, B. B., & Gold, S. R. (1997). The psychological impact of withholding disclosure of child sexual abuse. Violence and victims, 12(2), 137-145.

Veldhuis, C. B., & Freyd, J. J. (in press). Groomed for silence, groomed for betrayal . In M. Rivera (Ed.), Fragment by Fragment: Feminist Perspectives on Child Sexual Abuse and Memory, Gynergy Books.

 

Feb 15: Dissociation Conceptualization

Presentations:

Kathy Becker

Kristin Keller

Readings for Feb 15

Freyd, J.J. (1996) Betrayal Trauma: The logic of forgetting childhood abuse. Harvard University Press (Chapter 5 -- pages 79-127) [RECOMMENDED, NOT REQUIRED]

Putnam, F. (1997) Dissociation in Children and Adolscents: A Developmental Perspective. Guilford. (Chapters 4-11 -- pages 59- 231)

Putnam FW, Helmers K, Horowitz LA, Trickett PK: Dissociativity and hypnotizability in sexually abused girls. Child Abuse & Neglect 19, 645-655, 1995.

Feb 22: Childhood Trauma & Dissociation Assessment

Presentations:

Catherine Stewart

Anne DePrince

Jean McKenzie

Readings for Feb 22

Carlson, E.B. (1997) "Measures of Trauma and Trauma Responses for Children" Section D [pp 241-262] in Carlson's book, Trauma Assessments: A Clinicians Guide. Guilford.

Hornstein, N.L. (1998) "Complexities of psychiatric differential diagnosis in children with dissociative symptoms and disorders" in J.L. Silberg (Ed) The Dissociative Child: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Management (Second Edition). Sidran Press. [pp 27-46]

Peterson, G. (1998) "Diagnosis Taxonomy: Past to Future" in J.L. Silberg (Ed) The Dissociative Child: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Management (Second Edition). Sidran Press. [pp 3-26]

Putnam, F. (1997) Dissociation in Children and Adolscents: A Developmental Perspective. Guilford. (Chapter 12 on "clinical phenomenology and diagnosis" pages 232-261)

Silberg, J.L. (1998) "Interviewing strategies for assessing dissociative disorders in children and adolescents" in J.L. Silberg (Ed) The Dissociative Child: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Management (Second Edition). Sidran Press. [pp 47-68]

Silberg, J.L. (1998) "Psychological testing with dissociative children and adolescents" in J.L. Silberg (Ed) The Dissociative Child: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Management (Second Edition). Sidran Press. [pp 85-100]

March 1: Biological Factors and Consequences

Presentations:

Molly Sirois

Heidi Ellis

Tom Boerman

Readings for March 1

Clark, D. B. & Miller, T. W. Stress response and adaptation in children: Theoretical models. In Miller (Ed) Children of Trauma: Stressful life events and their effects on children and adolescents. International Universities Press, Inc.

Krystal, J.H., Bremner, J.D., Southwick, S.M., & Charney, M.D. (1998) In Bremner and Marman (Eds), Trauma, Memory, and Dissociation. Washington, D.C. American Psychiatric Press.

Perry, B. D. (1994). Neurobiological sequelae of childhood trauma: PTSD in children. In M. M. Murberg (Ed.), Catecholamine function in posttraumatic stress disorder. Washington DC: American Psychiatric Press

Perry, B. D., Pollard, R. A., Blakely, T. A., Baker, W. L., & Vigilante, D. (1995). Childhood trauma, the neurobiology of adaptation and use-dependent development of the brain: How states become traits. Infant Mental Health Journal, 16(4), 271-291.

Putnam FW & Trickett PK (1997). The psychobiological effects of sexual abuse: A longitudinal study. Annals of the New York Academy Science , 821:150-159.

Shearer, S. L., Peters, C. P., Quaytman, M. S., & Ogden, R. L. (1990). Frequency and correlates of childhood sexual and physical abuse histories in adult female borderline inpatients. American Journal of Psychiatry, 147, 214-216.

Teicher, M. H., Glod, C. A., Surrey, J., & Swett, C. (1993). Early childhood abuse and limbic system ratings in adult psychiatric outpatients. Journal of Neuropsychiatry, 5, 301-306. [Recommended, not required]

March 8: Summing Up, Treatment, and Implications

Presentations:

Shawn Gibson

Vicky Curry

Focus Readings for March 8

Putnam, F. (1997) Dissociation in Children and Adolscents: A Developmental Perspective. Guilford. (Chapters 13-16 pages 262-348)

Putnam, F. (1998) Why is it so difficult for the epidemic of child abuse to be taken seriously? [Transcript] David L. Chadwick Endowed Lecture, San Diego Conference on Responding to the Maltreatment of Children, January 30, 1998

Summit, R. C., Miller, T. W., & Veltkamp, L. J. (1998) The Child Abuse Accomodation Syndrome: Clinical issues and forensic implications. In T. Miller (ed) Children of Trauma: Stressful Life Events and their Effects on Children and Adolescents. 43-60.

van der Kolk, B.,A., McFarlane, A.C., & van der Hart, O. (1996) A general approach to treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder. In van der Kolk, McFarlane, & Weisaeth (Eds), Traumatic Stress: the effects of overwhelming epxerience on mind, body, and society. New York: The Guilford Press. pp 417-440.

Turner, S.W., McFarlane, A.C., & van der Kolk, B.A. (1996) The therapeutic environment and new explorations in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder. In van der Kolk, McFarlane, & Weisaeth (Eds), Traumatic Stress: the effects of overwhelming epxerience on mind, body, and society. New York: The Guilford Press. pp 537-558.

Recommended Readings for March 8

Pope, K. S., & Brown, L. S. (1996). Recovered memories of abuse: Assessment, therapy, forensics. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. (Ch. 4 & 5, pp. 109-205) -- Recommended

Brand, B. (1998) "Supporting group therapy for adolescents with dissociative disorders" in J.L. Silberg (Ed) The Dissociative Child: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Management (Second Edition). Sidran Press. [pp 219-234] -- Recommended

Silberg, J.L. & Waters, F.S. (1998) "Factors associated with postive therapeutic outcome" in J.L. Silberg (Ed) The Dissociative Child: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Management (Second Edition). Sidran Press. [pp 103-112] -- Recommended

See also:

course home page: http://dynamic.oregon.edu/~jfreyd/psy607-spr98/