Neurocognitive considerations in the treatment of attachment and complex trauma in children.
Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry
; 19(3): 336-54, 2014 Jul.
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ABSTRACT
Accumulating 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.
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Síndrome del Niño Maltratado
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Desarrollo Infantil
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Cognición
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Prognostic_studies
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En
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Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry
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2014
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Article