Neuroscience of Pediatric PTSD
Victor G. Carrion and Carl F. Weems
Author Information
Dr. Carrion is the John A. Turner, M.D. Endowed Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Vice Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. Through longitudinal, multi-method designs he studies the biological, psychological and social ramifications of trauma experienced early in development. Dr. Carrion has developed Cue-Centered Therapy for treating children who experience trauma (Oxford Press) and is engaged in policy and systems work that promote dissemination of effective interventions.
Dr. Weems is Professor and Department Chair of Human Development and Family Studies at Iowa State University. He also holds research/faculty appointments in the Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine at LSU Health Sciences Center (Clinical Professor) and in the Life Course and Aging Center at LSU (Adjunct Faculty), Baton Rouge. His research has centered upon basic research in developmental psychopathology focused on testing contextual, bio-behavioral, and cognitive-developmental models of emotional disorders, improving the empirical utility of assessment and measurement techniques and moving the basic science of developmental psychopathology and measurement theory out of the lab and into real world applications.