Child and Adolescent Trauma across the Spectrum of Experience: Underserved Populations and Psychological Abuse

Abstract

This article introduces the second in a two-part special issue focusing on child and adolescent trauma across the spectrum of experience. This issue examines current research specifically geared toward underserved populations of children and traumatic experiences that are primarily emotional or psychological. We briefly introduce the articles, which address the areas of exposure to war and terrorism, racial trauma in the lives of African American children and adolescents, home-based exposure to violence, and the impact of emotional abuse on children who have mild intellectual disabilities.

Keywords:

• adolescent trauma
• child trauma
• emotional abuse
• exposure to violence
• intellectual disability
• racial trauma
• racism
• terrorism
• war