Dr. Michael S. Scheeringa’s new book, They’ll Never Be the Same: A Parent’s Guide to PTSD in Youth. is a compassionate and accessible guide for parents whose children have experienced traumatic or life-threatening events written by Dr. Michael Scheeringa, who is one of the foremost authorities on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in children and adolescents.
Dr. Scheeringa understands the desperation many parents feel and explains the impact of trauma, simplifies the science into layman’s terms, debunks the myths, and provides direction on navigating the confusing maze of the mental health world to find appropriate care.
Dr. Scheeringa has over twenty years of experience and is renowned for his research and clinical expertise in working with parents and their children who suffer from PTSD. He shares with our audience that nearly two out of every ten youths and three out of every ten adults develop PTSD following life-threatening or traumatic events. They’ll Never Be the Same seeks to demystify issues associated with this diagnosis.
Dr. Scheeringa has previously published a guide on PTSD for clinicians, as well as dozens of scientific articles on this misunderstood topic and gives lectures and trainings around the US and internationally.
ABOUT DR. MICHAEL S. SCHEERINGA
Michael S. Scheeringa, M.D., M.P.H., a child and adolescent psychiatrist, the Remigio Gonzalez, MD Professor of Child Psychiatry, and an Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the Tulane University School of Medicine. Michael is carrying out a programmatic series of studies of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in youth, including preschool children. His initial studies pioneered assessment of the validity of the diagnostic criteria in young children.
He has been awarded multiple NIMH research awards that have included large multimodal assessment studies and randomized clinical trials of youth with PTSD. Michael has also developed and validated one of the few diagnostic assessment interviews for young children, the Diagnostic Infant and Preschool Assessment (DIPA). He has also validated a cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) manual, Preschool PTSD Treatment, to treat preschool children with PTSD.
Dr. Scheeringa’s latest project, funded by the Children’s Bureau, is to support the implementation of evidence-based screening, assessment, and treatment for trauma-related problems in the child welfare system in Louisiana.
