@article{ref1,
title="The body can change the score: empirical support for somatic regulation in the treatment of traumatized adolescents",
journal="Journal of child and adolescent trauma",
year="2014",
author="Warner, Elizabeth and Spinazzola, Joseph and Westcott, Anne and Gunn, Cecile and Hodgdon, Hilary",
volume="7",
number="4",
pages="237-246",
abstract="Traumatized adolescents have pervasive problems with self-regulation and often have difficulties in language-based treatment models. This paper provides preliminary empirical support for the efficacy of Sensory Motor Arousal Regulation Treatment (SMART), a treatment model which targets somatic regulation as an avenue to behavioral and emotional regulation. A case vignette illustrates the intervention model. Outcomes are presented from a quasi-experimental pilot study employing a matched control design comparing the additive benefit of SMART intervention to treatment as usual (TAU) in two adolescent residential treatment sites, with a polyvictimized sample. There were significant reductions in domains targeted by SMART: Internalizing symptoms on the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), and the Somatic Complaints and Anxious/Depressed subscales. In secondary analyses, a trend approaching significance was found on the Overarousal subscale of the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder-Reaction Index (PTSD-RI). This pilot study suggests the contribution somatic regulation can make to stabilization and skills building in complex trauma treatment for adolescents.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1936-1521",
doi="10.1007/s40653-014-0030-z",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40653-014-0030-z"
}