How Should Doctors Treat Childhood Trauma?

That’s the title of this article looking at recent news coverage like the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting survivors and the kidnapping of 5-year-old Ethan by Jimmy Lee Dykes’ in Alabama. Unfortunately, we do not have a wealth of research to guide doctors and mental health professionals in how best to treat these kids. What can be done to help them return to ordinary life without constant fears of another looming disaster?