Journal articles: 'Group psychotherapy for childr'

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Scharer, Kathleen. "CHILD GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY: FUTURE TENSE." Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services 26, no. 4 (April 1988): 43. http://dx.doi.org/10.3928/0279-3695-19880401-17.

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Woods, John. "Limits and structure in child group psychotherapy." Journal of Child Psychotherapy 19, no. 1 (January 1993): 63–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00754179308259381.

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Sugar, Max. "Research in child and adolescent group psychotherapy." Journal of Child and Adolescent Group Therapy 3, no. 4 (December 1993): 207–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf00995396.

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Pfeiter, Gary D. "AGPA Monograph III: Child Group Psychotherapy Future Tense." Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 27, no. 2 (March 1988): 266–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00004583-198803000-00033.

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Pfeifer, Gary D. "AGPA Monograph III Child Group Psychotherapy: Future Tense." International Journal of Group Psychotherapy 38, no. 3 (July 1988): 399–402. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00207284.1988.11491122.

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Reid, S., and I. Kolvin. "Group psychotherapy for children and adolescents." Archives of Disease in Childhood 69, no. 2 (August 1, 1993): 244–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/adc.69.2.244.

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Радионова, M. S. "Fairy tale group in the children's psycho-neurological sanatorium." Клиническая и специальная психология 5, no. 1 (2016): 127–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.17759/cpse.2016050109.

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The article is devoted to conducting a psychotherapy group performing a combined fairy-tale plot. The participants were primary schoolers with neurotic symptoms and developmental delay, they were patients of a psycho-neurological sanatorium (Moscow). The group was working through rehearsing in a fairy tale puppet theatre. General theoretical and methodical basis of fairy-tale performing as a psychotherapy approach is described. Three levels of the psychotherapeutic work are developed: 1) working with a group as a whole with common problems of participants, 2) working on problems of a child as an individual and 3) working on a fairy tale individually. The assessment of the therapeutic approach effectiveness is discussed in the context of children’s being at the institution. As the result of the psychotherapy the children’s proneness to conflict, anxiety, neuroticism, neurotic symptoms were observed to have decreased and their self-esteem appeared to have become more realistic.

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Eisenman, Russell. "Denigration of a Victim in Group Psychotherapy by Violent Vs Seductive Sex Offenders." Psychological Reports 72, no. 2 (April 1993): 413–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1993.72.2.413.

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Two psychotherapy groups were set up in a prison treatment program, one for violent sex offenders, the other for sex offenders who were less violent and primarily used seduction to obtain sex. Most of the patients were child molesters. Observations showed that over the course of 10 group psychotherapy sessions, 8 out of 10 violent offenders said denigrating things about their victims vs 2 out of 10 seductive offenders. The significant comparison if supported by cross-validation suggests the value of the distinction of violence vs seduction for sex offenders.

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Lear, T. E. "Personal Transformations in the Group." Group Analysis 24, no. 4 (December 1991): 441–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0533316491244009.

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The psychotherapy group is often portrayed with a maternal image and the conductor who relates to the group frequently has a maternal role. In the experience of group members, merging and separating and associated fears of annihilation resemble those of the mother—child couple in their individuation process. Structures and self-images change and in each context there may be fears of engulfment, intrusion or abandonment. This paper considers these psychosocial changes as having some analogy to changes in our physical and biological environment and reviews analogies in traditional shamanic practices and group primordial experience.

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Donenberg, Geri R. "Reconsidering “between-group psychotherapy outcome research and basic science:” Applications to child and adolescent psychotherapy outcome research." Journal of Clinical Psychology 55, no. 2 (February 1999): 181–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1097-4679(199902)55:2<181::aid-jclp5>3.0.co;2-g.

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Eisenman, Russell. "Denigration of a Victim in Individual Psychotherapy by Violent vs Seductive Child Molesters." Psychological Reports 81, no. 3_suppl (December 1997): 1276–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1997.81.3f.1276.

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20 child molesters, 10 classified as violent and 10 as seductive, were studied in individual psychotherapy, with their therapists responding to a checklist indicating clients' use of victim-denigrating statements. The violent child molesters were significantly more likely to make statements denigrating their victims than were the child molesters classified as seductive. The results expand the 1993 findings of Eisenman who observed this phenomenon with sex offenders during group psychotherapy. Theoretical and treatment implications are discussed.

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Siepker, Barbara B. "Child Group Psychotherapy: Future Tense. Albert E. Riester , Irvin A. Kraft." Social Service Review 62, no. 3 (September 1988): 542–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/644568.

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LUTHAR, SUNIYA S., and NANCY E. SUCHMAN. "Relational Psychotherapy Mothers' Group: A developmentally informed intervention for at-risk mothers." Development and Psychopathology 12, no. 2 (June 2000): 235–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954579400002078.

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The Relational Psychotherapy Mothers' Group (RPMG), a developmentally informed, supportive psychotherapy designed to serve heroin-addicted mothers with children up to 16 years of age, aims at addressing psychosocial vulnerabilities, and facilitating optimal parenting, among at-risk mothers. We present preliminary evidence on the efficacy of RPMG as an “add on” treatment in comparison with standard methadone counseling alone. At the end of the 24-week treatment period, mothers receiving RPMG plus standard methadone counseling demonstrated lower levels of risk for child maltreatment, greater involvement with their children, and more positive psychosocial adjustment than women who received methadone counseling alone. Children of RPMG participants also reflected fewer problems in multiple areas. At 6 months posttreatment, RPMG recipients continued to be at a relative advantage, although the magnitude of group differences was often attenuated. Notably, urinalyses indicated that RPMG mothers showed greater improvements in levels of opioid use over time than comparison mothers.

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Grah, M., B. Restek-Petrović, A. Bogović, N. Mayer, H. Handl, and I. Filipčić. "Object Relations and Self-Esteem in young Adults with Schizophrenia in Long-Term Psychodynamic Group Psychotherapy." European Psychiatry 41, S1 (April 2017): s776—s777. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2017.01.1471.

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IntroductionPsychodynamic concepts describe object relations deficits in patients with schizophrenia originating from their earliest developmental stage, which is due to reduced ability of direct caregivers to adequately stimulate the child, as well as genetic factors. During psychodynamic group psychotherapy, members through psychotherapy gradually release the old family roles and experiment with new models of behaviour and thus change internalized object representations.AimThe aim of this study was to investigate changes in object relationships and self-esteem in the psychodynamic group psychotherapy in young patients suffering from schizophrenia.Subjects and methodsThe study included a total of 41 patients diagnosed with schizophrenia. Before joining the psychodynamic group therapy and after two years of participation in the treatment, all patients completed a test of object relations and the Rosenberg self-esteem scale.ResultsComparison of the results in two time periods showed downward trend results in all tested dimensions of object relations, a statistically significant difference was found for dimension symbiotic fusion: after two years of participation in the psychodynamic group psychotherapy, patients had significantly expressed less need for symbiotic relationships. Self-esteem was higher in the second period of testing, but without statistical significance.ConclusionTaking into account the limitations of this study, we can conclude that the results are encouraging. During psychodynamic group processes in young patients with schizophrenia there is a trend of positive changes in terms of object relations and self-esteem and a significant reduction in the need for symbiotic merging.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

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Wright, John. "Book Review: Group-analytic Psychotherapy: A Meeting of Minds." Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry 12, no. 1 (January 2007): 154–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/135910450701200120.

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Nusrat, H., N. Zehra, B. Amir, C. Nasim, K. tayyeba, Z. Shehla, F. Batool, H. Meher, and N. Farooq. "Group interpersonal psychotherapy for maternal depression an exploratory randomized control trial." European Psychiatry 33, S1 (March 2016): S413—S414. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.01.1495.

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IntroductionThe global burden of depression is high for women in both high income and low-and-middle income countries WHO. Depression is particularly common during pregnancy and in the postnatal period and phenomenology said to be the same as in non-child bearing age. Despite high prevalence of prenatal and postnatal depression in Pakistan, research on the effectiveness of psychological interventions is limited.AimsThis study aimed to assess the feasibility of group interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) intervention for maternal depression in Karachi, Pakistan.MethodsA total of 50 mothers aged 18 years and above with children below 3 years of age, and experiencing mild to moderate depression were recruited. Assessments were done using Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) Rosenberg's Self-Esteem Scale and EuroQol-5D at baseline, 3 months, and 6 months. Rosenberg's Self-Esteem Scale and EQ-5D were also used to measure self-esteem and health related quality of life. Participants were randomly assigned into IPT plus treatment as usual (TAU) and TAU groups. Ten sessions of group IPT were delivered to intervention group.ResultsResults indicated significant difference between intervention and control group on EPDS. The mean score at baseline for the IPT group (mean = 14.76) reduced to (mean = 6.40) (P < 0.000) at 3-month and to (mean = 6.64) (P < 0.001) at 6-month intervals as compared to TAU (mean = 11.44) (P < 0.000) at 3-month and to (mean = 11.08) at 6-month (P < 0.001) after randomisation.ConclusionIPT is a successful fit for women with maternal depression in low-income areas and IPT can be the appropriate treatment option as it is time limited, specific, and evidence based.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

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Shechtman, Zipora. "Child Group Psychotherapy in the School at the Threshold of a New Millennium." Journal of Counseling & Development 80, no. 3 (July 2002): 293–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/j.1556-6678.2002.tb00194.x.

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Tauber, Yvonne, and Elisheva van der Hal. "Countertransference and Life-and-Death Issues in Group Psychotherapy with Child Holocaust Survivors." American Journal of Psychotherapy 52, no. 3 (July 1998): 301–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1998.52.3.301.

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Tonge, Bruce John, Jill Marie Pullen, Georgina Catherine Hughes, and Jeanette Beaufoy. "Effectiveness of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy for Adolescents with Serious Mental Illness: 12 Month Naturalistic Follow-Up Study." Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 43, no. 5 (January 1, 2009): 467–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00048670902817679.

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Objective: The aim of this naturalistic longitudinal study was to examine the effectiveness of individual psychoanalytic psychotherapy in reducing symptoms and improving overall functioning for adolescents with severe mental illness beyond the changes observed with treatment as usual. Changes to family functioning were also examined. Method: Participants at 12 month follow up were 55 of an initial group of 80 Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services patients with complex, severe mental illness (32 female, mean age = 15.11 years). At initial assessment 40 participants were offered psychoanalytic psychotherapy when a psychotherapist became available; 23 accepted and received once- or twice-weekly psychoanalytic psychotherapy for 4–12 months. Out of the initial 57 participants who received Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services treatment as usual, 33 were reassessed at 12 months. Self-reported depressive symptoms, parent-reported social and attention problems and researcher-evaluated overall functioning and family functioning were measured at initial assessment and 12 months later. Results: At 12 months, psychotherapy was associated with a greater reduction in depressive, social and attention problems than treatment as usual, alone, if these problems were initially in the clinical range. There was no effect on participant overall functioning or family functioning. Conclusions: This naturally occurring sample of seriously ill adolescents referred to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services for assessment were suffering complex mental illness and poor mental health. Empirical evidence is presented that psychoanalytic psychotherapy is an effective addition to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services treatment as usual for mental illness in adolescence, particularly for more severe and complex cases. The naturalistic study design and participant attrition are possible study limitations.

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McCrone, Paul, Tara Weeramanthri, Martin Knapp, Alan Rushton, Judith Trowell, Gillian Miles, and Israel Kolvin. "Cost-Effectiveness of Individual versus Group Psychotherapy for Sexually Abused Girls." Child and Adolescent Mental Health 10, no. 1 (January 21, 2005): 26–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-3588.2005.00113.x.

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Oliver, J. E. "Child protection by child and family guidance workers." Psychiatric Bulletin 15, no. 4 (April 1991): 197–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/pb.15.4.197.

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In 1990 I saw every member of the Child and Family Guidance Service within the Swindon Health Authority to discuss children from their last (unselected) six or 12 families in relation to child protection issues. All 19 professionals were part-time workers, some only doing three, two, or one sessions per week of child and family guidance work. They were seven psychiatrists (consultants and a senior registrar), two psychologists, six psychiatric social workers (including family therapists), and four specialised therapists (family, child psychotherapy, nurture-group and art). There were 14 female and five male professionals.

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Hoag, Matthew J., and Gary M. Burlingame. "Child and adolescent group psychotherapy: A narrative review of effectiveness and the case for meta-analysis." Journal of Child and Adolescent Group Therapy 7, no. 2 (June 1997): 51–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf02548949.

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Mercieca, Daniel, and Phil Jones. "Use of a reference group in researching children’s views of psychotherapy in Malta." Journal of Child Psychotherapy 44, no. 2 (May 4, 2018): 243–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0075417x.2018.1481130.

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Linder, Rupert. "Integrating Psychotherapy with Obstetrics and Gynaecology." Nutrition and Health 19, no. 1-2 (July 2007): 77–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/026010600701900210.

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As a specialist Obstetrics and Gynaecology I then became a specialist also in psychotherapy, including: psychodynamic therapy, group therapy, hypnotherapy, and body-therapy. In the last nineteen years I have been working to integrate the medical and psychotherapeutic approach, including attention to psychosocial factors. After some years, I found our German rate of premature birth to be 7%. This amazed me because prematurity very rarely occurred in my patients, which was down to about 1%. In France they did some surveys and studies. By informing the mothers how to live, and reducing smoking and drugs, they reduced their prematurity rate to about half, but still much above my rate of 1%. I have described my method in articles. This is vital work, because serious prematurity is responsible for most damage and death amongst the children. A mother's complaint may be an early suggestion of danger. We then check it with the regular obstetric assessments. Even before birth symptoms can indicate a problem, such as premature labour, much as postnatal problems while breast feeding are indicated by symptoms. And before birth, as well as after birth stress and emotional problems can be the cause for serious somatic illness. It is really an effect of one relationship on the other. The way a woman relates to her child depends on her feeling of security among all who support her. All her relationships are important: how she grew up with her parents; her work; her other children. Further problems that experience of psychotherapy can help to reduce are: exceeding the estimated date of delivery; pre-eclampsia; HELLP-syndrome (Hemolysis, Elevated Liver enzymes and Low Platelets). The lectures we offer on the subject are also relevant to psychotherapeutic understanding and in guiding to treatment.

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Verdeli, Helen, Kathleen Clougherty, Grace Onyango, Eric Lewandowski, Liesbeth Speelman, Teresa S. Betancourt, Richard Neugebauer, Traci R. Stein, and Paul Bolton. "Group Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Depressed Youth in IDP Camps in Northern Uganda: Adaptation and Training." Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America 17, no. 3 (July 2008): 605–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chc.2008.03.002.

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Beebe, D., P. Repasky, and S. Kowalik. "Working with the Relational World of the Preschool Child using Psychodynamic Group Therapy." European Psychiatry 24, S1 (January 2009): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0924-9338(09)71292-1.

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For over forty years, Bellevue Hospital's Therapeutic Nursery Program has been addressing the emotional problems of New York City preschoolers, aged two to five years, with the help of their families and other caregivers. Typical psychiatric disorders treated in the Therapeutic Nursery Program include anxiety disorders (separation anxiety, generalized anxiety and posttraumatic stress disorder), disruptive behavior disorders (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and oppositional defiant disorder), mood disorders, adjustment disorders and attachment disorders.We have found that group psychotherapy provides a safe and secure place where, through psychodynamic intervention, children can repair dysfunctional relationships, identify and express a full range of emotions, resolve cultural differences and develop age appropriate skills.Our Therapeutic Nursery Program employs a wide range of additional treatment modalities in order to reach the treatment goals. Individual or family sessions, as well as meetings with teachers and social service workers, are scheduled to address issues.We have also found that dyadic or sibling work is often needed to stop or reverse the development of inappropriate family relationships.One of our indications of a successful intervention is that either during or after their participation in the Therapeutic Nursery, children return to community-based daycare centers and preschools. We have also found that via participation in the Therapeutic Nursery program, families have opportunities to strengthen their ability to nurture their children, share successful parenting with other families and build pleasurable experiences with their children.

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Guild, Danielle J., Sheree L. Toth, Elizabeth D. Handley, Fred A. Rogosch, and Dante Cicchetti. "Attachment security mediates the longitudinal association between child–parent psychotherapy and peer relations for toddlers of depressed mothers." Development and Psychopathology 29, no. 2 (April 12, 2017): 587–600. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954579417000207.

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AbstractNumerous investigations have demonstrated that child–parent psychotherapy (CPP) promotes secure attachment between mothers and offspring. However, the role of postintervention attachment security as it relates to long-term child outcomes has never been evaluated. The present study therefore examined postintervention attachment status as a mediator of the association between CPP for depressed mothers and their offspring and subsequent peer relations among offspring. Depressed mothers and their toddlers were randomized to receive CPP (n = 45) or to a control group (n = 55). A prior investigation with this sample indicated that offspring who received CPP attained significantly higher rates of secure attachment postintervention, whereas insecure attachment continued to predominate for offspring in the control group. The present study examined follow-up data of teachers’ reports on participants’ competence with classroom peers when they were approximately 9 years old. Findings indicated that children who received CPP were more likely to evidence secure attachments at postintervention, which in turn was associated with more positive peer relationships at age 9.

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Rogers, Karen C., Michelle Bobich, and Patrick Heppell. "The Impact of Implementing an "Incredible Years" Group Within a Family Living Unit in a Transitional Living Shelter: The Case of "Cathy"." Pragmatic Case Studies in Psychotherapy 12, no. 2 (June 29, 2016): 65. http://dx.doi.org/10.14713/pcsp.v12i2.1967.

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Young children who experience homelessness have a markedly increased risk of behavior disorders.  This case study illustrates the impact of the "Incredible Years" (IY) program, an evidence-supported group psychotherapy intervention, on "Cathy," a 4-year-old Latina girl with externalizing behaviors who was living in a transitional program for homeless women and children.  Adaptations of the model to address the child and family’s trauma history and to allow for its implementation in a residential program are delineated. Qualitative and quantitative data support that the IY group had a positive impact on Cathy and her family and led to significant symptom decreases in externalizing behaviors and PTSD symptoms, as well as an improvement in the quality of child and parent interactions. Additionally, recommendations for future studies and treatment considerations and adaptations for this underserved population are addressed.

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Diamond, Shira, and Rachel Lev-Wiesel. "The title “therapy” and what do you do with it as a child? Recollections of being in child expressive arts group therapy." Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry 22, no. 1 (July 26, 2016): 152–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359104516656723.

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The complexity of children’s entrance into mental health treatment has been the growing focus of much recent research. However, little attention has been given to the exploration of this phenomenon from the clients’ point of view. This study aimed to gain understanding of the experience of entering therapy as a child through examination of the recollections of adult former clients who had participated as children in expressive arts group therapy (EAGT). Semi-structured open-ended interviews were conducted with 20 adult former child therapy clients who had participated in EAGT for at least 1year. Two major themes were revealed: one concerning participants’ perceptions of the reasons for being in therapy as children and the other concerning their recollections and perception of their attitudes toward the idea of being in therapy. These two themes point to the central role of social, emotional, and cognitive developmental factors in the establishment of attitudes toward enrollment in psychotherapy, highlighting the difference between adults and children. These findings correspond with other studies in this area, adding a presentation of the experience from the client’s perspective.

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Khodaee, M. R., and A. Khodabakhshi Koolaee. "Predictors of mental health distress in mothers with autism children." European Psychiatry 26, S2 (March 2011): 312. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0924-9338(11)72021-1.

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IntroductionTaking care of a child with Autism has been shown to place a significant burden on the caregiver's, especially mothers (Khodabakhshi Kooalee, 2008).ObjectivesPropose of this study is to identify mental health distress in mothers with Autism children.Methods50 mothers who had a child with Autism (APA, 2002) and 50 mothers who had not a child with Autism (control healthy group) selected in present study. A total 100 mothers were answered General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) Persian version. The mean of age of children was 10.50 years old.ResultsThe results indicated health -related distress (GHQ) was markedly increased in comparison to healthy controls. Mothers with Autism children reported high level of depression and Anxiety disorder than healthy group. Also, 66% of mothers reports very low level social function.ConclusionAccording to the results, mothers with Autistic Children experiences high level of stress and mental health problems. It is noteworthy to noted, the psycho-educational family, social network and supportive psychotherapy are offer to these mothers and other member of family.

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Meslin-Kuźniak, Anna, and Katarzyna Nowicka-Sauer. "Cognitive behavioural psychotherapy for anxiety disorders in children and adolescents with particular focus on generalised anxiety disorder." Psychiatria i Psychologia Kliniczna 20, no. 4 (December 31, 2020): 274–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.15557/pipk.2020.0034.

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The paper presents the issue of anxiety disorders among children and adolescents with particular focus on generalised anxiety disorder and the use of cognitive behavioural psychotherapy in the affected patients. Data on epidemiology, aetiology and diagnosis of anxiety disorders, as well as the specificity and limitations of cognitive behavioural therapy among younger patients are presented. Statistical data show that the group of affected children and adolescents is growing. The diagnosis of generalised anxiety in children and adolescents may take time. It requires careful collection of history and observation of behaviours in different functioning domains. It may happen that symptoms indicative of generalised anxiety disorders are underestimated or missed by adults from the child’s immediate environment. Early and accurate diagnosis is important also because the disorder may give rise to depressive disorders or contribute to suicide attempts. Research shows that cognitive behavioural psychotherapy, often aided by pharmacotherapy, is one of the most effective and popular forms of therapy in children and adolescents with generalised anxiety disorders. The paper describes the theoretical models of the disorder, as well as its implications for psychotherapy and current research trends. Cognitive behavioural therapeutic programs intended for children and adolescents with anxiety disorders are also presented. The literature review shows that studies and protocols devoted exclusively to the treatment of generalised anxiety in children and adolescents are still missing. Therefore, treatment protocols for adults, which are appropriately adjusted to age and cognitive development of the child, are often used, especially for older children.

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Cicchetti, Dante, Fred A. Rogosch, Sheree L. Toth, and Melissa L. Sturge-Apple. "Normalizing the development of cortisol regulation in maltreated infants through preventive interventions." Development and Psychopathology 23, no. 3 (July 15, 2011): 789–800. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954579411000307.

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AbstractLongitudinal effects of child maltreatment on cortisol regulation in infants from age 1 to 3 years were investigated in the context of a randomized preventive intervention trial. Thirteen-month-old infants from maltreating families (N = 91) and their mothers were randomly assigned to one of three intervention conditions: child–parent psychotherapy, psychoeducational parenting intervention, and a control group involving standard community services (CS). A fourth group of infants from nonmaltreating families (N = 52) and their mothers comprised a nonmaltreated comparison (NC) group. The two active interventions were combined into one maltreated intervention (MI) group for statistical analyses. Saliva samples were obtained from children at 10:00 a.m. before beginning a laboratory observation session with their mothers when the children were 13 months of age (preintervention), 19 months (midintervention), 26 months (postintervention), and 38 months (1-year postintervention follow-up). At the initial assessment, no significant differences among groups in morning cortisol were observed. Latent growth curve analyses examined trajectories of cortisol regulation over time. Beginning at midintervention, divergence was found among the groups. Whereas the MI group remained indistinguishable from the NC group across time, the CS group progressively evinced lower levels of morning cortisol, statistically differing from the MI and NC groups. Results highlight the value of psychosocial interventions for early child maltreatment in normalizing biological regulatory processes.

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Muir, Elisabeth. "The kleinian concept of position and group therapeutic process: An experience in group psychotherapy with emotionally disturbed boys aged 6 to 9½ years." Journal of Child Psychotherapy 11, no. 2 (April 1985): 97–109. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00754178508254778.

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Hewitt, Olivia, Ben Gurney-Smith, and Kim Golding. "A qualitative exploration of the experiences of adoptive parents attending ‘Nurturing Attachments’, a dyadic developmental psychotherapy informed group." Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry 23, no. 3 (January 22, 2018): 471–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359104517753511.

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Children who are adopted have frequently experienced a range of aversive experience which impact on their ability to form secure attachments. Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP) is an intervention designed to develop and promote secure attachments with children who have experienced developmental trauma. Eight adoptive parents participated in semi-structured interviews regarding their experiences of attending the ‘Nurturing Attachment’ group informed by DDP. The transcripts of their interviews were explored using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. The analysis revealed five inter-connected superordinate themes which were as follows: A supportive group, A shift in perspective, ‘Turning trauma into secure attachment’, ‘Am I doing it right?’ and Continuing the adoption journey. Themes are considered in relation to the theoretical underpinnings and practice of DDP. Some further implications for clinical and research practice are also discussed.

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Sams, Deanna P., Elizabeth D. Handley, and Linda J. Alpert-Gillis. "Mindfulness-based group therapy: Impact on psychiatrically hospitalized adolescents." Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry 23, no. 4 (May 20, 2018): 582–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359104518775144.

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The practice of mindfulness has long been incorporated into psychotherapy. Research on the therapeutic benefits of mindfulness exists within adult populations, and emerging empirical evidence demonstrates the benefit of such practices in the treatment of adolescents in both clinical and non-clinical settings. However, there are extremely limited data on the practice of mindfulness with adolescents in a psychiatric hospital. The iMatter ( Improve Mindful ATTention, Enhance Relaxation) group is a manualized program developed to provide adolescents on a short-term psychiatric inpatient unit with an opportunity to learn and practice relaxation strategies, mindfulness exercises, and simple yoga poses. Mindfulness skills are taught in the context of the group and include self-observation of thoughts and feelings, breathing exercises, self-validation of one’s experience, loving-kindness toward self, non-judgmental stance toward self, and acceptance and observation of change within self. Participants included 65 adolescents aged 13–17 years ( M = 15.06, standard deviation ( SD) = 1.34) who took part in at least one session of the iMatter intervention. Improvements in self-reported mood were evident following participation in a mindfulness group. Also, participants’ heart rate significantly decreased following participation in two groups. Future directions include improved integration of mindfulness into the milieu and other unit programming. Furthermore, comparing self-reported mood and physiological measures from this sample to findings obtained for other unit groups will further clarify the impact of the iMatter intervention.

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De Pascale, Adele. "“Validity” of Vittorio Guidano in the psychotherapy of the twenty-first century." Revista de Psicoterapia 30, no. 112 (March 1, 2019): 91–102. http://dx.doi.org/10.33898/rdp.v30i112.284.

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The main purpose of this article is to mention the most important Guidano’s approach contributions to modern psychotherapy and psychopathology. In his cultural and interpretative psychology, rooted in evolutionary epistemology, the mind is the link between the individual and his biology, the external world, and his story. Beginning from the emergence of mentalism among primates, Guidano offers a new explanation of psychosis and psychopathology, for understanding and for curing, based on the integration of three levels of self-meaning: individual, familial, and social. With contextualization, a phylogenic way of remaining connected with the group, as the ontogenic way of child developing that takes place in the family context, through the attachment bonds, it becomes possible to put in sequence the personal experience and integrate it inside the self, to maintain life coherence and continuity. Both psychotherapy and psychiatry are in need of a plausible theory of mind that is able to offer an understanding of basic inherited human feelings, language and meanings as evolutionary tools that are necessary for a functioning health human: the mind and the brain are the same thing. The primacy of affect during the evolution of brain-mind suggests that therapies need a clear vision and knowing of affective human life and what we need is a complete integration of every therapeutic tradition, having the primacy of affective development as the core

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Belt, Ritva, and Raija-Leena Punamäki. "Mother – infant group psychotherapy as an intensive treatment in early interaction among mothers with substance abuse problems." Journal of Child Psychotherapy 33, no. 2 (August 2007): 202–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00754170701437096.

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Giora, Asher, Lina Gega, Sabine Landau, and Isaac Marks. "Adult Recall of Having Been Bullied in Attenders of an Anxiety Disorder Unit and Attenders of a Dental Clinic: A Pilot Controlled Study." Behaviour Change 22, no. 1 (March 1, 2005): 44–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1375/bech.22.1.44.66785.

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AbstractLittle is known about the prevalence of having been bullied in adults with versus adults without an anxiety disorder, so a pilot comparison was undertaken. A questionnaire on recall of having been bullied was completed by 81 attenders of a behavioural psychotherapy unit for anxiety disorders and by 81 attenders of a dental clinic who had no psychiatric problems but who were similar to the anxiety disorder group in gender, marital and employment characteristics. Recall of being bullied was significantly more common in the anxiety disorder referrals than in the dental patients. Results warrant testing of whether being bullied as a child increases the likelihood of developing an anxiety disorder in later life, controlling for demographic, personality and ethnic variables.

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Freitag, Christine M., Katrin Jensen, Leyla Elsuni, Michael Sachse, Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann, Martin Schulte-Rüther, Susann Hänig, et al. "Group-based cognitive behavioural psychotherapy for children and adolescents with ASD: the randomized, multicentre, controlled SOSTA - net trial." Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 57, no. 5 (December 30, 2015): 596–605. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.12509.

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Jordy, Ceme Ferreira, and Regina Célia Gorodscy. "The hyperactive child and the body: a clinical study on the origin of hyperactivity in children." Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria 54, no. 4 (December 1996): 628–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0004-282x1996000400012.

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A group of 22 hyperactive children from 7 to 12 years of age was selected among 38 out-patients registered at Hospital do Servidor Público de São Paulo (Civil Servant Hospital of the State of São Paulo). Their psychiatric evaluation was negative, the neurological examination showed "psychomotor syndrome", and psychological evaluation revealed disorders related with Ego maturation in all cases. Although all children were referred to psychotherapy, only thirteen underwent individual sessions once a week for an uninterrupted period of up to one year. Neither diets nor medicines were prescribed. After six months and one year of treatment, the children were reevaluated. They showed improved school performance, reduced hyperactivity, and better internal psychic organization. These results are considered as undeniable evidence of the psychodynamic origin of hyperactivity syndrome in children, when no definite neurologic or psychiatric diseases are demonstrated.

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Stronach, Erin Pickreign, Sheree L. Toth, Fred Rogosch, and Dante Cicchetti. "Preventive interventions and sustained attachment security in maltreated children." Development and Psychopathology 25, no. 4pt1 (November 2013): 919–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954579413000278.

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AbstractThirteen-month-old maltreated infants (n= 137) and their mothers were randomly assigned to one of three conditions: child–parent psychotherapy (CPP), psychoeducational parenting intervention (PPI), or community standard (CS). A fourth group of nonmaltreated infants (n= 52) and their mothers served as a nonmaltreated comparison (NC) group. A prior investigation found that the CPP and the PPI groups demonstrated substantial increases in secure attachment at postintervention, whereas this change was not found in the CS and the NC groups. The current investigation involved the analysis of data obtained at a follow-up assessment that occurred 12 months after the completion of treatment. At follow-up, children in the CPP group had higher rates of secure and lower rates of disorganized attachment than did children in the PPI or the CS group. Rates of disorganized attachment did not differ between the CPP and the NC groups. Intention to treat analyses also showed higher rates of secure attachment at follow-up in the CPP group relative to the PPI and the CS groups. However, groups did not differ on disorganized attachment. Both primary and intention to treat analyses demonstrated that maternal-reported child behavior problems did not differ among the four groups at the follow-up assessment. This is the first investigation to demonstrate sustained attachment security in maltreated children 12 months after the completion of an attachment theory informed intervention. The findings also suggest that, although effective in the short term, parenting interventions alone may not be effective in maintaining secure attachment in children over time.

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Rosmawatia, Indah, and Mahua Das. "Management of perinatal depression by non-health specialist workers in Indonesia." Journal of Health Technology Assessment in Midwifery 1, no. 1 (May 31, 2018): 29–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.31101/jhtam.444.

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Perinatal depression has become a public health concern because of the burden of the disease for mother and children as well as the community in large. The management of perinatal depression is needed, yet there is a low-resource of mental health specialist in Indonesia. Psychotherapy interventions by non-health specialist workers in some developing countries have shown benefits for perinatal depression. The study aims to analyze the interventions for perinatal depression by non-health specialist workers based on studies from other developing countries. The type of the study is an in-depth study using secondary data. Data were obtained from online databases, including PubMed, Global Health Cochrane Library, PsycINFO and additional search. The total number of studies found was 743, 705 studies were available for assessment after removing the duplicate, 55 abstracts were reviewed, and 42 studies included. A conceptual framework developed by the author was used to guide data collection and analysis. Psychotherapy interventions implemented in Pakistan, Turkey, China, and India were analyzed using Assessment of Applicability and Transferability criteria. The most applicable and transferable interventions for the management of perinatal depression in Indonesia were Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and participatory women group. This study indicates that interventions by non-health specialist workers could reduce the interventions gap for perinatal depression. The stakeholders are recommended to adapt the interventions into a cultural context and integrate it into existing maternal and child health program.

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Silva, V. Barbanti, M. Forghieri, S. Ferrari, U. Volpe, and A. Fiorillo. "What Does it take to Become a Psychiatrist? Results from a Survey on Quality of Training." European Psychiatry 24, S1 (January 2009): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0924-9338(09)71147-2.

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As models of mental health care and the professional identity of psychiatry are dramatically changing throughout Europe, a constant redefinition of aims, procedures and standards of training in psychiatry is widely perceived as necessary. The aim of the present study was to assess, in a group of trainees in psychiatry and early career psychiatrists, facts and opinions about their own training.A 30-item ad hoc structured questionnaire, with both yes/no questions and rating scales, was administered to 92 Italian trainees in psychiatry and young psychiatrists, during a training event. The questionnaire focused on general work-related aspects (job satisfaction, self-confidence in different skills and therapeutic interventions) but also on more specific training-related aspects (supervision, training in psychotherapy, methods of evaluations, training in research).Mean (SD) age of respondents was 30 (3.51) years, with a M/F ratio of 0.31. Sixty-nine percent of respondents deemed themselves generally “satisfied” with their training, but when considering some specific areas of training, such as psychotherapy and forensic psychiatry, the satisfaction rates were sensibly lower (33 and 19% respectively). Lower levels of professional self-confidence were associated to forensic psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry, and emergency psychiatry. Respondents also reported problems in the definition and application of training instruments such as supervision and a training log-book.The definition and implementation of minimum educational international standards for training in psychiatry is still necessary. Thus, continuous research on definition of educational standards in psychiatry has to be promoted throughout Europe.

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Rogers, Karen C., Michelle Bobich, and Patrick Heppell. "Further Consideration of Systems, Stigma, Trauma, and Access to Care." Pragmatic Case Studies in Psychotherapy 12, no. 2 (June 29, 2016): 139. http://dx.doi.org/10.14713/pcsp.v12i2.1970.

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The commentaries by Williams (2016) and Gartenberg and Lang (2016) on the case of Cathy and her mother Ms. Z (Rogers, Bobich, & Heppell, 2016) explore the similarities between children who have been homeless and those in the foster system, and highlight the importance of trauma-focused treatment to address their mental health needs.  A further consideration of the challenges to obtaining such treatment due to system barriers, stigma, and the intergenerational transmission of trauma is applied to the case of Cathy. This illustrates the importance of an array of mental health treatment options and the ability to transition from one treatment (an Incredible Years [IY]  group) to another (Child-Parent Psychotherapy [CPP]) as opportunities to increase access to needed care for marginalized families.

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Toth, Sheree L., Melissa L. Sturge-Apple, Fred A. Rogosch, and Dante Cicchetti. "Mechanisms of change: Testing how preventative interventions impact psychological and physiological stress functioning in mothers in neglectful families." Development and Psychopathology 27, no. 4pt2 (November 2015): 1661–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954579415001017.

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AbstractThe present study applies a multilevel approach to an examination of the effect of two randomized preventive interventions with mothers in neglectful families who are also contending with elevated levels of impoverishment and ecological risk. Specifically, we examined how participation in either child–parent psychotherapy (CPP) or psychoeducational parenting intervention (PPI) was associated with reductions in maternal psychological parenting stress and in turn physiological stress system functioning when compared to mothers involved in standard community services as well as a demographic comparison group of nonmaltreating mothers. The resulting group sizes in the current investigation were 44 for CPP, 34 for PPI, 27 for community services, and 52 for nonmaltreating mothers. Mothers and their 13-month-old infants were randomly assigned to intervention group at baseline. Mothers completed assessments on stress within the parenting role at baseline and postintervention. Basal cortisol was sampled at postintervention and 1-year follow-up. Latent difference score analyses examined change in these constructs over time. Results suggested that mothers within the CPP intervention experienced significant declines in child-related parenting stress, while mothers in the PPI intervention reported declines in parent-related parenting stress. In turn, significant decreases in stress within the CPP mothers were further associated with adaptive basal cortisol functioning at 1-year postintervention. The results highlight the value of delineating how participation in preventive interventions aimed at ameliorating child maltreatment in neglectful families within the context of poverty may operate through improvements in psychological and physiological stress functioning. Findings are discussed with respect to the importance of multilevel assessments of intervention process and outcome.

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Lusk, Pamela, Beverly G. Hart Abney, and Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk. "A Successful Model for Clinical Training in Child/Adolescent Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Graduate Psychiatric Advanced Practice Nursing Students." Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association 24, no. 5 (August 3, 2017): 457–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1078390317723989.

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BACKGROUND: Graduate faculty in advanced practice nursing programs seek to provide clinical training in psychotherapy for psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) students and prepare them for practice with patients across the lifespan, including children and adolescents. OBJECTIVE: To develop a clinical training model for child/adolescent cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) that is adaptable to all graduate nursing programs including online, classroom, and blended programs. DESIGN: Clinical training included a didactic 4-hour workshop and 7 small group practice sessions utilizing Creating Opportunities for Personal Empowerment (COPE), a manualized CBT program for teens. Students completed post–clinical training evaluations. Using qualitative design, responses to the open-ended questions were analyzed and common themes identified. RESULTS: One hundred seven PMHNP students completed evaluations. Four themes emerged from the data: (a) therapeutic understanding of adapting CBT for children and adolescents, (b) therapeutic skills and techniques for use with children/adolescents, (c) improved level of confidence through participation in the CBT program, and (d) therapeutic benefits of being in a group. CONCLUSIONS: Positive PMHNP student evaluations indicated that this clinical training model is feasible both online and face-to-face and acceptable for providing clinical training in CBT for children and adolescents.

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Dollberg, Daphna Ginio, and Miri Keren. "Factors contributing to continuity and discontinuity in child psychopathology from infancy to childhood: An explorative study." Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry 25, no. 4 (June 6, 2020): 891–908. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359104520925888.

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This study examined the psychopathology and socioemotional functioning of school-aged children treated during infancy and a comparison group of children without symptoms or treatment history. Our goal was to identify the factors associated with the continuity of psychopathology from infancy to childhood. The sample comprised 54 Israeli children, 30 with treatment history as infants in an infant mental health clinic and 24 with no treatment history. A 2 × 2 study design, with treatment history (treated/non-treated) and current psychiatric diagnosis (diagnosed vs. non-diagnosed), was used and group differences in children’s psychopathology (Development and Well-Being Assessment (DAWBA)), socioemotional functioning (Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales–Second Edition (VABS-II)), maternal stress (Parenting Stress Index-Short Form (PSI/SF)) and psychopathology (Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90-R)), family functioning (Family Assessment Device (FAD)), and mother–child relational patterns (Coding Interactive Behavior (CIB)) were assessed. We found no differences between the previously treated and non-treated groups in the rate of given Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition, Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR) diagnosis. However, there was an interactive effect of treatment history × current psychiatric diagnosis, with the highest level of maternal stress in mothers of children exhibiting both early and late emotional and/or behavioral symptoms. Implications of these findings for identifying children and families at risk for continued child psychopathology and the importance of early parent–child psychotherapy interventions are discussed.

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Jaite, Charlotte, Betteke Maria van Noort, Timo D. Vloet, Erika Graf, Viola Kappel, Julia Geissler, Andreas Warnke, et al. "A multicentre randomized controlled trial on trans-generational attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in mothers and children (AIMAC): an exploratory analysis of predictors and moderators of treatment outcome." Zeitschrift für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie 47, no. 1 (January 1, 2019): 49–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1024/1422-4917/a000602.

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Abstract. Objective: We examined predictors and moderators of treatment outcome in mothers and children diagnosed with ADHD in a large multicentre RCT. Method: In total, 144 mother-child dyads with ADHD were randomly assigned to either a maternal ADHD treatment (group psychotherapy and open methylphenidate medication, TG) or to a control treatment (individual counselling without psycho- or pharmacotherapy, CG). After maternal ADHD treatment, parent-child training (PCT) for all mother-child dyads was added. The final analysis set was based on 123 dyads with completed primary outcome assessments (TG: n = 67, CG: n = 56). The primary outcome was the change in each child’s externalizing symptoms. Multiple linear regression analyses were performed. Results: The severity of the child’s externalizing problem behaviour in the family at baseline predicted more externalizing symptoms in the child after PCT, independent of maternal treatment. When mothers had a comorbid depression, TG children showed more externalizing symptoms after PCT than CG children of depressive mothers. No differences between the treatment arms were seen in the mothers without comorbid depression. Conclusions: Severely impaired mothers with ADHD and depressive disorder are likely to need additional disorder-specific treatment for their comorbid psychiatric disorders to effectively transfer the contents of the PCT to the home situation (CCTISRCTN73911400).

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Cossu, Giulia, Elisa Cantone, Mirra Pintus, Michela Cadoni, Anna Pisano, Roy Otten, Rowella Kuijpers, et al. "Integrating Children with Psychiatric Disorders in the Classroom: A Systematic Review." Clinical Practice & Epidemiology in Mental Health 11, no. 1 (February 26, 2015): 41–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1745017901511010041.

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Background : The school setting may be the optimal context for early screening of and intervention on child mental health problems, because of its large reach and intertwinement with various participants (child, teacher, parent, other community services). But this setting also exposes children to the risk of stigma, peer rejection and social exclusion. This systematic literature review investigates the efficacy of mental health interventions addressed to children and adolescents in school settings, and it evaluates which programs explicitly take into account social inclusion indicators. Method: Only randomized controlled trials conducted on clinical populations of students and carried out in school settings were selected: 27 studies overall. Most studies applied group Cognitive Behavioural Therapy or Interpersonal Psychotherapy. Results: Findings were suggestive of the effectiveness of school-based intervention programs in reducing symptoms of most mental disorders. Some evidence was found about the idea that effective studies on clinical populations may promote the social inclusion of children with an ongoing mental disorder and avoid the risk of being highly stigmatized.Conclusion: School programs are still needed that implement standardized models with verifiable and evidence-based practices involving the whole school community.

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Barrington, Julie, Margot Prior, Margaret Richardson, and Kathleen Allen. "Effectiveness of CBT Versus Standard Treatment for Childhood Anxiety Disorders in a Community Clinic Setting." Behaviour Change 22, no. 1 (March 1, 2005): 29–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1375/bech.22.1.29.66786.

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AbstractThe efficacy of cognitive—behavioural therapy (CBT) for the treatment of childhood anxiety has mainly been demonstrated in university-clinic settings. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of CBT for the treatment of childhood anxiety in a community mental health service, compared with standard treatments (‘Treatment as Usual’ [TAU]) 'child psychotherapy, family therapy and eclectic treatments. Fifty-four children with anxiety disorders, aged from 7 to 14 years, were randomly assigned to either a CBT or TAU group. CBT and the standard treatments were provided by 18 experienced therapists, and the mean number of treatment sessions was 12. Baseline and follow-up measures at 3, 6 and 12 months included an interview based on criteria in the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) that was conducted by a clinical psychologist who was blind to the treatment conditions, and standardised anxiety measures (parent, child and teacher reports). Significant improvements were found on all anxiety measures over time, but no significant differences were found between CBT and TAU. The challenge of conducting such research in community settings is discussed.

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