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A pilot randomised controlled trial to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of the Baby Triple P Positive Parenting Programme in mothers with postnatal depression
Few interventions for Postnatal Depression (PND) have focused on parenting difficulties; the aim of this research was to investigate the feasibility and evaluate a parenting intervention (Baby Triple P) in women with PND. This was a pilot randomised controlled trial (RCT) to evaluate and determine the feasibility of the newly developed Baby Triple P compared with treatment as usual (TAU) in women with PND. In all, 27 female participants aged from 18 to 45 years (mean age = 28.4 years, standard deviation (SD) = 6.1), with a primary diagnosis of major depression and an infant under 12 months (mean age = 6.2 months, SD = 3.2 ...
Source: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry - September 29, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tsivos, Z.-L., Calam, R., Sanders, M. R., Wittkowski, A. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Developing interventions in child and adolescent mental health services: Do we really know what works for whom?
(Source: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry)
Source: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry - September 29, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Kennedy, E. Tags: Editorial Source Type: research

Corrigendum
Authors: Augustine CY Tan, Mark C Rehfuss, Elisabeth C Suarez and Agatha Parks-Savage Published in Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry 2014, Volume 19 Issue 1, pages 58–76, DOI: 10.1177/1359104512467273. Link: http://ccp.sagepub.com/content/19/1/58.full.pdf+html In the aforementioned article. the corresponding author (Augustine CY Tan) missed to include the below Acknowledgement statement: Authors would like to acknowledge the helpful contributions of Dr. Ong Say How of the Institute of Mental Health (IMH), Singapore, towards this study. (Source: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry)
Source: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry - July 8, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Corrigendum Source Type: research

Discrepancy between parents and children in reporting of distress and impairment: Association with critical symptoms
Conclusion: Parents tended to report more externalizing symptoms, distress, and impairment than children reported; however, when children report more distress and impairment than parents, this may indicate serious psychological problems. (Source: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry)
Source: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry - July 8, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Bein, L. A., Petrik, M. L., Saunders, S. M., Wojcik, J. V. Tags: Regular Articles Source Type: research

Separating 'emotion' from 'the science': Exploring the perceived value of information for parents and families of children with autistic spectrum disorder
The objective of this research was to explore the views of stakeholders regarding their information needs, current information modalities and the perceived barriers and complexities of information. Three focus groups with the same stakeholders were conducted with a range of individuals from a variety of backgrounds, all of whom had a personal and/or professional interest in ASD. The same stakeholders were included in all three groups to promote depth of analysis and to facilitate rapport. All focus groups were audio-recorded, transcribed and analysed using thematic analysis. Three main issues were identified, including (1)...
Source: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry - July 8, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: O'Reilly, M., Karim, K., Lester, J. N. Tags: Regular Articles Source Type: research

Why good placements matter: Pre-placement and placement risk factors associated with mental health disorders in pre-school children in foster care
In conclusion, this study identified five modifiable risk factors related to the quality of safeguarding and fostering services which showed a significant association with pre-school mental health. (Source: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry)
Source: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry - July 8, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Hillen, T., Gafson, L. Tags: Regular Articles Source Type: research

Psychological consultation in a paediatric setting: A qualitative analysis of staff experiences of a psychosocial forum
In this study, six members of a paediatric gastroenterology multidisciplinary team were interviewed about their experience of a weekly psychosocial forum using a qualitative approach. The data revealed that staff regarded the forum as an essential and useful part of the service. Staff reported a number of benefits to their clinical work as a result of attending the forum, in addition to the general benefits of having a clinical psychologist available to see patients. However, staff also made recommendations for improving the forum. The results suggest that psychosocial forums may provide an efficient means of delivering sp...
Source: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry - July 8, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Douglas, J. L., Benson, S. Tags: Regular Articles Source Type: research

Occupied bed days a redundant currency? An evaluation of the first 10 years of an integrated model of care for mentally ill adolescents
Conclusions: Adolescent Outreach is a viable and sustainable alternative to inpatient care for some young people referred for admission, reducing but not eliminating the need for acute beds. (Source: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry)
Source: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry - July 8, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Adrian, N., Smith, J. G. Tags: Regular Articles Source Type: research

Transition to adult services for young people with mental health needs: A systematic review
Conclusions: High-quality evidence of transitional care models is lacking. Data broadly support the development of programmes that address the broader transitional care needs of ‘emerging adults’ and their mental health needs but further evaluation is necessary. Developing robust transitional mental health care will require the policy–practice gap to be addressed and development of accessible, acceptable, responsive, age-appropriate provision. (Source: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry)
Source: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry - July 8, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Paul, M., Street, C., Wheeler, N., Singh, S. P. Tags: Regular Articles Source Type: research

The Adolescent Mentalization-based Integrative Treatment (AMBIT) approach to outcome evaluation and manualization: adopting a learning organization approach
AMBIT (Adolescent Mentalization-Based Integrative Treatment) is a developing team approach to working with hard-to-reach adolescents. The approach applies the principle of mentalization to relationships with clients, team relationships and working across agencies. It places a high priority on the need for locally developed evidence-based practice, and proposes that outcome evaluation needs to be explicitly linked with processes of team learning using a learning organization framework. A number of innovative methods of team learning are incorporated into the AMBIT approach, particularly a system of web-based wiki-formatted ...
Source: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry - July 8, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Fuggle, P., Bevington, D., Cracknell, L., Hanley, J., Hare, S., Lincoln, J., Richardson, G., Stevens, N., Tovey, H., Zlotowitz, S. Tags: Regular Articles Source Type: research

An exploration of the experience of attending the Kidstime programme for children with parents with enduring mental health issues: Parents' and young people's views
The Kidstime programme is an innovative attempt to address the particular needs of children and young people who have parents with mental illnesses. It comprises a monthly psycho-educational workshop involving discussions about the meaning of mental health, dramatizations of stories constructed by the children (often filmed), and concurrent parents’ groups, as well as joint seminars and review sessions. This paper presents a qualitative analysis of interviews with young people (n=6) and parents (n=5) attending the groups and interviews with former service users (n=9). Five themes emerged from the thematic analysis: i...
Source: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry - July 8, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Wolpert, M., Hoffman, J., Martin, A., Fagin, L., Cooklin, A. Tags: Regular Articles Source Type: research

Managing eating and drinking difficulties (dysphagia) with children who have learning disabilities: What is effective?
People who work with children who have neurological and learning disabilities frequently need to manage the health and emotional risks associated with eating, drinking and swallowing (dysphagia). Some approaches can support children to develop oral feeding competence or to maximise their ability to maintain some oral intake supplemented with tube feeding. However, some clinicians feel that oral-motor exercises can support eating and drinking skills as well as speech and language development, whereas there is little evidence to support this. The implied "beneficial" association between oral-motor exercises, speech and swall...
Source: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry - July 8, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Harding, C., Cockerill, H. Tags: Regular Articles Source Type: research

The attachment of prematurely born children at school age: A pilot study
This prospective longitudinal study compared the psychological development and patterns of attachment of 20 prematurely born children and 20 full-term children at 7 years of age. The School-age Assessment of Attachment (SAA) was used, and hypotheses and interpretation of the findings were drawn from the Dynamic-Maturational Model of Attachment and Adaptation (DMM). Significant differences between prematurely born and full-term children were found: 10% versus 0% at "high" risk, 55% versus 25% at "moderate" risk, and 35% versus 75% at "low" risk. There were no differences in the percentage of psychological trauma between sam...
Source: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry - July 8, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Nuccini, F., Paterlini, M., Gargano, G., Landini, A. Tags: Special Section: The School-aged Assessment of Attachment (Part 3 of the CCPP Series ' Clinical application of attachment theory and research ) Source Type: research

Validity of the School-age Assessment of Attachment for moderate-risk, rural early adolescents
This study provides evidence of validity of the School-age Assessment of Attachment (SAA) through longitudinal comparison with the Preschool Assessment of Attachment (PAA) and with concurrent attachment assessments and measures of risk and parenting. Determining which assessment had the greatest validity with this moderate-risk sample would be of benefit to those working with troubled young people and their families. Hypotheses: Children’s SAA classifications were expected to correspond to their PAA, a behavioral attachment assessment, parenting, and risk. An attachment questionnaire was predicted to not accurately ...
Source: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry - July 8, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Kidwell, S. L., Sizemore, K. M., Qu, J., Fugate, K. M., Deaton, M. S., Blevins, M. D. Tags: Special Section: The School-aged Assessment of Attachment (Part 3 of the CCPP Series ' Clinical application of attachment theory and research ) Source Type: research

Validation of the School-age Assessment of Attachment in a short-term longitudinal study
Conclusions: This evidence supports the validity and clinical utility of the SAA. (Source: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry)
Source: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry - July 8, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Crittenden, P., Robson, K., Tooby, A. Tags: Special Section: The School-aged Assessment of Attachment (Part 3 of the CCPP Series ' Clinical application of attachment theory and research ) Source Type: research