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The negative consequences of over-diagnosing attachment disorders in adopted children: The importance of comprehensive formulations
In many child services across health, education and social care, ‘attachment disorder’ is a popular description and explanation for complex presentations of children who have been neglected or maltreated and is frequently used to describe fostered and adopted children. Very often the use of this term bears little resemblance to the established diagnostic systems, nor indeed to attachment theory as conceptualised by Bowlby. Its misuse can lead professionals to overlook commoner and more treatable conditions, to the detriment of the children. In fact both reactive and disinhibited attachment disorders are rare, b...
Source: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry - June 24, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Woolgar, M., Scott, S. Tags: Special Section Articles Source Type: research

Neurocognitive considerations in the treatment of attachment and complex trauma in children
Accumulating evidence suggests that children suffering deprivation and maltreatment at critical times in their development often pay a cognitive toll. While children vary to the extent that neurocognitive domains are affected, those factors influence how children process, manage and understand traumatic and attachment experiences as well as how they respond to treatment. Current research on trauma and attachment favor some aspects of cognition over others. The literature discusses attention, memory, cognitive biases, internal working models, beliefs and attributions as ways that impact an individual’s understanding o...
Source: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry - June 24, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Zilberstein, K. Tags: Special Section Articles Source Type: research

The clinical application of attachment theory and research: Introducing a series of Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry special sections
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Source: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry - June 24, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tarren-Sweeney, M. Tags: Editorial Source Type: research

Book review: Verhaagen, D. (2010) Therapy with young men: 16-24 year olds in treatment
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Source: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry - March 11, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Russell, L. Tags: Book review Source Type: research

Statutory health assessments for pre-school foster children fail to screen accurately for mental health disorders
In conclusion, statutory health assessments in their current form may fail to identify the majority of pre-school foster children with mental health disorders. Adding a screening instrument to the assessment process may not be adequate to improve diagnostic accuracy. (Source: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry)
Source: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry - March 11, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Hillen, T., Gafson, L. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Binge eating in obese adolescents: Emotional and behavioral characteristics and impact on health-related quality of life
Conclusions: This research suggests that bingeing behaviors have pervasive and important implications for health-related quality of life for obese adolescents. (Source: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry)
Source: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry - March 11, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Pasold, T. L., McCracken, A., Ward-Begnoche, W. L. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

PedsQLTM 4.0 Generic Core Scales for adolescents in the Yoruba language: Translation and general psychometric properties
Conclusions: The Yoruba PedsQL™ is culturally appropriate and with good internal consistency, reliability and construct validity. More work is needed regarding its factorial validity. (Source: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry)
Source: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry - March 11, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Atilola, O., Stevanović, D. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Parenting and the parallel processes in parents' counseling supervision for eating-related problems
This paper presents an integrative model for supervising counselors of parents who face eating-related problems in their families. The model is grounded in the theory of parallel processes which occur during the supervision of health-care professionals as well as the counseling of parents and patients. The aim of this model is to conceptualize components and processes in the supervision space, in order to: (a) create a nurturing environment for health-care facilitators, parents and children, (b) better understand the complex and difficult nature of parenting, the challenge counselors face, and the skills and practices used...
Source: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry - March 11, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Golan, M. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Measuring mental health in Indigenous young people: A review of the literature from 1998-2008
Conclusions: From 1998–2008 few studies of mental health in Indigenous young people used measurement instruments with previously determined reliability and validity. (Source: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry)
Source: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry - March 11, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Williamson, A., Andersen, M., Redman, S., Dadds, M., D'Este, C., Daniels, J., Eades, S., Raphael, B. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Use of narratives to assess language disorders in an inpatient pediatric psychiatric population
This study investigated (1) whether assessment of oral narratives would identify language impairments in this population undetected by assessment of only core language abilities, and (2) the extent to which measures of cognition, working memory, emotional distress, and social function differentially predict core language and narrative development. Results showed that (1) more than twice as many children were identified with language impairment when both narrative and core language assessment were used, and (2) core language comprehension and complex verbal working memory were the strongest predictors of narrative productio...
Source: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry - March 11, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Pearce, P., Johnson, C., Manly, P., Locke, J. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Understanding recovery in children following traffic-related injuries: Exploring acute traumatic stress reactions, child coping, and coping assistance
This study aimed to describe children’s coping and coping assistance (i.e., the ways in which parents and peers help children cope) strategies and to explore the association between coping and acute stress reactions following an injury. Children (N = 243) rated their acute traumatic stress reactions within one month of injury and reported on coping and coping assistance six months later. Parents completed a measure of coping assistance at the six-month assessment. Children used an average of five to six coping strategies (out of 10), with wishful thinking, social support, and distraction endorsed most frequently. Chi...
Source: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry - March 11, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Marsac, M. L., Donlon, K. A., Hildenbrand, A. K., Winston, F. K., Kassam-Adams, N. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Children of treated substance-abusing mothers: A 10-year prospective study
This study examined children of substance-abusing mothers approximately 10 years after mothers’ admission to drug abuse treatment, and identified maternal characteristics that may be risk factors for child behavior problems on the Child Behavior Checklist. Data were obtained from 396 mothers who were included in a sample consecutively admitted to 44 treatment programs in 13 California counties during 2000–2002. The Addiction Severity Index was administered at both intake and follow-up. Each mother reported on one child 6–17 years of age. All of the children had been exposed to drugs, either in utero or po...
Source: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry - March 11, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Hser, Y.-I., Evans, E., Li, L., Metchik-Gaddis, A., Messina, N. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Primary school teachers' attitudes about children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and the role of pharmacological treatment
Conclusion: Teachers’ comments suggested a strong preference in using within-school strategies for the management of children with ADHD. Teachers were reluctant to endorse medication for DHD and expressed negative views about its use. Health services should support teachers’ management of ADHD-related behaviours in school and provide information to increase teachers’ ability to identify the need for a referral to specialist health services. (Source: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry)
Source: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry - March 11, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Moldavsky, M., Pass, S., Sayal, K. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Towards a richer understanding of school-age children's experiences of domestic violence: The voices of children and their mothers
This study sought to capture the dual-perspectives of school-aged children and their mothers, to develop a richer understanding of children’s experiences of domestic violence, using a community-based sample. A qualitative research design was employed, with interpretative phenomenological analysis used to interpret the data. Five school-aged children and three of their mothers participated in the study. Two master themes are discussed from the analysis of the children’s perspective: domestic violence through the eyes of children; and learning from children’s experiences. Two master themes are discussed fro...
Source: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry - March 11, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Swanston, J., Bowyer, L., Vetere, A. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Implementing an aim-based outcome measure in a psychoanalytic child psychotherapy service: Insights, experiences and evidence
In this paper, we describe the use of an aim-based outcome measure used in routine outcome monitoring of child and adolescent psychotherapy within a child and adolescent mental health service. We aim to explore the clinical feasibility and implications of the routine use of this measure. We argue that use of the measure provides a simple and useful way of clarifying the focus of the clinical work and reflecting its progress, while also having the potential to illuminate the clinical picture by contributing an additional source of clinical information from a collaborative process with the patient, parents or both. We argue ...
Source: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry - March 11, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Emanuel, R., Catty, J., Anscombe, E., Cantle, A., Muller, H. Tags: Articles Source Type: research