Attachment representations of professionals − Influence on intervention and implications for clinical training and supervision
This study focuses on the attachment background of facilitators carrying out STEEP intervention, which may be a possible source of effectiveness variation. The attachment status of 161 professionals was assessed before STEEP training. 18 were followed up to evaluate the programme’s effectiveness regarding mother infant attachment. In the larger sample (n=161), 76% of trainees had insecure attachment representations. While attachment security had no impact on intervention efficacy, professionals with an unresolved attachment trauma were 4.4 times less effective than professionals with no unresolved attachment status. This...
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - July 22, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Pathways in prevention–subgroups in an early preventive intervention program and their engagement with the child welfare service
This study aimed at identifying subgroups and their trajectories in the German early intervention program “Nobody slips through the net”. The study sample consisted of 308 families with psychosocial risk constellations and 625 families used for validation of the main results. Three assumed subgroups were formed with respect to their involvement with the child and youth welfare service. Results on sociodemographic data and risk factors indicate differentiable, yet very heterogeneous subgroups that differ in psychosocial risk. Referral structures of four separable pathways within the program will be discussed highlightin...
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - July 20, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
The Effects of the early prevention program “Nobody Slips through the net”. A longitudinal controlled study in at-risk sample
Publication date: Available online 19 July 2015 Source:Mental Health & Prevention Author(s): Anna Sidor, Cristina Fischer, Manfred Cierpka The study investigated the effects of a German prevention program “KfdN” in the sample of 152 burdened mothers and children who took part in this program and 150 comparison group families. The data were collected at five measurement points. The improved level of children‘ social development after intervention compared to children from the CG was confirmed. The mothers in the KfdN-group judged their children less “difficult” and the dysfunctionality of the mot...
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - July 20, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Effects of early intervention in children at risk: short-term and long-term findings from an attachment-based intervention program
This article presents summary findings of an attachment-based early intervention program, the Ulm Model, in families at risk. Mother-infant pairs (N=113) received either the attachment-based intervention or treatment as usual. A significant increase in maternal sensitivity was seen immediately post-intervention for the highest-risk mothers in the intervention group; however, in a follow-up 8 to 22 months later (N=53), this effect was no longer evident. Cognitive development was assessed at follow-up as well. No correlation was found between cognitive development and the receipt of intervention services, but a correlation w...
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - July 20, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Hard to reach families–a methodological approach to early recognition, recruitment, and randomization in an intervention study
Publication date: Available online 18 July 2015 Source:Mental Health & Prevention Author(s): Alex Neuhauser, Erich Ramseier, Simone Schaub, Susan C.A. Burkhardt, Franziska Templer, Andrea Lanfranchi Evaluation of early childcare and education (ECCE) programs faces the problem that families who would have a high need for prevention do often not participate in such programs. Moreover, in intervention studies, regular assessments for research purposes and the lack of intervention in the control group reduce participation. Against this background we present a concept for the recruitment of families in p...
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - July 18, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Effectiveness of early-intervention programs in German-speaking countries – a META-aNALYSIS
Publication date: Available online 11 July 2015 Source:Mental Health & Prevention Author(s): Svenja Taubner , Silke Wolter , Sven Rabung For a systematic review and meta-analysis, three data-bases were searched for publications on controlled studies about the effectiveness of early intervention programs in German-speaking countries. Nine studies being presented in 28 manuscripts were included. In comparison to standard treatment, early intervention programs had a small effect on maternal symptom burden (d=0.20) and a small to zero effect on maternal competencies (d=0.12) at post measurement. High dose progra...
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - July 11, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Comprehensive evaluation of the Pro kind home visiting program: A summary of results
Publication date: Available online 10 July 2015 Source:Mental Health & Prevention Author(s): Tanja Jungmann , Tilman Brand , Verena Dähne , Peggy Herrmann , Hüsamettin Günay , Malte Sandner , Susan Sierau This paper provides an overview of the German home visiting program Pro Kind. We conducted a RCT to assess the program effects. A total of 755 women with multiple risk factors were recruited; of those, 394 were assigned to the treatment group. We assessed program influences on family environment, maternal and child health, and child development until the child’s third birthday in regular interviews...
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - July 10, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Attachment Representations of Professionals - Influence on Intervention and Implications for Clinical Training and Supervision
This study focuses on the attachment background of facilitators carrying out STEEP intervention, which may be a possible source of effectiveness variation. The attachment status of 161 professionals was assessed before STEEP training. 18 were followed up to evaluate the programme’s effectiveness regarding mother infant attachment. In the larger sample (n=161), 76% of trainees had insecure attachment representations. While attachment security had no impact on intervention efficacy, professionals with an unresolved attachment trauma were 4.4 times less effective than professionals with no unresolved attachment status. This...
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - July 10, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Students mental health and multistage prevention programme: The Russian experience
Publication date: Available online 28 May 2015 Source:Mental Health & Prevention Author(s): Mayya Kulygina , Igor Loginov University students meet a lot of psychosocial challenges during education. These problems can affect their mental state, physical health, social activity and quality of life. A psychoprophylactic model of students mental health care in one of the Moscow Universities is based on the programme of medical and psychological support of education from the freshmen to graduate and on the principles of multiprofessional teamwork. The main goal of such multistage programme is to provide an effecti...
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - May 29, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
The dark side of romantic relationships: Aggression in adolescent couples and links to attachment
This study focuses on romantic relationships from the perspective of both partners. This dyadic approach was chosen to account for the fact that both partners may differently contribute to the escalation of aggression. In a sample of 194 romantic partner dyads, differences between female and male partners' reports of aggression (relational and physical) and measures of attachment security and jealousy were assessed. A hierarchical cluster analysis identified five distinct subgroups of dyads with mutually aggressive or one-sided aggressive dyad. Of note were dyads with aggressive females and self-silencing males. The mutual...
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - May 29, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Mental Disorders of Students at the university of Chile
This article introduces the work model used by the Psychology Department in the Medicine Faculty of the University of Chile and the characteristics of its patients. It delivers a description of the services provided by the Department, its history, and some of the statistics that characterize the consulting students, regarding the problems that make them get help, as well as the diagnoses obtained from a database that has been under construction for five years. (Source: Mental Health and Prevention)
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - May 27, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Evaluation of an innovative intervention for traumatized children from a low resourced country
Publication date: Available online 27 May 2015 Source:Mental Health & Prevention Author(s): Farah Deeba , Ronald M. Rapee (Source: Mental Health and Prevention)
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - May 27, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Students׳ mental health and Psychological Counselling in Europe
Publication date: Available online 14 May 2015 Source:Mental Health & Prevention Author(s): Hans-Werner Rückert Facts and figures on mental health of students and the provision of counselling services will be presented in this article, gathered by the former European Student Counsellors network Forum Européenne de l׳Orientation Académique/European Forum on Student Guidance (FEDORA). The Center for Academic Advising and Psychological Counselling of the Freie Universität in Berlin can serve as an example for a typical institution. After the Bologna reform in Europe, putting students under more stress than b...
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - May 26, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Methods and Effects of integrative counseling and short-term psychotherapy for Students
Publication date: Available online 20 May 2015 Source:Mental Health & Prevention Author(s): Frank-Hagen Hofmann , Michael Sperth , Rainer Matthias Holm-Hadulla A comprehensive model of counseling that integrates practically relevant approaches is outlined briefly. It contains principles of the helping alliance, behavioral, cognitive, psychodynamic and existential aspects. Hermeneutics serves as a meta-theoretical framework. Data from a naturalistic single-group pre-post effectiveness study suggests that integrative counseling is effective in reducing psychopathology and distress as well as in restoring satis...
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - May 20, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
An introduction to mental health services at universities in China
Publication date: Available online 21 April 2015 Source:Mental Health & Prevention Author(s): Wensheng Yang , Litao Lin , Waner Zhu , Shehong Liang After 30 years of development, the mental health service system in Chinese universities forms its own characteristics: (1) Mental health services are positioned as part of ideological and political education. (2) Most of work focuses on mental health education. Personal counseling plays a less important role. (3) Main problems of students are interpersonal relationships, emotional issues, academic stress, career development, neurosis, internet addiction. (4) Chi...
Source: Mental Health and Prevention - May 15, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
