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Preliminary Predictors of within-Session Adherence to Exposure and Response Prevention in Pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
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Morgan, Jessica; Caporino, Nicole E.; De Nadai, Alessandro S.; Truax, Tatyana; Lewin, Adam B.; Jung, Leah; Park, Jennifer M.; Khan, Yasmeen Ali; Murphy, Tanya K.; Storch, Eric A. – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2013
Background: Cognitive-behavioral therapy with exposure and response prevention (ERP) is an effective treatment for pediatric OCD; however, up to 30 % of children are treatment non-responders and as many as 40% are partial responders. Although poor treatment adherence has been linked to attenuated response in adults with OCD, little research has…
Descriptors: Prevention, Anxiety Disorders, Psychotherapy, Counseling Techniques
Pediatric Bipolar Disorder: Evidence for Prodromal States and Early Markers
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Luby, Joan L.; Navsaria, Neha – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2010
Background: Childhood bipolar disorder remains a controversial but increasingly diagnosed disorder that is associated with significant impairment, chronic course and treatment resistance. Therefore, the search for prodromes or early markers of risk for later childhood bipolar disorder may be of great importance for prevention and/or early…
Descriptors: Prevention, Mental Disorders, Identification, Risk
Crisis Counseling: An Overview
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Sandoval, Jonathan; Scott, Amy Nicole; Padilla, Irene – Psychology in the Schools, 2009
Psychologists working in schools are often the first contacts for children experiencing a potentially traumatizing event or change in status. This article reviews basic concepts in crisis counseling and describes the components of psychological first aid. This form of counseling must be developmentally and culturally appropriate as well as…
Descriptors: First Aid, Crisis Intervention, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, School Psychologists
Contributions to the Study of Violence and Trauma: Multisystemic Therapy, Exposure Therapy, Attachment Styles, and Therapy Process Research
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Carr, Alan – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2005
The prevention of future violence through engaging violent adolescents in multisystemic therapy and the treatment of trauma with exposure therapy are two of the most important scientific advances in the field of interpersonal violence in the past 20 years. A particularly significant methodological innovation is the development of reliable and…
Descriptors: Psychotherapy, Violence, Prevention, Interpersonal Relationship
Services for Children of Alcoholics. Symposium (Silver Spring, Maryland, September 24-26, 1979). Research Monograph No. 4.
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Matlins, Stuart M.; And Others – 1981
This monograph, the product of a symposium about the provision of services to children of alcoholics, contains chapters concentrating on identification, intervention, treatment, and prevention. These concepts are delineated in terms of the needs of children of alcoholics, with a particular emphasis on barriers that inhibit the therapy process and…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Children, Counseling Services, Delivery Systems
Interaction between Family Violence and Mental Retardation.
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Strickler, Heidi – Mental Retardation, 2001
Characteristics that make individuals with mental retardation more vulnerable to family violence are discussed in the areas of child, adult, and sexual abuse. Common psychological effects of this trauma are then explored followed by implications for practice. A case study of a female with mental retardation is presented. (Contains references.)…
Descriptors: Adults, Case Studies, Child Abuse, Children