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Narrative in der Behandlung von Kindern mit Posttraumatischer Belastungsstörung

Regina Hiller Universität Duisburg- Essen (2013) C1

Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung des Doktorgrades der Naturwissenschaften in der Medizin durch die Medizinische Fakultät der Universität Duisburg-Essen

Basic Emergency Care: approach to the acutely ill and injured
recommended

World Health Organization WHO and Internationl Federation of the Red Cross ICRC (2018) C_WHO

This is an open-access training course for frontline healthcare providers who manage acute illness and injury with limited resources. Produced in response to requests from multiple countries and international partners, the BEC package includes a Participant Workbook and electronic slide decks for ea ... more

Research Review: Changes in the prevalence and symptom severity of child post-traumatic stress disorder in the year following trauma – a meta-analytic study

Hiller, R.M., Meiser-Stedman, R., Fearon, P., Lobo, S., McKinnon, A., Fraser, A. & Halligan, S.L. (2016) CC

Background: Understanding the natural course of child and adolescent posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has significant implications for the identification of, and intervention for, at-risk youth. We used a meta-analytic approach to examine longitudinal changes in youth PTSD prevalence and symptom ... more

Trauma and Treatment in Early Childhood: A Review of the Historical and Emerging Literature for Counselors

Buss, K.E., Warren, J.M. & Horton, E. The Professional Counselor (TPC) (2015) C1

Young children are especially susceptible to exposure to trauma. Rates of abuse and neglect among this population are staggering. This article presents a review of relevant literature, including research findings specific to early childhood vulnerability to trauma, symptoms associated with traumatic ... more

Victimization and PTSD in an Indian youth sample from Pune City

Rasmussen, D.J., Karsberg, S., Karstoft, K-I. & Elklit, A. Open Journal of Epidemiology (2013) CC

Background: Indian adolescents are presumably exposed to a range of potentially traumatizing and negative life events. However, the knowledge on this area is relatively sparse. The present study aims to investigate the prevalence of exposure to potentially traumatizing and negative life events and t ... more

Children and the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami: UNICEF’s Response in Indonesia (2005-2008) - Child Protection

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (2009)

EVALUATION REPORT. This report is a synthesis of the evaluation of UNICEF's response to the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami in Indonesia that was undertaken in August 2008 to July 2009. The evaluation assessed UNICEF's response in four sectors where it had major involvement: child protection; basic educat ... more

Case Formulation in Young People with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and First-Episode Psychosis

Halpin, E., Kugathasan, V., Hulbert, C., Alvarez-Jimenez, M. & Bendall, S Journal of Clinical Medicine (2016) CC

Background: Evidence based treatment interventions for young people with first-episode psychosis (FEP) and trauma histories is lacking. Although case formulation (CF) has been widely regarded in cognitive behavioural therapy manuals as beneficial, there is limited empirical research examining how cl ... more

Reaktionen auf schwere Belastungen und Anpassungsstörungen (ICD-10: F43)

Justine Niemczyk Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes Homburg (2017) C2

Powerpoint presentation

Reacciones agudas y crónicas ante trauma en niños y adolescentes

E. Bui; B. Ohye; S. Palitz; et al. IACAPAP (2017) C2

Trastornos de ansiedad Capítulo F.4 Editor: Daniel Martínez, Matías Irarrázaval Traducido por Beatriz Garcia Parreño, Nieves Hermosín Carpio, Sandra Alonso Bada

Integrating mental health care into primary care systems in low- and middle-income countries: lessons from prime and affirm

Davies, T.; Lund, C. Global Mental Health (2017) C1

Policy and systems. Global Mental Health(2017),4, e7, page 1 of 6. doi:10.1017/gmh.2017.3

A systematic review of online interventions for mental health in low and middle income countries: A neglected field

Arjadi , R.; Nauta, M. H.; Chowdhary, N.; et al. Global Mental Health (2015) C1

Glob Ment Health (Camb). 2015; 2: e12. Published online 2015 Jul 14. doi: 10.1017/gmh.2015.10 Low and middle income countries (LMICs) are facing an increase of the impact of mental health problems while confronted with limited resources and limited access to mental health care, known as the ‘me ... more

Management of physical health conditions in adults with severe mental disorders
recommended

World Health Organization WHO (2018) C_WHO

The global burden of disease due to mental disorders continues to rise, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). In addition to causing a large proportion of morbidity, mental disorders – especially severe mental disorders (SMD) – are linked with poorer health outcomes and increase ... more

Child and adolescent mental and behavioural disorders mhGAP. Training of Health-care Providers and Training manual Supporting material

World Health Organization WHO (2010) C_WHO

Training of Health-care Providers and Training manual Supporting material

Realising supported decision making and advance planning WHO QualityRights training to act, unite and empower for mental health (P I L O T V E R S I O N)

World Health Organization WHO (2017) C_WHO

This training and guidance has been developed to provide an in-depth understanding on what it means to respect legal capacity in mental health and related areas as well as concrete strategies to ensure that people are able to exercise their right to legal capacity in all areas of their life. In this ... more

WHO QualityRights Tool Kit Assessing and improving quality and human rights in mental health and social care facilities

World Health Organization WHO WHO (2012) C_WHO

The aim of the WHO QualityRights tool kit is to support countries in assessing and improving the quality and human rights of their mental health and social care facilities. The tool kit is based on an extensive international review by people with mental disabilities and their organizations. It ha ... more

ARTs Based Therapy for Survivors of Trauma and Abuse in Government and NGO-Run Children's Home for Girls in Delhi

Save the Children (2016) C1

This article identifies the three core defining characteristics of healing environments for children and young people who have been exposed to chronic adversity and trauma. A large body of evidence highlights the pervasive and devastating developmental impacts of such exposure but there is also emer ... more

Early Detection and Intervention in Bipolar Affective Disorder: targeting the development of the disorder

Howes, O.D.; and I.Falkenberg (2011) CC

Curr Psychiatry Rep. 2011 Dec;13(6):493-9. doi: 10.1007/s11920-011-0229-8.

'I Can Forgive Now' - Evaluation Study of War Child's Psychosocial Support Intervention I DEAL

Eiling, E. & van Diggele-Holtland, M. War Child Holland (2013) C2

Despite growing evidence on the impact of psychosocial support interventions, there is an urgent need for a stronger evidence base on approaches that effectively support children affected by armed conflict. To contribute to this evidence base, and building on a pilot study conducted in Uganda in 200 ... more

Focused psychosocial interventions for children in low-resource humanitarian settings: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis

Purgato, M., Gross, A.L., Betancourt, T., et al Lancet Glob Health (2018) CC

Results from studies evaluating the effectiveness of focused psychosocial support interventions in children exposed to traumatic events in humanitarian settings in low-income and middle-income countries have been inconsistent, showing varying results by setting and subgroup (eg, age or gender). We a ... more