Childhood Trauma

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Research conducted by: RAND Health; RAND Child Policy

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REPORT

Support for Students Exposed to Trauma (Japanese translation) — Jan 13, 2012

Japanese translation of Support for Students Exposed to Trauma, including a series of teacher- or school counselor–led lessons aimed at reducing distress for middle school students who have been exposed to a traumatic life event. The program includes skill-building techniques geared toward changing maladaptive thoughts and promoting positive behaviors.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Association of Childhood Abuse with Homeless Women's Social Networks — Jan 1, 2012

The effects of childhood physical abuse should be more actively investigated in clinical settings, especially those frequented by homeless women.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Going to Scale: Experiences Implementing a School-Based Trauma Intervention — Dec 1, 2011

This article describes implementation experiences describes implementation experiences "scaling up" the Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS)—an intervention developed using a community partnered research framework.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

The Influence of Mental Disorders on School Dropout in Mexico — Nov 1, 2011

Studies the impact of mental disorders on failure in educational attainment in Mexico.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Association of Family Stressful Life-Change Events and Health-Related Quality of Life in Fifth-Grade Children — Mar 31, 2011

Stressful events such as death of a family member, moving, or parental divorce significantly lower children's health related quality of life.

NEWS RELEASE

Childhood Psychological Problems Have Long-Term Impact on Individuals' Earnings and Social Relationships — Mar 28, 2011

Psychological problems experienced during childhood can have a long-lasting impact on an individual's life course, reducing people's earnings and decreasing the chances of establishing long-lasting relationships.

RESEARCH BRIEF

Helping Children Cope with Violence and Trauma: A School-Based Program That Works — Dec 31, 2010

The Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS) reduces symptoms of post-traumatic stress and depression in students exposed to violence. Free web-based training to deliver CBITS is available for mental health professionals.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Evidence-Based Mental Health Programs in Schools: Barriers and Facilitators of Successful Implementation — Dec 31, 2009

Schools with greater support from administrative leadership and clinician networks are more successful in implementing evidence-based mental health programs to help students deal with the impact of traumatic events.

REPORT

The SSET Program: Support for Students Exposed to Trauma — Jun 24, 2009

Exposure to community and interpersonal violence is a public health crisis affecting many children in the U.S., causing mental health and behavioral problems, substance abuse, and poor school performance. The SSET program is a series of ten lessons that aims to reduce distress resulting from exposure to trauma.

RESEARCH BRIEF

Making It Easier for School Staff to Help Traumatized Students — Jun 4, 2009

Describes Support for Students Exposed to Trauma (SSET), a cognitive-behavioral program intended to be delivered in schools by teachers or school counselors rather than clinical personnel.

RESEARCH BRIEF

Forging the Link Between Alcohol Advertising and Underage Drinking — Jan 19, 2006

This research brief shows that alcohol advertising appears to promote adolescent drinking and suggests that school drug prevention programs can blunt the impact of alcohol ads on youth.

RESEARCH BRIEF

Helping Children Cope with Violence: A School-Based Program that Works — Nov 25, 2005

A team of clinician-researchers from several institutions collaborated to develop, implement, and evaluate an intervention designed to help children traumatized by violence.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Theoretical Basis and Program Design of a School-Based Mental Health Intervention for Traumatized Immigrant Children: A Collaborate Research Partnership — Dec 31, 2001

This article describes a collaborative research model for school-based mental health services that targets children who are recent immigrants with violence-related mental health symptoms.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Violence Exposure, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Depressive Symptoms Among Recent Immigrant Schoolchildren — Dec 31, 2001

Many recent immigrant children are at risk for violence exposure and related psychological distress resulting from experiences before, during, and after immigration.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

How Can We Prevent Emotional Disturbances in Youth Exposed to Violence in Schools? — Dec 31, 1998

The authors study examined rates of violence exposure and related distress among youth referred to school district mental health services. They discuss the range of intervention programs for violence exposed children, and note that such treatments are rarely used in community settings. The opportunity to decrease rates of PTSD in children through prevention programs has been largely unexplored.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Conflict in Families and the Psychological Adjustment of Preadolescent Children — Dec 31, 1992

The authors examined the cross-sectional association between conflict in families and child psychological adjustment in 72 4th-5th graders.

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