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No words for her trauma
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 04.08.05, 2005, pp.40-41.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
A teenage girl's behaviour points to abuse from a very young age. The panel provide commentary on a case where a teenage girl, whose mother has a drug dependency, is displaying challenging and aggressive behaviour.
New York State residential treatment center admissions: differences in histories of maltreatment, behavioral problems, and mental health problems
- Authors:
- BAKER Amy J.L., PURCELL James F.
- Journal article citation:
- Residential Treatment for Children and Youth, 22(3), 2005, pp.39-53.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This study explored how the histories of young people entering residential treatment in New York State varied depending upon the age and gender of the residents. Specifically, the study asked whether children who were admitted to residential treatment centers (RTCs) under 12 years of age had a different set of characteristics than young persons who were 12 years and older when admitted (and whether boys had different characteristics than girls). Three sets of characteristics were examined: history of maltreatment, history of behavioural problems, and history of mental health problems. One-fourth of the admissions in FY 2001 was randomly selected from a sample of 16 RTCs. A review of agency records provided the information to complete the standardized data collection instrument. The results revealed statistically significant patterns of associations by age and gender. As populations shift within agencies and across time, knowledge of the characteristics associated with various age and gender groups can be used to facilitate agency planning and training of staff members. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
The people we serve
- Author:
- CRUSE Wendy
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Now: the Practice Journal of Child, Youth and Family, 30, April 2005, pp.20-26.
- Publisher:
- Child, Youth and Family (Department of Child, Youth and Family Services, Te Tari Awhina I te Tamaiti, te Rangatahi, tae atu ki te Whanau)
A large number of families who come to the attention of Child, Youth and Family are affected by alcohol, drugs, mental health problems and/or family violence. In order to put forward robust arguments for better resources, this study aimed to quantify these issues. The article presents a profile of the characteristics of families brought to the attention of Child, Youth and Family departments in and area of New Zealand. The profile was extracted from a professional quality assurance sample of 472 cases drawn for analysing work quality. Analyses the cases in terms of broad categories of referral, serious recurring issues, interrelationships and the number of identified issues per case. The main results came from the analysis: high levels of serious issues in families where there are notifications of sexual play, results highlight the dangers of growing up in a multiple-partner household; finally within the framework of the research little was known about youth justice clients.
Child physical punishment, injury and abuse (part two)
- Authors:
- WATKINS Dianne, COUSINS Judy
- Journal article citation:
- Community Practitioner, 78(9), September 2005, pp.318-321.
- Publisher:
- Community Practitioners' and Health Visitors' Association
This article introduces the microtheoretical factors that contribute to child physical punishment and its relationship with child physical injuries and abuse. the focus is on parental and child influences, lifestyle factors and socialisation of parents. It will integrate macrotheroretical factors and microtheroretical factors into a framework for the prevention of child physical injury and abuse based on an ecological model.
The course and correlates of mental health care received by young children: descriptive data from a longitudinal urban high-risk sample
- Author:
- THOMPSON Richard
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Youth Services Review, 27(1), January 2005, pp.39-50.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
As part of a larger longitudinal study, a sample of 269 predominantly low-income and minority caregiver–child dyads were recruited when the children were infants, and received annual interviews from ages 2 to 7. Almost two-thirds of the sample had been reported as maltreated. Over the course of the study, 49.4% of the children were reported by their parents as needing services at some point in time and most of these eventually received services; the probability of needing and receiving services increased with child age. Far fewer children received services for internalizing (6.7%) and life stress (5.6%) problems than for externalizing (22.3%) or other psychosocial problems (23.4%). Maltreatment did not predict receipt of services, nor did most demographic factors. However, girls and African American children had reduced likelihood of receiving services, especially for externalizing problems. Girls were less likely than boys to be perceived as needing mental health treatment, but there was no discrepancy in perceived need between African American and white children. Child gender and ethnicity are associated with parent-identified child mental health needs and with the receipt of mental health services.