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Utilising a computer game as a therapeutic intervention for youth in residential care: Some preliminary findings on use and acceptability
- Authors:
- AVENTIN Aine, HOUSTON Stan, MACDONALD Geraldine
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Youth Services Review, 47(3), 2014, pp.362-369.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
Mental illness is common amongst young people living in residential care, many of whom are reluctant to avail of therapeutic help. The potential value of computer games as therapeutic tools for these young people has received very little attention, despite indications of their potential for promoting engagement in therapeutic work and improving mental health outcomes. This study aimed to fill this research gap through the development, introduction, and preliminary evaluation of a therapeutic intervention in group care settings. The intervention incorporated a commercially available computer game (The SIMS Life Stories™) and emotion regulation skill coaching. Qualified residential social workers were trained to deliver it to young people in three children's homes in Northern Ireland, where therapeutic approaches to social work had been introduced. The research was framed as an exploratory case study which aimed to determine the acceptability and potential therapeutic value of this intervention. The evidence suggests that computer-game based interventions of this type may have value as therapeutic tools in group care settings and deserve further development and empirical investigation to determine their effectiveness in improving mental health outcomes (Publisher abstract)
After the Omagh bomb
- Authors:
- BLACK Selwyn, IRVING Pauline, WEINREICH Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Counselling, 11(9), November 2000, pp.559-561.
An increasing body of research suggests that counsellors who work with traumatised clients are vulnerable to the effects of vicarious traumatisation. Reports on a research project with a team of counsellors working with survivors of the Omagh bomb.
Advancing psychological therapies research in Northern Ireland
- Authors:
- IRVINE Mandy, et al
- Publisher:
- Public Health Agency
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 191p.
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
One of a series of rapid research reviews following the Bamford Review to contribute to a needs led research programme for psychological therapies. First the paper reviews existing national and international literature regarding psychological therapies. It then outlines the findings of a regional survey into the current provision of psychological therapies and research programmes being delivered across statutory and third sector services in Northern Ireland. The findings of the presented by the four main client groups of: adults; older adults; children and young people; and learning disabilities. Conditions covered include: depression, anxiety, post traumatic stress disorder, suicide, Autistic Spectrum Disorders, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and challenging behaviour. Finally the authors offer a model for prioritising future needs-led research in the psychological therapies in Northern Ireland.