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Childhood trauma, the brain and social work: a short guide about the importance of social relationships for mental health
- Author:
- MCCRORY Eamon
- Publisher:
- UK Trauma Council
- Publication year:
- 2022
- Pagination:
- 24
- Place of publication:
- London
This short guide about childhood trauma aims to share some of the latest research findings with those who are working every day to support children who have experienced complex trauma in the form of maltreatment. It unpacks in some detail how brain changes can affect a child's social world, and why this is important in helping us understand the mental health of children and young people who have experienced maltreatment. Supportive social relationships are key to good mental health for everyone. To understand why maltreatment increases a child's risk of later mental health problems, it is important that we consider how such experiences can affect social relationships. Understanding how past maltreatment affects a child's current and future social world can help us develop more effective ways for a child to build and maintain supportive social relationships. This can ultimately reduce the risk of mental health problems developing. The guide considers how adults and systems can help build and scaffold a better social world for children. Social workers, foster carers, adoptive parents and teachers can all play a role, as can policy makers, funders and commissioners. (Edited publisher abstract)
Connecting up the care: supporting London's children exposed to domestic abuse, parental mental ill-health and parental substance abuse
- Author:
- LONDON ASSEMBLY. Health Committee
- Publisher:
- London Assembly
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Pagination:
- 11
- Place of publication:
- London
Early neglect and trauma on children can have substantial negative outcomes later on in life. These potentially traumatic events are called Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). This report from the London Assembly Health Committee examines three commonly co-occurring ACEs to assess their prevalence in London and how access to and support from services could be improved. The co-occurring ACEs are: domestic violence and abuse, parental mental ill-health and parental alcohol and drug misuse. Key findings of highlight the importance of: information sharing and data collection; multi-agency working; and the adoption of a trauma-informed approach to improve outcomes. (Edited publisher abstract)
The impact of extrafamilial victimization and poly-victimization on the psychological well-being of English young people
- Authors:
- JACKSON-HOLLIS Vicki, JOSEPH Stephen, BROWNE Kevin
- Journal article citation:
- Child Abuse and Neglect, 67, 2017, p.349–361.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
Childhood victimization impacts on the well-being of children and young people, particularly those experiencing an extreme amount of different types of victimization (i.e., poly-victims). However, limited attention has been given to the impact of different categories of extrafamilial victimization (experienced outside of the family), particularly in the UK. The intricacies of the significant detrimental impact poly-victimization has on victims are also poorly understood. In this study, 730 young people, aged 13 to 16 years (mean 13.8 years), from one county in the UK, were surveyed about their lifetime and past year experiences of extrafamilial victimization, the locations in which these occurred, and current trauma symptoms. The results showed that interpersonal forms of extrafamilial victimization (e.g., sexual victimization) were significant predictors of trauma, whilst more indirect forms of extrafamilial victimization (e.g., witnessing the victimization of others) were not. When extrafamilial poly-victimization and number of extrafamilial victim locations were accounted for within regression models, however, this impact was reduced. Poly-victimization within the past year was the strongest predictor of trauma symptoms. Number of victim locations did not significantly predict trauma symptoms above and beyond the impact of poly-victimization, although it was a contributory predictor. These findings suggest that a holistic exploration of a young person's extrafamilial victim experiences is needed in any clinical assessment or research into its psychological impact. Specifically, attention should be given to the experiencing of extreme levels of victimization (e.g., poly-victimization). Further longitudinal research is needed to understand why poly-victimization has the greatest impact on psychological well-being. (Publisher abstract)
Age at injury, emotional problems and executive functioning in understanding disrupted social relationships following childhood acquired brain injury
- Authors:
- GRACEY Fergus, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Social Care and Neurodisability, 5(3), 2014, pp.160-170.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: Clinically significant childhood acquired brain injury (ABI) is associated with increased risk of emotional and behavioural dysfunction and peer relationship problems. The purpose of this paper is to determine how emotional and peer related problems for children with ABI compare with those of children referred to mental health services, and to identify clinical predictors of peer relationship problems in a heterogeneous sample typical of a specialist community rehabilitation setting. Design/methodology/approach: Participants were 51 children with clinically significant ABI (32 traumatic brain injury; 29 male) referred for outpatient neuropsychological rehabilitation. Emotional, behavioural and social outcomes were measured using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), and executive functioning was measured with the Behaviour Rating Inventory of Executive Functions. Correlational analyses were used to explore variables associated with peer relationships. A subgroup (n=27) of children with ABI were compared to an age and sex matched mental health group to determine differences on SDQ subscales. Findings: The SDQ profiles of children with clinically significant ABI did not significantly differ from matched children referred to mental health services. Time since injury, peer relationship problems, metacognitive, and behavioural problems correlated with age at injury. These variables and SDQ emotional problems correlated with peer relationship problems. Linear multiple regression analysis indicated that only metacognitive skills remained a significant predictor of peer relationship problems, and metacognitive skills were found to significantly mediate between age at injury and peer relationship problems. Research limitations/implications: The study confirms the significant effect of childhood ABI on relationships with peers and mental health, those injured at a younger age faring worst. Within the methodological constraints of this study, the results tentatively suggest that age of injury influences later peer relationships via the mediating role of poor metacognitive skills within a heterogeneous clinical sample. Originality/value: This is the first study to examine the roles of emotional, behavioural and executive variables on the effect of age at injury on peer relationship problems in a sample with a wide range of ages and ages of injury. (Publisher abstract)
Sick or sad? supporting Palestinian children living in conditions of chronic political violence
- Authors:
- RABAIA Yoke, SALEH Mahasin F., GIACAMAN Rita
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Society, 28(3), 2014, pp.172-181.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
In this article the authors reflect on the relatively recent emphasis on Palestinian children's mental health and well-being in the context of exposure to chronic warlike conditions, as they position this trend within the larger framework of the generations-long history of political turmoil and suffering. The authors describe how a process that started with no attention to psychosocial health of children in relation to exposure to dispossession, expulsion, occupation, repression and military attacks, proceeded with a focus on presumed mental disorders, and the more recent approach of designing context appropriate and community-based psychosocial interventions. (Edited publisher abstract)
Lifetime prevalence of multiple victimizations and its impact on children’s mental health
- Authors:
- CYR Katie, CLEMENT Marie-Eve, CHAMBERLAND Claire
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 29(4), 2014, pp.616-634.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This study sought to document lifetime experiences of individual categories of victimizations and polyvictimization using the Juvenile Victimization Questionnaire among children from the province of Quebec (Canada) to examine whether polyvictimization predicts mental health symptoms and to assess whether categories of victimization still contribute to mental health symptoms after considering polyvictimization. Polyvictimization accounted for the most variability in scores for depression, anxiety, and anger/aggression compared with individual victimization categories. None of the individual categories of victimization made an independent contribution to the prediction of trauma scores, once polyvictimization was considered. (Publisher abstract)
History of interpersonal violence, abuse, and nonvictimization trauma and severity of psychiatric symptoms among children in outpatient psychiatric treatment
- Authors:
- FORD Julian D., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 26(16), November 2011, pp.3316-3337.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Child victims of interpersonal violence are at increased risk of both internalising and externalising psychiatric problems. This study aimed to determine whether specific forms of interpersonal violence were associated with the internalising and externalising psychiatric problems in a clinical sample of child psychiatry outpatients. Study data was collected by chart review of 114 consecutive admissions over a 1-year period at a Child and Adolescent Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic in the northeastern United States. Data included history of documented maltreatment, potentially traumatic domestic or community violence, neglect or emotional abuse, and noninterpersonal stressors as well as demographics, psychiatric diagnoses, and parent-rated child emotional and disruptive behaviour problems. Analysis revealed that any past exposure to interpersonal violence, but not to noninterpersonal traumas, was related to more severe disruptive behaviour problems. Noninterpersonal trauma and psychiatric diagnoses were associated with emotional problems; exposure to interpersonal violence appeared to partially account for this relationship despite not being independently associated with emotional problem severity. The article concludes that a history of exposure to interpersonal violence should be considered in the assessment and treatment planning of children receiving outpatient psychiatric care.
Pathological dissociation as measured by the child dissociative checklist
- Authors:
- WHERRY Jeffrey N., NEIL Debra A., TAYLOR Tamara N.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 18(1), 2009, pp.93-102.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The component structure of the Child Dissociative Checklist was examined among abused children. A factor described as pathological dissociation emerged that was predicted by participants being male. There also were differences in pathological dissociation between groups of sexually abused and physically abused children. Replication of this factor and the establishment of base rates for various groups of children are recommended so that the Child Dissociative Checklist might be used to more effectively eliminate false positives and increase true positives in the screening and ultimate treatment of dissociative children.
Too much too young?
- Author:
- FRANCIS Joy
- Journal article citation:
- Care and Health Magazine, 1.03.05, 2005, pp.20-22.
- Publisher:
- Care and Health
Many unaccompanied children seeking asylum in the UK come from war zones. Reports on efforts by primary gateway authorities to address their trauma.
How wishing on a Starr helped
- Author:
- HOPKINS Graham
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 9.1.03, 2003, pp.42-43.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Presents a case study of a young asylum seeker who was severely traumatised when she sought asylum in Britain. Looks at how social care staff helped her recover by offering practical support.