Tagged With "Behavioral Disorders"

The World Health Organization has compiled a recent meta-analysis about how much ACEs cost us Millions of adults across Europe and north America live with a legacy of ACEs. Their findings suggest that a 10% reduction in ACE prevalence could equate to annual savings of $105 billion. Programs to prevent ACEs and moderate their effects are available. Rebalancing expenditure towards ensuring safe and nurturing childhoods would be economically beneficial and relieve pressures on health-care...

Abstract Mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders in children present numerous complications that can extend into adulthood. The current standard of care uses cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and/or medication (Ogundele, 2018). Research suggests that utilization of canine-assisted therapy (CAT) may have profound effects on behavior (Schuck, 2015). The current study uses a trauma-informed approach to compare the effectiveness of CBT alone, or in combination with CAT, in school-aged...

Hello everyone, as part of my graduate coursework, I've written a grant proposal that proposes a trauma-informed public health intervention for providing culturally appropriate mental health services for the Southeast Asian American community in Long Beach, California. Below, I give an overview of my grant and discuss applicable trauma-informed principles, levels of the social-ecological model, and public health framework. Overview Southeast Asian American (SEAA) communities in the United...

Summary This grant will help fund a public health intervention that utilizes cognitive behavioral therapy to address Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) as it relates to emotional abuse. The intervention will include weekly family and individual therapy sessions for a three month period that address domestic emotional abuse and teach families appropriate coping skills. The target population is Gainesville families with children ages 5-17 years who have experienced emotional abuse and...

[Editor's note: Dr. Harise Stein at Stanford University edits a web site — abuseresearch.info — that focuses on the effects of abuse, and includes research articles on PACEs. Every month, she posts the summaries of the abstracts and links to research articles that address only ACEs, PCEs and PACEs. Thank you, Harise!! — Rafael Maravilla] Domestic Violence – Effects on Children Makris G, Eleftheriades A, Pervanidou P. Early Life Stress, Hormones, and Neurodevelopmental Disorders. Horm Res...