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Adapted Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Children Who Have Intellectual Disabilities 2010 — Facts on Traumatic Stress and Children With Developmental Disabilities
Addressing acute mental health crises 2013 Children’s Mental Health Research magazine — Most children will never experience an acute mental health crisis. But for those who do, urgent and intensive support is often needed. But is it given? We examine the typical services provided to children in crisis as well as approaches for ensuring that fewer children need this kind of care.
Childhood Traumatic Grief Reference and Resource List — the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) at www.NCTSNet.org
CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES Management of Anxiety Disorders 2006 — These guidelines were developed to provide practical, evidence-based recommendations to primary care physicians and specialists in psychiatry for the diagnosis and treatment of anxiety disorders in Canada
Concepts and Controversies in Grief and Loss 2011 — This article discusses grief conceptualizations, including that of complicated grief, and approaches to grief counseling.
David Baldwin's Trauma Information Pages — These Trauma Pages focus primarily on emotional trauma and traumatic stress, including PTSD (Post-traumatic Stress Disorder) and dissociation, whether following individual traumatic experience(s) or a large-scale disaster.
Does Cigarette Smoking Cause Stress? 1999 (American Psychologist) — Smokers often report that cigarettes help relieve feelings of stress. However, the stress levels of adult smokers are slightly higher than those of nonsmokers, adolescent smokers report increasing levels of stress as they develop regular patterns of smoking, and smoking cessation leads to reduced stress. Far from acting as an aid for mood control, nicotine dependency seems to exacerbate stress.
Dysregulation of the right brain: a fundamental mechanism of traumatic attachment and the psychopathogenesis of posttraumatic stress disorder 2001 — This review integrates recent advances in attachment theory, affective neuroscience, developmental stress research, and infant psychiatry in order to delineate the developmental precursors of posttraumatic stress disorder
Effects of an exercise programme on anxiety in adults with intellectual disabilities 2012 — Although high anxiety is common in people with intellectual disabilities (ID) and the anxiolytic effects of exercise have been systematically recognised in clinical and nonclinical populations, research is scant concerning the role played by exercise on anxiety in people with ID. ... In comparison with the control group, the anxiety scores of people in the exercise group decreased significantly over time.
Facts on Traumatic Stress and Children with Developmental Disabilities 2004 — National Child Traumatic Stress Network www.NCTSN.org
Families Coping With Change A Conceptual Overview 2010 Chapter 1 — Families increasingly experience a wide variety of stressors associated with both positive and negative events. Advances in technology, industrialization, urbanization, increased population density (including housing, traffic, and demand on the infrastructures), terrorism, and economic issues are frequently identified as making daily life more complicated and impersonal. Gender roles are blurred, and families are more diverse as a result of divorce, unwed parenthood, remarriage, immigration, and mobility.
Insomnia and Psychiatric Disorders
Issues in Treating Patients With Intellectual Disabilities 2013 — The purpose of this article is to increase awareness of the varied and atypical presentations of patients with intellectual disabilities and comorbid psychiatric illnesses. Novel approaches to behavioral therapy and environmental modifications, and a review of pharmacotherapeutic options are discussed.
Latest developments in post-traumatic stress disorder: diagnosis and treatment 2015 — Most people will experience a traumatic event during their lives. However, not all will develop Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). There have been recent changes in diagnostic criteria for PTSD and there are a number of treatment options available.
Modified Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder with Individuals Who Have a Developmental Disability 2013 — This article outlines some modifications that have been developed in order to provide psychotherapy to individuals who have a developmental disability.
National Child Traumatic Stress Network — to improve access to care, treatment, and services for traumatized children and adolescents exposed to traumatic events.
Positive group psychotherapy modified for adults with intellectual disabilities 2014 — there is mounting evidence to show that adults with a dual diagnosis can find help through group therapy and have more productive and meaningful lives with improved relationships. This article focuses on a review of evidence for interactive behavioral therapy, a widely used model of group psychotherapy for these conditions, and reviews the modifications drawn from the field of positive psychology and positive psychotherapy being incorporated into the model.
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in individuals with diagnosis of Autistic Spectrum Disorders 2011 — Deterioration in social and communicative abilities, increase in stereotypes, aggression, distractibility, sleep disorders, agitation,hyperactivity, self-injury, and loss of self-care skills were the most common symptoms detected following trauma. These results underscore the importance of detailed assessment of behavioral and emotional problems in this group by ruling out any trauma history at periods which might otherwise be misdiagnosed as an exacerbation of symptoms of ASD.
Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome: Assessing and Treating The Aftermath of Sexual Assault - Dr. Ruth Ryan Videotape by National Association for the Dually Diagnosed (Mental Illness/Mental Retardation) from 1992 Conference — 1. Physical abuse often the cause of the disability. 2. Neglect associated with physical abuse. 3. Multiple assailants over time and type. 4. Lack of gender distinctions. 5. Trauma compounded by the system.
Practice Parameter for the Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Anxiety Disorders 2007 — This revised practice parameter reviews the evidence from research and clinical experience and highlights significant advancements in the assessment and treatment of anxiety disorders since the previous parameter was published. It highlights the importance of early assessment and intervention, gathering information from various sources, assessment of comorbid disorders, and evaluation of severity and impairment. It presents evidence to support treatment with psychotherapy, medications, and a combination of interventions in a multimodal approach.
Practice Parameter for the Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder 2010 — This Practice Parameter reviews the evidence from research and clinical experience and highlights significant advances in the assessment and treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder
SLEEP DISTURBANCE AND PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS 2013
Supporting a Person Who Is Experiencing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) 2011 — understanding the impact of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder on the lives of people with disabilities
Symptoms and Behavioral Manifestations Associated With Trauma by Lyle S. Cope, Kathy Markovich and John T. Phillips — We are learning that trauma is common in the lives of people who have disabilities. There are behavioral manifestations, signs or symptoms that may indicate that trauma has occurred.
The Geese and the Peanut Butter Chocolate Ice Cream: The Grieving Gifts to the Lexington Street Community - A Resource to Help Individuals with Developmental Disabilities and People Who Support Them Grieve the Death of Loved Ones 2006 — at an international conference related to developmental disabilities in Montpelier, France, in 2004, there were close to thirty papers presented on dealing with grief, loss, and death for people with intellectual disabilities. Most of them, though, were not from the USA. Until recently, and the excellent work done by the Last Passages Project and some new initiatives by the AAMR (soon to be AAIDD), there has been little formal focus on end of life caregiving and even fewer resources.
Time Demands and Child Mental Health: The Role of Family Characteristics and Stressful Life Events 2003 — The American family underwent significant change during the last half of the twentieth century. Transformations in family life has been characterized by increasing time pressures coincident with dramatic increases in rates of divorce and single parenthood, dual-earner families, and work hours.
Trauma processing and the development of posttraumatic stress disorder 2005 — there are great differences in how people deal with these highly aversive experiences. Although most trauma victims report PTSD symptoms immediately after experiencing a trauma, only one-third of the trauma victims show persistent symptoms and develop chronic PTSD
Traumatic Incident Stress: Information For Emergency Response Workers 2001
Understanding Child Traumatic Stress — Responding to Danger, When Danger Turns Into Trauma, What a Traumatic Situation is Like for a Young Child, What a Traumatic Situation is Like for School-age Children, What a Traumatic Situation is Like for an Adolescent, Posttraumatic Stress Responses, How Development Influences Posttraumatic Stress Responses, The Severity and Duration of Posttraumatic Stress Responses, Chronic or Repeated Trauma, Factors in Recovery from Trauma, Individual Differences, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, The Impact of Traumatic Stress on Development, The Lessons of Traumatic Experiences
Witnessing violence aggression and anxiety in young children 2003 — In 1998/99, an estimated 8% of children aged 4 to 7 were reported to have seen violent behaviour at home. Witnessing violence was concurrently associated with overt aggression for both sexes, indirect aggression among boys, and anxiety among girls. Witnessing violence was predictive of overt aggression two and four years later for both sexes.