Context: Parents of children with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) are recommended to be included in their child’s treatment as they are considered integral to the child’s recovery. Studies have found an association between child PTSD and parent PTSD and depression, making it likely that parents are experiencing their own mental health difficulties alongside their child’s. However, little work has been conducted exploring the impact of child PTSD therapy on parental mental health. Aim: This research portfolio aimed to investigate whether parents’ own mental health improves as a result of their child receiving a psychological intervention for PTSD. Design: The project is presented in a thesis portfolio format combining two main ...
Positive psychology was founded by Martin Seligman and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi in 2000 as a psycholo...
A significant minority of children and adolescents experience symptoms of acute stress following exp...
Both treatment outcome studies and meta-analyses document the efficacy of multiple cognitivebehavior...
Background: The experience of trauma in childhood occurs at a time when children are highly vulnerab...
Approaches for working with trauma-exposed populations have been critical in addressing the widespre...
Background The experience of trauma in childhood, for a minority of individuals, can lead to chron...
The lifetime prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) ranges from 1 to 14 percent in the g...
This study compared the Children’s Depression Inventory (CDI) scores of traumatized youth with or wi...
For a substantial minority of young people, exposure to a traumatic event may subsequently result in...
Childhood trauma is highly prevalent and is often associated with higher rates of substance use, dep...
The purpose of this descriptive phenomenological study in this qualitative research described how mu...
Post-traumatic Stress (PTS) symptomology includes ruminating thoughts and feelings around trauma, in...
The psychological and behavioral effects of trauma are well documented, as are its significant disru...
This study compared the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMAS) scores of traumatized yout...
Background: Raising a child with a congenital heart disease (CHD) can be a difficult experience. Pos...
Positive psychology was founded by Martin Seligman and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi in 2000 as a psycholo...
A significant minority of children and adolescents experience symptoms of acute stress following exp...
Both treatment outcome studies and meta-analyses document the efficacy of multiple cognitivebehavior...
Background: The experience of trauma in childhood occurs at a time when children are highly vulnerab...
Approaches for working with trauma-exposed populations have been critical in addressing the widespre...
Background The experience of trauma in childhood, for a minority of individuals, can lead to chron...
The lifetime prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) ranges from 1 to 14 percent in the g...
This study compared the Children’s Depression Inventory (CDI) scores of traumatized youth with or wi...
For a substantial minority of young people, exposure to a traumatic event may subsequently result in...
Childhood trauma is highly prevalent and is often associated with higher rates of substance use, dep...
The purpose of this descriptive phenomenological study in this qualitative research described how mu...
Post-traumatic Stress (PTS) symptomology includes ruminating thoughts and feelings around trauma, in...
The psychological and behavioral effects of trauma are well documented, as are its significant disru...
This study compared the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMAS) scores of traumatized yout...
Background: Raising a child with a congenital heart disease (CHD) can be a difficult experience. Pos...
Positive psychology was founded by Martin Seligman and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi in 2000 as a psycholo...
A significant minority of children and adolescents experience symptoms of acute stress following exp...
Both treatment outcome studies and meta-analyses document the efficacy of multiple cognitivebehavior...