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Ougrin, Dennis; Tranah, Troy; Leigh, Eleanor; Taylor, Lucy; Asarnow, Joan Rosenbaum – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2012
Background: Repeated self-harm in adolescents is common and associated with elevated psychopathology, risk of suicide, and demand for clinical services. Despite recent advances in the understanding and treatment of self-harm there have been few systematic reviews of the topic. Aims: The main aim of this article is to review randomised controlled…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Adolescents, Psychology, Psychotherapy
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Dolan, Mairead; Whitworth, Helen – Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 2013
There is little literature on childhood sexual abuse in women seen by forensic services. A cohort of 225 cases of women seen by forensic services in a medium secure unit in the UK were examined, and childhood sexual abuse and non-childhood sexual abuse cases were compared. Over half the sample had a history of childhood sexual abuse, and 5.6% of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Comparative Analysis
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Hassler, Frank; Reis, Olaf – Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews, 2010
The review presented here describes the state of the art of pharmacological treatment of aggression in subjects with mental retardation (MR) summing up results for both, children and adults. In general, psychopharmacological treatment of disruptive behavior in individuals with MR is similar to the treatment in subjects without MR. Compared to…
Descriptors: Stimulants, Behavior Problems, Self Destructive Behavior, Mental Retardation