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Pedersen, Gloria A.; Sangraula, Manaswi; Shrestha, Pragya; Lakshmin, Pooja; Schafer, Alison; Ghimire, Renasha; Luitel, Nagendra P.; Jordans, Mark J. D.; Kohrt, Brandon A. – Journal on Education in Emergencies, 2021
In humanitarian settings, mental health and psychosocial support services (MHPSS) are often delivered in group-based formats. Group interventions enable providers to reach more individuals when resources and technical expertise are limited. Group-based programs also foster social support, empathy, and collective problem-solving among the…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Health Services, Intervention, Group Counseling
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Rengasamy, Manivel; Mansoor, Brandon M.; Hilton, Robert; Porta, Giovanna; He, Jiayan; Emslie, Graham J.; Mayes, Taryn; Clarke, Gregory N.; Wagner, Karen Dineen; Keller, Martin B.; Ryan, Neal D.; Birmaher, Boris; Shamseddeen, Wael; Asarnow, Joan Rosenbaum; Brent, David A. – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2013
Objective: To examine the bidirectional relationship between parent-child discord and treatment outcome for adolescent treatment-resistant depression. Method: Depressed youth who had not responded to an adequate course of a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) were randomized to either a switch to another SSRI or venlafaxine, with or…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Therapy, Adolescents, Parents
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Kolko, David J.; Iselin, Anne-Marie R.; Gully, Kevin J. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2011
This paper examines the sustainability and outcome of Alternatives for Families: A Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (AF-CBT) as delivered by practitioners in a community-based child protection program who had received training in the model several years earlier. Formerly described as Abuse-Focused CBT, AF-CBT is an evidence-based treatment (EBT) for…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Rating Scales, Data Collection, Therapy
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Peris, Tara S.; Sugar, Catherine A.; Bergman, R. Lindsey; Chang, Susanna; Langley, Audra; Piacentini, John – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2012
Objective: To examine family conflict, parental blame, and poor family cohesion as predictors of treatment outcome for youths receiving family-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (FCBT) for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Method: We analyzed data from a sample of youths who were randomized to FCBT (n = 49; 59% male; M age = 12.43 years) as…
Descriptors: Outcome Measures, Adolescents, Measures (Individuals), Anxiety Disorders
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Huyser, Chaim; Veltman, Dick J.; Wolters, Lidewij H.; de Haan, Else; Boer, Frits – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2011
Background: Heightened error and conflict monitoring are considered central mechanisms in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and are associated with anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) function. Pediatric obsessive-compulsive patients provide an opportunity to investigate the development of this area and its associations with psychopathology.…
Descriptors: Anxiety Disorders, Conflict, Psychopathology, Patients
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Amaya, Meredith M.; Reinecke, Mark A.; Silva, Susan G.; March, John S. – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2011
Evidence suggests that parental marital discord contributes to the development of internalizing and externalizing symptoms in children and adolescents. Few studies, however, have examined the association between parental marital discord and youth's response to treatment. The present study examined the impact of interparental discord on treatment…
Descriptors: Marital Satisfaction, Behavior Modification, Adolescents, Therapy
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Silverman, Wendy K.; Kurtines, William M.; Jaccard, James; Pina, Armando A. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2009
This randomized clinical trial compared cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) with minimal parent involvement to CBT with active parent involvement in a sample of 119 youths (7-16 years old; 33.6% Caucasian, 61.3% Latino) with anxiety disorders. The dynamics of change between youth anxiety and parent variables (positive-negative behaviors toward the…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Cognitive Restructuring, Adolescents, Parent Child Relationship
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Stevens, Rene; Spears, Evans H. – Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, 2009
Over a period of 150 years, photographic images have contributed to how we see and think about the world, ourselves, and others. Individuals who are particularly resistant to therapy and those who communicate better with the use of visual aids may not benefit from standard counseling practices alone. Although verbal communication is vital in most…
Descriptors: Photography, Verbal Communication, Visual Aids, International Organizations
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Feeny, Norah C.; Silva, Susan G.; Reinecke, Mark A.; McNulty, Steven; Findling, Robert L.; Rohde, Paul; Curry, John F.; Ginsburg, Golda S.; Kratochvil, Christopher J.; Pathak, Sanjeev M.; May, Diane E.; Kennard, Betsy D.; Simons, Anne D.; Wells, Karen C.; Robins, Michele; Rosenberg, David; March, John S. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2009
This article explores aspects of family environment and parent-child conflict that may predict or moderate response to acute treatments among depressed adolescents (N = 439) randomly assigned to fluoxetine, cognitive behavioral therapy, their combination, or placebo. Outcomes were Week 12 scores on measures of depression and global impairment. Of…
Descriptors: Conflict, Cognitive Restructuring, Adolescents, Family Environment
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Dattilio, Frank M. – Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 2005
Cognitive-behavior therapists define schemas as cognitive structures that organize thought and perception. Schemas are also viewed as having an integral influence on emotion and behavior. In this article, I examine the role of schema in family conflict and the specific interventions used in restructuring them during the course of family therapy.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Family Counseling, Therapy, Cognitive Restructuring
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Spiropoulos, Georgia V.; Spruance, Lisa; Van Voorhis, Patricia; Schmitt, Michelle M. – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2005
The effects of "Problem Solving" (Taymans & Parese, 1998) are compared across small diversion and prison samples for men and women. A second program, "Pathfinders" (Hansen, 1993), was compared to the Problem Solving program among incarcerated women offenders to determine whether its focus upon empowerment and relationships enhanced the effects of…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Problem Solving, Depression (Psychology), Cognitive Restructuring
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Martsch, Martin D. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2005
Objective: This study compared two group treatments for aggressive behavior in adjudicated male adolescents: a cognitive-behavioral program (low process) and a program integrating group interaction with cognitive-behavioral training (high process). Method: The court-ordered adolescents were divided into two age groups, younger and older, and…
Descriptors: Aggression, Conflict, Adolescents, Group Dynamics