Reshaping Child Welfare's Response to Trauma: Assessment, Evidence-Based Intervention, and New Research Perspectives

Autor/inn/en	Ai, Amy L.; Jackson Foster, Lovie J.; Pecora, Peter J.; Delaney, Nancy; Rodriguez, Wenceslao
Titel	Reshaping Child Welfare's Response to Trauma: Assessment, Evidence-Based Intervention, and New Research Perspectives
Quelle	In: Research on Social Work Practice, 23 (2013) 6, S.651-668 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1049-7315
DOI	10.1177/1049731513491835
Schlagwörter	Foster Care; Evidence; Trauma; Child Welfare; Intervention; Diagnostic Tests; Child Abuse; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Program Effectiveness; Outcomes of Treatment; Mental Health; Children; Adolescents; Interviews; Longitudinal Studies; Social Work; Psychiatry; Arizona; California; Idaho; Texas; Washington + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pflegehilfe; Evidenz; Kindeswohl; Diagnostic test; Diagnostischer Test; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Psychohygiene; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Soziale Arbeit; Psychiatrie; Kalifornien
Abstract	Growing evidence has linked early trauma with severe psychiatric consequences. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a potentially debilitating mental health condition found among some youth in foster care and foster care alumni. However, the current child welfare practice response has not met the demands in both assessment and intervention. This critical review aims to use the evidence to reshape the child welfare response to trauma in children and adolescents. We begin with research on the psychiatric consequences of child maltreatment and issues related to diagnostic assessment for PTSD. Next, we compare major foster care/alumni studies showing considerably higher rates of PTSD among young foster care recipients and alumni than among nationally comparable groups. To inform practice on childhood trauma, we then summarize current evidence-based interventions showing effectiveness with PTSD. Finally, we address new dimensions, such as gene-environment research, posttraumatic growth, and implications for reshaping child welfare practice and foster care. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10