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Child Psychiatry Takes to the Streets: A Developmental Partnership between a University Institute and Children and Adolescents from the Streets of Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Scivoletto, Sandra; da Silva, Thiago Fernando; Rosenheck, Robert Alan – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2011
Objective: High levels of domestic violence, mental illness, and alienation from authorities are associated with high incidence of children/adolescents living on the streets in low and middle income countries. The Equilibrium Project (Programa Equilibrio) was created to facilitate social reintegration through a virtual partnership between an…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Sexual Abuse, Mental Disorders, Drug Use
Factor Structure and Reliability of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire in a Canadian Undergraduate Student Sample
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Paivio, Sandra, C.; Cramer, Kenneth, M. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2004
Objective: The aims of this study were to examine (1) the psychometric properties of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire [CTQ; Bernstein, D., Fink, L., Handelsman, L., Foote, J., Lovejoy, M., Wenzel, K., Sapareto, E., & Ruggiero, J. (1994). Initial reliability and validity of a new retrospective measure of child abuse and neglect. American…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Questionnaires, Psychometrics, Test Reliability
Progress Report on the Development of Child Abuse Prevention, Identification, and Treatment Systems in Eastern Europe
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Lewis, Owen; Sargent, John; Chaffin, Mark; Friedrich, William N.; Cunningham, Nicholas; Cantor, Pamela; Coffey, Pamela Sumner; Villani, Susan; Beard, Philip R.; Clifft, Mary Ann; Greenspun, David – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2004
Problem: After the Soviet Union dissolved in 1989, it became apparent that there was little recognition of the problems of child abuse and neglect, professionally, legally, or societally. There were no effective systems or laws in place to deal with these problems. Method: Beginning in 1995 the Children's Mental Health Alliance, in conjunction…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Nongovernmental Organizations, Mental Health Workers, Mental Health
Modification of Depression by COMT val[superscript 158]Met Polymorphism in Children Exposed to Early Severe Psychosocial Deprivation
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Drury, Stacy S.; Theall, Katherine P.; Smyke, Anna T.; Keats, Bronya J. B.; Egger, Helen L.; Nelson, Charles A.; Fox, Nathan A.; Marshall, Peter J.; Zeanah, Charles H. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2010
Objective: To examine the impact of the catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) val[superscript 158]met allele on depressive symptoms in young children exposed to early severe social deprivation as a result of being raised in institutions. Methods: One hundred thirty six children from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project (BEIP) were randomized…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Placement, Multivariate Analysis, Disadvantaged Environment