Considering the findings of studies
on psychosocial interventions to promote adjustment in families of child with CHD, a holistic approach is recommended (6).
Presentation at the Indian National Workshop
on Psychosocial Interventions in Health Care.
The What works to promote emotional wellbeing in older people — a review of the evidence
on psychosocial interventions for older people booklet covers a range of interventions that can be used to promote emotional wellbeing or to help people with anxiety or depression.
Behavior therapy is considered probably efficacious for childhood depression, and a number of other experimental interventions show promise but require further evaluation.12 Currently, only 2 research groups have focused
on psychosocial interventions for childhood bipolar disorder.13 - 15 Hence, increased attention to creation and testing of treatments specifically targeting depression and bipolar disorder in children is needed.16 In particular, studies should focus on children's developmental needs, address comorbidity, involve family members in treatment, demonstrate treatment gains as rated by parents and clinicians rather than children themselves, and compare experimental interventions with standard care or treatment as usual (TAU) rather than no - treatment or attention control groups.12, 17,18 In addition, parental psychopathology may affect treatment adherence and response.
Not exact matches
• A brief, inexpensive US
intervention (one prenatal session, in separate gender groups focusing
on psychosocial issues related to becoming first - time parents) was associated with reduced distress in some mothers at six weeks postpartum.
• A brief, inexpensive US prenatal
intervention (consisting of one prenatal session with parents in separate gender groups focusing
on psychosocial issues of first - time parenthood) was associated with mothers» reporting greater satisfaction with the sharing of home and baby tasks post partum (Matthey et al, 2004).
for training, practice and reference, December 2007 IBFAN Training Courses
on the Code ICAP, 2010 Improving Retention, Adherence, and
Psychosocial Support within PMTCT Services: Implementation Workshop for Health Workers IYCN Project, The roles of grandmothers and men: evidence supporting a familyfocused approach to optimal infant and young child nutrition IYCN Project Mother - to - Mother Support Groups Trainer's Manual - Facilitator's Manual with Discussion Guide IYCN Project, 2010, Infant Feeding and HIV: Trainer's guide and participant's manual for training community - based workers and volunteers IYCN Project 2010, Infant Feeding and HIV: Participant's manual for community - based workers and volunteers IYCN Project, Infant and Young Child Feeding and Gender: A Training Manual for Male Group Leaders and Participant Manual for Male Group Leaders IYCN Project 2012, Helping an HIV - positive breastfeeding mother decide how to feed her child at 12 months: A checklist for health care providers IYCN Project 2012, Community
interventions to promote optimal breastfeeding; evidence
on early initiation, any breastfeeding, exclusive breastfeeding and continued breastfeeding; literature review, January 2012 UNICEF 2011, Community IYCF Counselling Package - The technical content of this package reflects the Guidelines
on HIV and Infant Feeding 2010: Principles and Recommendations for Infant Feeding in the Context of HIV and a Summary of Evidence related to IYCF in the context of HIV.
Dr. Dugosh and colleagues make recommendations for research
on the role of
psychosocial interventions as a part of «comprehensive, recovery - oriented treatment» for opioid use disorders.
«If so, our findings highlight a point of entry, where future
interventions can focus their attention to help reduce the effects of maternal depression
on children's
psychosocial development.»
Additional limitations to the traditional approach include: costly failures to replicate positive results in larger trials; difficulty in determining the reasons for negative results; low yield in terms of identifying disease or
intervention mechanisms due to an exclusive focus
on symptom change and clinical endpoints; and, the expensive and very lengthy practice of first establishing multi-component
psychosocial treatments followed by years of «unpacking» studies.
Students will take
on core coursework that focuses
on the
psychosocial needs of children and families in health care settings and the implementation, documentation, and assessment of developmentally appropriate child life
interventions.
The objective of the Bachelor of Physician Assistantship programme is to train graduates who will possess the ability to evaluate the health status of an individual, diagnose and treat acute illness as well as life saving
interventions, manage chronic diseases, deliver preventive care and counsel individuals
on psychosocial problems in independently or in collaboration with a physician.
About Blog Interdem is a pan-European network of researchers collaborating in research
on and dissemination of Early, Timely and Quality
Psychosocial Interventions in Dementia aimed at improving the quality of life of people with dementia and their supporters, across Europe.
Conducted social work
on acute psychiatric adult and child inpatient units and provided direct social work services including individual and family brief therapeutic
interventions, discharge planning,
psychosocial evaluations, and treatment planning.
Social Worker — Duties & Responsibilities Successfully serve as a psychiatric social worker and practice manager for multiple institutions Perform crisis
intervention, adult, geriatric, child, and adolescent case management and therapy Counsel patients facing depression, substance abuse, bipolar disorder, dementia, and schizophrenia Serve survivors of domestic violence, rape, robbery, child abuse, suicide, and other traumatic events Responsible for 24 hour
on call crisis
intervention for multiple hospital emergency rooms Complete
psychosocial assessments to ensure appropriate patient diagnosis and care Design and implement treatment plans including medication and individual / group / family therapy sessions Attend weekly team meetings to assess patient progress and document in the DAP system Review psychometric and psychological reports and provide feedback to patients and families Provide clients and family members with guidance and referrals to community resources Maintain contact with family members and encouraged their involvement in patient treatment Performed discharge planning including nursing home placement, home health, medication needs, transportation and Passport screening, extended in - patient and out - patient mental health services Serve as public speaker, referral development committee member, and marketing / financial advisor
In the case of alcohol dependence, naltrexone can be administered along with
psychosocial interventions designed to target addiction (for example, 12 step programmes, motivational interviewing, cognitive behavioural therapy relapse prevention, contingency management, and so
on).
This section of Blueprint for Change — Research
on Child and Adolescent Mental Health examines issues including cost and service utilization, areas of scientific research including basic neuroscience, behavioral science, prevention,
psychosocial interventions, and psychopharmacology.
In relapse prevention pharmacotherapies for the treatment of addiction problems, the effects
on outcome are modest compared with other influences (such as patient characteristics, active follow - up and social stability) 1 and complicated by the effects of
psychosocial interventions that are always recommended alongside any prescribing.2
Dr. Ford developed and conducts research
on the TARGET
psychosocial intervention model for adult, adolescent, and child traumatic stress disorders.
All families were encouraged to continue TAU (ie, any other
psychosocial, psychopharmacological, and educational
interventions the family desired)
on their own during the study, and TAU was systematically assessed throughout the study.
Introduction Despite the rising trend of cancer prevalence and increase in family caregiving, little attention has been paid to the efficacy of
psychosocial interventions among Asian caregiver samples, particularly support groups, given the benefits that have been shown in studies
on Western populations.
In addition to her practical experience, Christine has been involved in research focusing
on the early
intervention of childhood anxiety, as well as the development of guidelines for
psychosocial support in complex disasters.
This study aims to test the effect of an evidence - based, complex interdisciplinary lifestyle and
psychosocial continuous prepartum and postpartum
intervention in women with GDM
on maternal and offspring metabolic and mental health outcomes up to 1 year postpartum.
The new generation of pharmacological treatment approaches to dementia attract most attention, but this study is a timely reminder that simple, early,
psychosocial interventions with caregivers can be cost effective in maintaining patients at home, while not increasing strain
on relatives.
Covered in four 1 h long weekly sessions, the
intervention encompasses topics
on the
psychosocial and emotional aspects of the caregiving role.
Interventions targeting modifiable risk factors (eg, smoking, inactivity, and poor diet) in adult life have only limited efficacy in preventing age - related disease.3, 4 Because of the increasing recognition that preventable risk exposures in early life may contribute to pathophysiological processes leading to age - related disease, 5,6 the science of aging has turned to a life - course perspective.7, 8 Capitalizing
on this perspective, this study tested the contribution of adverse
psychosocial experiences in childhood to 3 adult conditions that are known to predict age - related diseases: depression, inflammation, and the clustering of metabolic risk markers, hereinafter referred to as age - related - disease risks.
We identified 15 examples of
psychosocial interventions published in peer - reviewed journals that were adequately evaluated for their effects
on psychologic or social outcomes among children with chronic health conditions or their family members.
Firstly, eligible studies were selected partly
on the basis that they reported a planned evaluation of a
psychosocial intervention.
A Cochrane review of group - based parenting
interventions to improve parental
psychosocial health found evidence to support the use of parenting programmes12 and a separate Cochrane review found some evidence that psychological therapies are beneficial for parents of CSHCN.13 Further evidence covering related issues have also been reviewed, for example, research
on improving or supporting professional — parent collaborations in managing CSHCN, 5 14 nursing research
on parenting children with complex chronic conditions, 15 the nature of family engagement in
interventions for this population16 and the role of interactive media for parental education.17
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of a preventive educational - behavioral
intervention program, the Creating Opportunities for Parent Empowerment (COPE) program, initiated early in the intensive care unit hospitalization
on the mental health /
psychosocial outcomes of critically ill young children and their mothers.
Effects of a
Psychosocial Family - Based Preventive
Intervention on Cortisol Response to a Social Challenge in Preschoolers at High Risk for Antisocial Behavior.
Interventions Addressing Child Exposure to Trauma: Part 1 — Child Maltreatment (PDF - 533 KB) Effective Health Care Program (2012) Reviews psychosocial interventions for children exposed to trauma to create a framework that categorizes interventions used to address the negative impact of child maltreatment and family violence on children's well - being as either clinical - level or system - level
Interventions Addressing Child Exposure to Trauma: Part 1 — Child Maltreatment (PDF - 533 KB) Effective Health Care Program (2012) Reviews
psychosocial interventions for children exposed to trauma to create a framework that categorizes interventions used to address the negative impact of child maltreatment and family violence on children's well - being as either clinical - level or system - level
interventions for children exposed to trauma to create a framework that categorizes
interventions used to address the negative impact of child maltreatment and family violence on children's well - being as either clinical - level or system - level
interventions used to address the negative impact of child maltreatment and family violence
on children's well - being as either clinical - level or system - level in approach.
However, recent studies indicate that different
psychosocial interventions produce different results in cancer patients3 and that emotional reactions to cancer differ depending
on the site of the tumour.4 We recommend that health professionals attend to these factors when making use of the clinically important findings reported by Barsevick et al..
We have previously reported the immediate effects of this
psychosocial family - based
intervention on independently observed aspects of the caregiving environment and child social competence during unfamiliar peer entry, including approach and regulatory behaviors.30 Thus, we have demonstrated the efficacy of the
intervention in altering the targeted risk factors.
Conclusion:
Interventions on psychosocial dysfunction need a great start, targeting adolescents, their caregivers, and community stakeholders, with a special emphasis
on the school setting.
On the basis of this demonstration that anticipatory cortisol response, but not postchallenge cortisol response, is altered by a
psychosocial family - based
intervention, future studies should carefully evaluate these possible explanatory processes.
individual and group counseling treatment
interventions focused
on facilitating adjustments to the medical and
psychosocial impact of disability;
Interventions aiming at reducing employee stress levels, especially regarding behavioural and cognitive stress, could benefit from focussing
on psychosocial work environment exposures such as skill discretion, meaning of work, psychological demands, information flow and management quality.
Source: American Academy of Pediatrics The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of a preventative educational - behavioral
intervention program, the Creating Opportunities for Parent Empowerment (COPE) program, initiated early in the intensive care unit hospitalization
on the mental health /
psychosocial outcomes of critically ill young children and their mothers.
OBJECTIVE: To systematically review and synthesize the effects of PCBR
interventions on psychosocial functioning of children and parents.
The aim is to document the effectiveness of a preventive family
intervention (Family Talk Intervention, FTI) and a brief psychoeducational discussion with parents (Let's Talk about the Children, LT) on children's psychosocial symptoms and prosocial behaviour in families with parental mood disorder, when the interventions are practiced in psychiatric services for adults in the finnish national hea
intervention (Family Talk
Intervention, FTI) and a brief psychoeducational discussion with parents (Let's Talk about the Children, LT) on children's psychosocial symptoms and prosocial behaviour in families with parental mood disorder, when the interventions are practiced in psychiatric services for adults in the finnish national hea
Intervention, FTI) and a brief psychoeducational discussion with parents (Let's Talk about the Children, LT)
on children's
psychosocial symptoms and prosocial behaviour in families with parental mood disorder, when the
interventions are practiced in psychiatric services for adults in the finnish national health service.
Our critique focuses
on the body of literature investigating
psychosocial interventions relating to the educational inclusion of children diagnosed with ADHD.
Any adverse effects relating to child or parental
psychosocial health or indeed, family functioning (unintended consequences of parent training may include, for example, feelings of disempowerment
on the part of untrained spouses / partners / other carers related to the participants of the
interventions).
There was no significant difference between effects of PCBR
interventions on psychosocial outcomes of parents or children (Qb = 0.376; P =.540).
The different
psychosocial interventions all have some overlapping paradigms; for example, psychoeducation is part of CBT.47 It may also reflect a similar approach to delivery, in that material is presented in a sequential and structured manner, with an emphasis
on patients gaining personalised skills in the management of their illness.34 Finally, the different psychological approaches each have their own emphasis, but share the strategies shown in Box 2 — that is, key content related to the therapeutic alliance, education, enhancement of adherence, early identification of prodromes, awareness of illness triggers, the importance of supportive relationships, and development of strategies such as relapse prevention plans and constructive coping skills.
During the preschool years,
psychosocial interventions with parents regarding their parenting practices have immediate effects both
on parenting behaviours and
on aggressive and noncompliant behaviours among children.
The author reviews research
on psychosocial issues and
interventions in this disorder.
The effect of group - based weight - control
intervention on adolescent
psychosocial outcomes: Perceived peer rejection, social anxiety, and self - concept
Second, we question their exclusive focus
on cancer - related mortality, when strong cumulative evidence suggests that optimism is related to positive health outcomes for other major diseases, and that
psychosocial interventions may improve other important cancer outcomes, such as reduced pain and increased quality of life.
Based
on these findings, it is suggested that psychological
interventions for successful
psychosocial adaptation of adolescents from single parent families should focus
on the question of optimism.