Sentences with phrase «targeted psychosocial intervention»

Helps identify children and families who would benefit from targeted psychosocial intervention.

Dr. Ford developed and conducts research on the TARGET psychosocial intervention model for adult, adolescent, and child traumatic stress disorders.

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In support of this model, multiple studies have shown the association between infant negative reactivity and later psychosocial outcomes such as problem behaviour and self - regulation to be moderated by parental behaviour, so that highly reactive children fare better than others when they experience optimal parenting but worse than others when they experience negative parenting.41 - 46 Further support is found in studies indicating that interventions targeting parental attitudes and / or behaviours are particularly effective for children with a history of negative reactive temperament.47, 49

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).

Patients with melanoma and colorectal cancer were specifically targeted, and there is a gap in knowledge about effective psychosocial interventions for these patients.

We believe these findings may be useful to inform preventive interventions for this high - risk population facing a multitude of psychosocial stressors and suggest that caregiving should be a specific target.

Studies were selected if the intervention targeted children with a chronic health condition or their family members; a planned psychosocial intervention was evaluated (naturally occurring family resources, medical interventions and medical or physical treatment, medications, or treatment regimens were excluded); psychological or social outcomes were examined; and ≥ 15 participants were included in the study which had random assignment to treatment groups, a matched comparison group, or a convenience comparison group.

Variation in psychosocial influences according to the dimensions and content of children's unusual experiences: potential routes for the development of targeted interventions.

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.

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.

Maternal health and psychosocial well - being in pregnancy may be key targets for intervention.

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.

For example, a tobacco - focused review which included any intervention type, classified interventions with a component of resilience content into different subgroups such as social competence or social influence interventions, finding evidence for both broad intervention approaches.6 For the alcohol - focused review, only universal interventions were included with such interventions grouped according to whether they targeted alcohol alone or targeted multiple substance types.5 While meta - analysis was not conducted due to the heterogeneity of studies, the review concluded that some psychosocial and developmental prevention programmes were effective.

Conclusion: Interventions on psychosocial dysfunction need a great start, targeting adolescents, their caregivers, and community stakeholders, with a special emphasis on the school setting.

Evidence is emerging that psychosocial interventions can prevent depression15 - 17 in adolescents, and prevention interventions targeted at high - risk groups have recently had favorable results.16, 17 Our group has described a successful group cognitive behavioral intervention to prevent depression episodes in at - risk adolescents.18 Teens in the study had 2 significant risk factors: (1) they were offspring of depressed parents and (2) they had significant subsyndromal symptoms and / or a past episode of depression.

In sum, important temporal sequences were uncovered potentially providing information for prevention and intervention targeting psychosocial functioning in adolescents with congenital heart disease.

Adjunctive psychosocial interventions for bipolar disorder target many of the issues that are not addressed by medication alone, including non-adherence, efficacy — effectiveness gap and functionality.

The goal of the assessment process is to provide both the health care team and the psychosocial professionals involved with a clearer picture of the needs and strengths of children and families who require Targeted or Clinical * level interventions.

Parent - training programmes have been shown to be successful in improving a range of outcomes including maternal psychosocial health32 and emotional and behavioural adjustment in children under 3 years of age.33 In the UK, the Sure Start project was launched in 1999 targeting preschool children and their families, in disadvantaged areas, with a number of interventions including good quality play, learning and child care.34 Recent evidence suggests that enrolled families showed less negative parenting and provided a better home - learning environment.35 The findings presented in this paper suggest that successful parenting interventions may improve the transfer of cognitive skills between generations thereby protecting disadvantaged families from unintentionally placing their children at risk of being on a path of continual negativity.