A5077260765- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Family Support in Illness
- Child Therapy and Development
- Health and Conflict Studies
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Counseling Practices and Supervision
- Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics
- Health Sciences Research and Education
- Psychiatric care and mental health services
- Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Disaster Response and Management
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
- Child Welfare and Adoption
- Educational and Psychological Assessments
- International Relations and Foreign Policy
- Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Nursing Roles and Practices
Nova Southeastern University
2022-2023
National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
2012-2021
University of California, Los Angeles
2011-2021
Neurobehavioral Systems
2012-2021
Duke University
2008-2020
Hudson Institute
2020
Brigham Young University
2001-2018
Texas A&M University – San Antonio
2011
Harvard University
1994-2009
John F. Kennedy University
2009
Children and adolescents who are exposed to traumatic events helped by numerous child-serving agencies, including health, mental education, child welfare, first responder, criminal justice systems assist them in their recovery. Service providers need incorporate a trauma-inform
Twenty-nine married couples engaged in 2 videotaped discussions: 1 which the husband requested a change wife and husband. Conflict behavior was assessed by self-report observer ratings. Neither conflict structure (who change) nor gender associated with positivity or negativity of spouses' behavior. During discussions husbands' issues, wives husbands did not differ demand/withdraw behavior, whereas when discussing wives' were more demanding withdrawing. Husband-demand/wife-withdraw...
There is an increasing need to deliver effective mental health services refugee children and adolescents across the United States; however, evidence base needed guide design delivery of nascent. We investigated trauma history profiles, psychopathology, associated behavioral functional indicators among war‐affected presenting for psychological treatment. From National Child Traumatic Stress Network's Core Data Set, 60 were identified (51.7% males, mean age = 13.1 years, SD 4.13). Clinical...
For this study, we evaluated the independent and additive predictive effects of psychological maltreatment on an array behavioral problems, symptoms, disorders in a large national sample clinic-referred children adolescents drawn from National Child Traumatic Stress Network Core Data Set (CDS; see Layne, Briggs-King, & Courtois, 2014). We analyzed subsample 5,616 youth with lifetime histories 1 or more 3 forms maltreatment: (emotional abuse emotional neglect), physical abuse, sexual abuse....
Psychological First Aid (PFA) consists of a systematic set helping actions aimed at reducing initial post-trauma distress and supporting short- long-term adaptive functioning. Designed as an component comprehensive disaster/trauma response, PFA is constructed around eight core actions: contact engagement, safety comfort, stabilization, information gathering, practical assistance, connection with social supports, on coping support, linkage collaborative services. for children adolescents...
July 01 1997 From Preponderance to Offshore Balancing: America's Future Grand Strategy Christopher Layne is Visiting Associate Professor at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. The views expressed this article are his own. Search for other works by author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Online Issn: 1531-4804 Print 0162-2889 © President Fellows of Harvard College Massachusetts Institute Technology.1997 International Security (1997) 22 (1):...
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-V) should ensure systematic attention to age-specific manifestations selective modifications the diagnostic criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among children adolescents. authors propose developmental refinements conceptual framework PTSD based on an appreciation different neurosignatures danger safety, maturational processes that underlie symptom presentation. This includes preliminary evidence...
Professional psychologists are called upon to deal with a broad array of crises and traumatic events. However, training expertise in crisis response varies widely among practitioners, there has been considerable controversy about the value disseminated mental health intervention protocols that include “debriefing” as an essential feature. This article gives overview developmental process, guiding principles, core actions Psychological First Aid Field Operations Guide (PFA Guide), which...
Although links between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and problems in adulthood are wellestablished, less is known regarding exposure to trauma during adolescence high-risk behavior adolescence.We tested the hypothesis that cumulative up 20 different types of bereavement/loss incrementally predicts adolescent beyond demographic variables.Adolescents reporting at least 1 type (n ϭ 3,785; mean age 15.3 years; 62.7% girls) were selected from National Child Traumatic Stress Network Core...
We examined the underlying factor structure of UCLA PTSD Reaction Index (PTSD‐RI) using data from 6,591 children/adolescents exposed to trauma, presenting for treatment at any 54 National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) centers. Using confirmatory analysis, we tested 3‐factor DSM‐IV model, 2 separate 4‐factor models (Dysphoria vs. Emotional Numbing) and a recently conceptualized 5‐factor Dysphoric Arousal model. found slight, but significant advantage Dysphoria model over Numbing on...
The study objectives were to (a) examine the association between total number of trauma types experienced and child/adolescent behavioral problems (b) determine whether predicted youth above beyond demographic characteristics, using a diverse set 20 trauma. Data came from National Child Traumatic Stress Network’s (NCTSN) Core Set (CDS), which includes assessed treated for across United States. Participants who at least one type included in sample ( N = 11,028; age 1½-18 years; 52.3% girls)....
Abstract We examined bereaved children's and surviving caregivers’ psychological responses following the death of other caregiver as a function stated cause death. Participants included 63 parentally children 38 caregivers who were assessed using self‐report instruments in‐person interviews. Surviving reported causes resulting from sudden natural (34.9%), illness (33.3%), accident (17.5%), suicide (14.3%). Results revealed differences between caregiver‐reported versus child‐reported death,...
Most mental health services for trauma‐exposed children and adolescents were not originally developed refugees. Information is needed to help clinicians design address the consequences of trauma in refugee populations. We compared exposure, psychological distress, service utilization among refugee‐origin, immigrant‐origin, U.S.‐origin referred assessment treatment by U.S. providers National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN). used propensity score matching compare profiles, needs, use...
Methods are needed for quantifying the potency and differential effects of risk factors to identify at‐risk groups theory building intervention. Traditional methods constructing war exposure measures poorly suited “unpack” relations between specific types outcomes. This study 881 Bosnian adolescents compared both common factor–effect indicator (using exploratory factor analysis) versus composite causal–indicator “unpacking” dimensions their respective paths postwar adjustment The method...