Trauma
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The Grenfell Tower Fire: The Mental Health & Wellbeing of Children
Guest blog from Dr Jai Shree Adhyaru, Team Lead for the NHS Grenfell Health and Wellbeing Service’s Trauma Clinic for Children & Young People.
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Adoption and attachment: A parent’s perspective
Guest blog from Dr Taylor: “I am grateful for the opportunity to recount my experience of inviting a traumatised child into my family. If I can persuade those working in children’s services to change this experience, even for just one family, I will have achieved something worthwhile.”
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In Conversation… Refugee Children and Mental Health
How can mental health practitioners support refugee children? Professor Panos Vostanis shares insights into complex trauma, evidence and interventions in the field, as well as discussing his upcoming Refugee Children and Mental Health Masterclass.
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‘Child Bereavement’ talks from Jane Fitz, and Suzie Phillips
This conference covered a broad array of child bereavement topics.
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Child Bereavement
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Help the parents, help the child: Developing support for parents of burn-injured children
Whilst many burns are minor and treated by front line NHS services, approximately 500 children under the age of 16 are admitted to hospital for specialist care every year in the UK.
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Should mental health professionals understand intergenerational trauma?
Those who are aware of the importance of understanding traumatic stress and emotional trauma may not fully understand the topic of intergenerational trauma. We certainly need this to change.
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JCPP Editorial: Volume 57, Issue 10, October 2016
“The effects of early trauma and deprivation on human development – from measuring cumulative risk to characterizing specific mechanisms” by Charles H. Zeanah & Edmund J.S. Sonuga-Barke
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