Objectives: The study was designed to assess the effectiveness of the flexibly structured NICHD Investigative Interview Protocol for child sexual abuse (CSA) investigative interviews by police officers and mental health workers in Quebec. The NICHD Protocol was designed to operationalize "best ...

... type of interview, interview protocol development ... conduct successful interviews are discussed ... MILITARY PUBLICATIONS, *INTERVIEWING, *CORE ...

This manual describes professional practices in intervention and treatment of sexual abuse and discusses how to address the problems of sexually abused children and their families. It makes an assumption that the reader has basic information about sexual abuse. The discussion focuses primarily on the child's guardian as the ...

Gives an overview of methodology for adolescent component of the national Drug Abuse Treatment Outcome Studies; the sample of programs reflects treatment available to adolescents in six urban areas. Describes design, content, and quality of interview protocols. Discusses data collection procedures and completion rates for each phase of ...

Evaluated the Addiction Technology Transfer Centers (ATTCs) of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) as a means of diffusion of innovations, focusing on use of the Treatment Improvement Protocols (TIPs). Qualitative studies at 6 ATTCs that included 57 interviews show that the CSAT is at the forefront of providing resources to ...

... interview guide; interview guide - alcohol clients; interview ... THERAPY, QUESTIONNAIRES, INTERVIEWING, DRUG ABUSE, DRUG ADDICTION. ...

Objectives: Published protocols for forensic interviewing for child sexual abuse do not include specific questions about what prompted children to tell about sexual abuse or what made them wait to tell. We, therefore, aimed to: (1) add direct inquiry about the process of a child's disclosure to a forensic ...

Objective: To document the adult adjustment of survivors of childhood institutional abuse. Method: Two hundred and forty-seven adult survivors of institutional abuse with a mean age of 60 were interviewed with a protocol that included the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, modules from the Structured Clinical ...

... Accession Number : ADA422059. Title : Motivational Interviewing in the Prevention of Alcohol Abuse. Descriptive Note : Annual rept. ...

... Accession Number : ADA412883. Title : Motivational Interviewing in the Prevention of Alcohol Abuse. Descriptive Note : Annual rept. ...

This article provides new findings from a national study involving 18 forensic interview sites of 137 children who were randomly assigned to a four or eight session extended evaluation. Cases assigned to the eight session protocol were significantly more likely to be classified "credible disclosure" of sexual abuse (56.6%) than cases ...

Children who are alleged to have been sexually abused often go through gruelling interrogations to relate their experiences to adults and, even then, most are not viewed as reliable sources of information. The Victim Sensitive Interviewing Program (VSIP) was initiated to decrease the number of interviews endured by a child who ...

PURPOSE: To elicit South African medical students' experiences of witnessing patient rights abuses and professional lapses during their clinical training in order to inform an appropriate and effective response. METHOD: During June and July 2009 at the University of Cape Town Faculty of Health Sciences, the authors surveyed 223 fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-year medical students ...

This volume of selected readings contains a wide range of materials on the subject of child sexual abuse. The eight chapters in Part I, written by the staff of the Child Protection Center, Children's Hospital National Medical Center, Washington, D.C., discuss the etiology and short-term management of child sexual abuse, describe an approach to crisis ...

Given that most cases of child sexual abuse lack external corroborating evidence, children's verbal accounts of their experiences are of paramount importance to investigators. Forensic interviewers are charged with interviewing child victims and oftentimes use anatomical dolls. Yet, research on dolls has not caught up to practice in ...

Given that most cases of child sexual abuse lack external corroborating evidence, children's verbal accounts of their experiences are of paramount importance to investigators. Forensic interviewers are charged with interviewing child victims and oftentimes use anatomical dolls. Yet, research on dolls has not caught up to practice in ...

The current study explored the expected consequences of disclosure discussed by 204 5- to 13-year-old suspected victims of child sexual abuse during the course of investigative interviews conducted using the NICHD Investigative Interview Protocol. Expected consequences were mentioned in nearly half of all ...

Ninety 4- to 13-year-old alleged victims of sexual abuse were interviewed by police officers using the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) investigative interview protocol, following which they were shown a human figure drawing and asked a series of questions. The drawing and associated ...

Objective: To introduce and evaluate a structured interview protocol designed for investigative interviews of youthful alleged perpetrators of child sexual abuse. Method: Seventy-two alleged perpetrators ranging from 9 to 14 years of age (M=12 years) were interviewed by 1 of 13 experienced ...

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... term validation of the new structured interview protocol ... PHYSICIANS, MEDICAL PERSONNEL, SELECTION, INTERVIEWING, NAVAL PERSONNEL ...

Interviewing individuals reported for alleged abuse or neglect victimization is an area of constant study and improvement. Preparing for an interview, initiating the interview, selecting from among multidisciplinary investigation team members the best ind...

BackgroundThe validity of the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for alcohol abuse has been questioned, and additional issues have been raised regarding the performance of this label in adolescents. While future diagnostic manuals might alter the approach to abuse, it is worthwhile to evaluate the implications of the current definition that has been in place since ...

Despite a high prevalence of domestic violence among welfare clients, most studies of the implementation of the Family Violence Option (FVO) under welfare reform find that women rarely receive domestic violence services in welfare offices. This study reviews findings from current research on the factors that improve the likelihood that women will reveal their domestic violence experiences to ...

The present study examined whether the use of human figure diagrams within a well-structured interview was associated with more elaborate and clearer accounts about physical contact that had occurred in the course of an alleged abuse. The sample included investigative interviews of 88 children ranging from 4 to 13 years of age. ...

Objective: The present study investigated 27 sexually abused children's reports about abuse given in the context of police interviews. All abuse cases had been verified (with, e.g., photographs or video films), proving that abuse had occurred. Method: The interviews with ...

AimsThis study evaluated the prevalence and reliability of DSM-IV adopted criteria for 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) abuse and dependence with a purpose to determine whether it is best conceptualized within the category of hallucinogens, amphetamines, or its own category.DesignTest-retest study.ParticipantsMDMA users (lifetime use >5 times) were recruited in St. ...

The Mental Health Surveillance Study (MHSS) is an ongoing initiative by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to monitor the prevalence of serious mental illness (SMI) among adults in the USA. In 2008, the MHSS used data from clinical interviews to calibrate mental health data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health ...

Motivational interviewing (MI) is a brief counseling method that has been shown to reduce alcohol abuse and alcohol-related problems. This project focuses on the training of AF behavioral health providers in the motivational interviewing method, with beha...

Motivational interviewing (MI) is a brief counseling method that has been shown to reduce alcohol abuse and alcohol-related problems. This project focuses on the training of Air Force behavioral health providers in the motivational interviewing method, wi...

This volume, Substance Abuse: Clinical Issues in Intensive Outpatient Treatment, and its companion text, Substance Abuse: Administrative Issues in Outpatient Treatment, revisit the subject matter of Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) 8, Intensive Outpat...

In a follow-up study of incarcerated Connecticut youth, 69 subjects were interviewed during young adulthood. On follow-up, 26 gave histories of abuse discrepant with histories obtained from records and interviews conducted in adolescence. Eleven subjects agreed to an additional clarification interview, at which ...

The National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network (CTN), a collaborative federal research initiative that brings together universities and community-based treatment programs (CTPs), has conducted multiple clinical trials of buprenorphine for opioid dependence. Part of the CTN�s mission is to promote the adoption of evidence-based treatment technologies. Drawing on a ...

The video features a discussion of sexual abuse in children by a physician, social worker, and a psychologist. The program involves a role play by professionals of interviewing a child sexual victim and her family in an emergency room setting. The primary...

Qualitative interviewing is a flexible and powerful tool to capture the voices and the ways people make meaning of their experience Learning to conduct semi-structure interviews requires the following six stages: (a) selecting the type of interview; (b) establishing ethical guidelines, (c) crafting the interview ...

Objectives: The present study was designed to explore structural differences between forensic interviews in which children made allegations and those in which children did not make allegations. Methodology: Fifty forensic interviews of 4- to 13-year-old suspected victims of abuse who did not disclose abuse during ...

OBJECTIVE: This study compared two methods for questioning children about suspected abuse: standard interviewing and body-diagram-focused (BDF) interviewing, a style of interviewing in which interviewers draw on a flip board and introduce the topic of touching with a body diagram. METHODS: ...

... 1) group motivational interviewing (GMI), (2) individual motivational interviewing (IMI), or (3) a substance abuse awareness seminar (SAAS) group. ...

The document examines the nature of abuse and ways to prevent it. The inspection relied on 232 interviews with respondents representing State, national, and Federal organizations which are either (1) involved with receiving, investigating, and/or resolvin...

The second of two reports, this report examines existing processes for resolving physical abuse complaints involving nursing home residents. Findings are the result of 232 interviews with individuals representing 35 states as well as national and Federal ...

Child sexual abuse investigations can place enormous stress on victims and their families. Prior to the 1980s, child abuse investigators had no model for conducting interviews and coordinating investigations. The first Children's Advocacy Center (CAC) was...

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BackgroundIn this paper, we show how counselors and psychologists can use emails for online management of substance abusers, including the anatomy and content of emails that clinicians should send substance abusers. Some investigators have attempted to determine if providing mental health services online is an efficacious delivery of treatment. The ...

Objective: To show how the results of research on children's memory, communicative skills, social knowledge, and social tendencies can be translated into guidelines that improve the quality of forensic interviews of children. Method: We review studies designed to evaluate children's capacities as witnesses, explain the development of the structured NICHD Investigative ...

The disclosure of sexual abuse in the world of sports is a process that has not been widely documented. This article presents the results of a document analysis of sport organization policies and interviews conducted with 27 sport stakeholders. The interviews focus on these stakeholders' perceptions of how the disclosure process would ...

Dr. Deanna Pledge is a licensed psychologist and professional counselor. She has worked in public and private settings for over a decade. She has been working with teens, children, and adults around abuse issues for the past ten years, and has written "When Something Feels Wrong: A Survival Guide About Abuse." In this interview she ...

Are laboring and birthing women treated abusively in the hospital? Although seldom recognized as abuse or violence against women, bullying and medical treatments under false pretenses, even in a hospital, constitute abuse and a basic human rights issue that needs attention. Naming the problem is a first step. The power of medical ...

The document describes the steps to be taken by social workers in certain situations where mistakes or omissions can have serious consequences. The text is divided into protocols for: (1) child abuse and neglect; and (2) child sexual abuse investigation; ...

This Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) is a revision of TIP 19, Detoxification From Alcohol and Other Drugs(Center for Substance Abuse Treatment 1995 d). It provides clinicians with updated information and expands on the issues commonly encountered in ...

Partial Contents: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Drug Abuse Treatment (Considerations for Treatment Evaluation, Recommendations for Improving Drug Abuse Treatment); Evidence for Treatment Effectiveness (Drug Abuse Reporting Program, California Drug and A...

Previous research involving adult survivors of CSA (childhood sexual abuse) indicates that approximately 77% of CSA victims did not report the abuse while in childhood. The purpose of this study was to examine CSA disclosure in childhood. Participants for this study were 137 children/adolescents ranging in ages from 2-16 interviewed at ...

This study evaluated the extent to which counselors initiated informal discussions (i.e., general discussions and self-disclosures about matters unrelated to treatment) with their clients during treatment sessions within two National Institute on Drug Abuse Clinical Trial Network protocols involving adaptations of motivational ...

Uses interviews with residents and ex-residents, ethnographic techniques, and document analysis to examine sexuality and sexual abuse in residential childcare settings, including how their culture and leadership contribute to abuse and the denial and invisibility of sexuality. Discusses issues around researching sexuality, children, ...

Developing an effective interview strategy presents unique challenges for the novice and master researcher for if the questions one asks are not crucial, then differences in responses are not crucial either (Creswell, 1998, p. 335). To focus qualitative research in the human ecology of the study, our strategy uses an initial interview ...

Objective: The present study extends field research on interviews with young children suspected of having been abused by examining multiple assessment interviews designed to be inquisitory and exploratory, rather than formal evidential or forensic interviews. Methods: Sixty-six interviews with ...

This report summarizes findings from a study concerned with Arizona school safety. The survey component highlights safety-related policy information across 300 schools; the interview component highlights school-safety perceptions of 64 staff across 16 schools. Various policies and programs that respond to internal and external threats to school safety include visitor sign-ins, ...

are used to contact T in order to force a successful outcome or to abort the protocol. A contract concluding the protocol and aborting the protocol. A protocol that is not abuse�free gives an undesirable. In a multi� party framework, fairness, timeliness, and ...

The aim of this study was to examine perceptions of elder abuse in groups representing organizations considered potential sources of help and support for abused elders in Sweden. Focus group interviews were conducted with representatives from: the police; primary care; municipal eldercare; a church; a caregiver support organization; ...

This study examines the concordance between adolescent reports of abuse and abuse determinations from Child Protective Service (CPS) agencies. It also compares the utility of adolescent reports of abuse, relative to CPS determinations in predicting adolescent psychological adjustment. The sample included 350 early adolescents, ages 12 ...

This article introduces the second issue of the special double issue focusing on forensic, cultural, and systems issues in child sexual abuse cases. We briefly review the articles, which include a discussion of child sexual abuse myths, an empirical analysis of extended child sexual abuse evaluations, an article on the role of the ...

This article introduces the second issue of the special double issue focusing on forensic, cultural, and systems issues in child sexual abuse cases. We briefly review the articles, which include a discussion of child sexual abuse myths, an empirical analysis of extended child sexual abuse evaluations, an article on the role of the ...

Analyzing legal policies requires an in-depth understanding of the sociopolitical contexts within which sexual abuse is disclosed. Data presented in this study are based on a larger study of 628 Palestinian Israeli girls aged 14 to 16 years. Of these 628 girls, 28 victims of sexual abuse discussed their abuse with the research team. In ...

Treatment Improvement Protocols (TIPs), developed by the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), part of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), are best-p...

Examined psychosocial characteristics and service needs of pregnant women with substance abuse histories. Interviewed 225 pregnant women defined as having high-risk pregnancies for psychosocial reasons. Compared to non-substance-abusing women, those with admitted history of substance abuse were significantly older, ...

This study reports the prevalence of PTSD, major depression, alcohol abuse/dependence and substance abuse/dependence diagnoses assessed with a structured clinical interview protocol in a population-based, multi-state, age cohort of older adolescents about to exit child welfare systems. PTSD was the most common ...

Features a discussion of sexual abuse in children by a physician, social worker, and a psychologist. Involves a role play by professionals of interviewing a child sexual victim and her family in an emergency room setting. Primary audience: general profess...

To determine the federal requirements for responding to, and investigating allegations of, abuse of nursing home residents, we reviewed federal laws and regulations. We interviewed officials from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) regard...

This study is examining intimate partner abuse prevalence and its mental health consequences in samples of military and civilian women. After completing 3 of the 4 years of the study, we have reached our interview completion goals of 2000 screenings and 2...

The videotape describes the use of employee assistance programs (EAPs) as a weapon in the fight against drug abuse in the workplace. Through case studies in government and private industry and interviews with rehabilitated drug abusers, EAPs are presented...

The videotape describes the use of employee assistance programs (EAPs) as a weapon in the fight against drug abuse in the workplace. Through case studies in government and private industry and interviews with rehabilitated drug abusers, EAPs are presented...

This report examines fraud and abuse in the U.S. Department of Agricultures Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC). As part of our review, we collected information, through surveys and interviews, from USDAs Food and ...

This report contains detailed findings of a personal interview research survey conducted among 503 business and industry executives as to knowledge, opinions, and behavior relative to alcohol abuse and alcoholism. The survey was drawn using a same populat...

This report comprises detailed findings of a personal interview research survey conducted among 868 business and industry executives as to knowledge, opinions, and behavior relative to alcohol abuse and alcoholism. The executive sample was drawn from top-...

Using the results of interviews with health planning and alcohol abuse agencies, this manual was developed to provide information about alcoholism and health planning. The study highlights: (1) the scope of the alcoholism problem including discussion of e...

interview protocol with a critical incident approach. The PCs were asked to consider a proposal they managed in the last year and describe the actions they ...

This fourth chapter in "Elementary School Counseling in a Changing World" contains four journal articles which focus on the issues of child abuse and neglect. "Parent Support Groups to Prevent Child Abuse" by C. Jerry Downing describes a training and supervision model developed by a parent support group for potentially abusive parents ...

In this article we explore the lives of young women living with HIV who experienced physical and/or sexual abuse in childhood. Using a modified version of the Life Story Interview, 40 women recruited from HIV clinics in three different states participated in a qualitative interview. Interviews covered ...

This evaluative study measured self-reported changes in abuse-related measures six months after routine screening for intimate partner violence. Participants were 122 women who disclosed abuse and 241 who did not report abuse, screened in antenatal, substance abuse, and mental health services according to an ...

Project CHOICES developed an integrated behavioral intervention for prevention of prenatal alcohol exposure in women at high risk for alcohol-exposed pregnancies. Settings included primary care, university-hospital based obstetrical/gynecology practices, an urban jail, substance abuse treatment settings, and a media-recruited sample in three large cities. The intervention was ...

Project CHOICES developed an integrated behavioral intervention for prevention of prenatal alcohol exposure in women at high risk for alcohol-exposed pregnancies. Settings included primary care, university-hospital based obstetrical/gynecology practices, an urban jail, substance abuse treatment settings, and a media-recruited sample in three large cities. The intervention was ...

It was only 30 years ago that the medical community began to develop an increased awareness of child sexual abuse, and the role of the medical provider in the evaluation of sexually abused children has evolved significantly. As clinicians worldwide develop a greater understanding of the impact of the sexual abuse evaluation on the ...

This study was designed to explore the effects of event drawing during investigative interviews on the richness of the accounts made by children. The sample included 125 children aged 4 to 14 years, alleged victims of sexual abuse. The children were first interviewed with open-ended invitations before they were randomly assigned into ...

It was only 30 years ago that the medical community began to develop an increased awareness of child sexual abuse, and the role of the medical provider in the evaluation of sexually abused children has evolved significantly. As clinicians worldwide develop a greater understanding of the impact of the sexual abuse evaluation on the ...

This site explains how best to conduct and prepare for interviews, which are excellent tools for research situations in which detail about the perspectives of participants is desired. In this situation, questions are not preplanned but evolve in response to the replies of individuals.

Family therapy has a long and solid history within the broad mental health field. Substance abuse treatment, on the other hand, developed in considerable isolation. Indeed, until the 1970s, alcoholism counselors typically outright rejected the predominant...

, leishmaniasis, dengue fever, and other arboviruses. DOD � DARPA Military Networking Protocol Broad Agency Institute on Drug Abuse Secondary Data Analyses for Substance Abuse Research (R21/R33) Letter of Intent

This manual reviews current research on elder abuse, presents intervention strategies and protocols, discusses model delivery systems and legislation, and provides information and materials for practitioner training and public education. Four research stu...

More than 2,000 drug courts in the United States provide supervision and substance-abuse treatment to thousands of offenders. Yet the treatment continuum from assessment to aftercare is underexplored. The effectiveness of the Level of Service Inventory-Revised (LSI-R) as a risk assessment tool is well established. However, fewer studies have considered its use in guiding ...

are used to contact the TTP in order to force a successful outcome or to abort the protocol. In this paper a strategy against Alice to obtain Alice's signature on the con� tract, without Alice having a strategy in [4]. The protocol consists of a main protocol, an abort protocol and a recov� ery ...

In Brief: Block by Block: Zeroing in on Crime Trends Solving the Problem of Untested Evidence in Sexual Assaults Extending the Time to Collect DNA in Sexual Assault Cases...

This video illustrates, through scenarios and interviews, the responsibility of law enforcement officers to report child abuse, neglect and/or exploitation when either suspected or encountered in the field.

In this series of National Public Radio interviews, individuals from education and television broadcasting discuss the use and abuse of television by schools and the influence of television on children in home viewing. It is asserted that television is an...

... Providers in a specific empirically based treatment (EBT): motivational ... procedures, their cost-effectiveness in reducing alcohol-related events on ...

While the family has traditionally been the preferable alternative to nursing home care for the aged, recent research indicates that some elderly persons are subjected to neglect or abuse by their families. To investigate this problem, elderly abuse victims in Detroit completed questionnaires and interviews; their families and social ...

This qualitative study used data from the Social Enterprise Intervention (SEI) pilot study, a comprehensive vocational training program with integrated clinical services for homeless youth. In-depth interviews were conducted with 28 homeless youth participating in the SEI study to explore their perceptions of family environment characteristics and abuse ...

This qualitative study used data from the Social Enterprise Intervention (SEI) pilot study, a comprehensive vocational training program with integrated clinical services for homeless youth. In-depth interviews were conducted with 28 homeless youth participating in the SEI study to explore their perceptions of family environment characteristics and abuse ...

This article provides an in-depth discussion of the important issues that directly affect the interviewing of persons with developmental disabilities. It includes information on myths and stereotypes that, when held as beliefs, could seriously impair the ...

This Guidebook provides an in-depth discussion of the important issues that directly affect the interviewing of person with cognitive and/or communication impairments. It includes information on myths and stereotypes that, when held as beliefs, could seri...

Objectives: There are no prevalence data for childhood sexual abuse among Tanzanian university students. This investigation addressed this paucity. The nature of sexual abuse was also investigated. Method: Participants (N=487) from a university in Tanzania completed a questionnaire which assessed abusive childhood sexual experiences, ...

This study examines the impact of child sexual molestation on men assaulted as children by Catholic clergy. In-depth interviews were used to conduct a qualitative analysis of how clergy-perpetrated childhood sexual abuse affected the adult psychological and/or psychosocial functioning of nine men. Subjects were selected in coordination with a nationally ...

This study examines the impact of child sexual molestation on men assaulted as children by Catholic clergy. In-depth interviews were used to conduct a qualitative analysis of how clergy-perpetrated childhood sexual abuse affected the adult psychological and/or psychosocial functioning of nine men. Subjects were selected in coordination with a nationally ...

Two protocols that were developed to address risks related to emotional distress in an ongoing, qualitative, community-based study of adolescent dating violence are presented. The first protocol is for use in telephone screening to identify individuals at high risk of adverse emotional reactions. The second protocol guides ...

... are well-behaved �mice,� but a significant proportion of the total traffic is due to a relatively few number of abusive �elephants.� The paper proposes ...

... are well-behaved "mice," but a significant proportion of the total traffic is due to a relatively few number of abusive "elephants." The paper proposes ...

This study assessed how the quality of a sexual abuse investigative interview with a child and the age of the child influence jurors' reactions to either the original interview with the child or to testimony by an adult hearsay witness (the interviewer). Participants (N = 360) were randomly assigned to 1 of 12 ...

Methods used during forensic interviews with children are driven by beliefs about how children recall and report child sexual abuse (CSA) to others. Summit (1983) proposed a theory (Child Sexual Abuse Accommodation Syndrome) contending that, due to the specific traumatic characteristics of CSA, children will often delay disclosing ...

Volume three contains the following appendices: Alcohol treatment program client interview summaries; drug treatment program client interview summaries; random sample small group interview summaries; analysis of post staff interviews; summary of free resp...

ObjectiveTo show how the results of research on children�s memory, communicative skills, social knowledge, and social tendencies can be translated into guidelines that improve the quality of forensic interviews of children.MethodWe review studies designed to evaluate children�s capacities as witnesses, explain the development of the structured NICHD Investigative ...

Through administrator and teacher surveys and interviews, this study examined recruiting and interviewing practices of eighty-three rural school districts located in, and between, the rural Ozark Plateau and Mississippi River Delta. Survey results indicated that districts with smaller student populations were far less likely to have an identified ...

BackgroundAssessments for long-term incapacity for work are performed by Social Insurance Physicians (SIPs) who rely on interviews with claimants as an important part of the process. These interviews are susceptible to bias. In the Netherlands three protocols have been developed to conduct these interviews. These ...

We present a protocol for unlinkable serial transactions suitable for a variety of network-based subscription services. The protocol prevents the service from tracking the behavior of its customers while protecting the service vendor from abuse due to sim...

Substance abuse seems to be common among those with early signs of evolving psychosis. This article seeks to determine the prevalence of substance abuse and substance use disorders (SUDs) and the association of abuse and SUD with vulnerability psychosis among a sample of first-degree relatives of schizophrenic patients (n = 70), ...

Girls in the juvenile justice system have high rates of past sexual abuse. To better understand the relationship between sexual abuse and justice system involvement, we analyzed survey interviews with 169 young women involved or at risk of involvement with juvenile justice, comparing girls who experienced sexual ...

This article, based on an analysis of unstructured interviews, identifies that the emotional bond between survivors of child sexual abuse and the people who perpetrated the abuse against them is similar to that of the powerful bi-directional relationship central to Stockholm Syndrome as described by Graham (1994). Aspects of Stockholm ...

Early experience of abuse may be viewed as a risk factor for mental disorders in women later in life. This case-control study in Isfahan screened 709 women aged 20-45 years using the Beck Depression Inventory and structured clinical interviews for Diagnostic Statistical Manual-IV criteria. Lifetime history of abuse was determined using ...

This study in 2005 aimed to investigate the services available for abused and neglected children in the occupied Palestinian territory. Telephone interviews were conducted with 62 institutions from the government, non-profit and private sectors that dealt with child abuse and neglect, of which 58 provided services. Services offered ...

PURPOSE: Previous medical student abuse research employed quantitative surveys that failed to explore factors thought to contribute to abuse and students' actions in the face of abuse. This study examined medical student abuse narratives to identify types of perceived abuse, factors cited by ...

The overall topic of this annotated bibliography, directed to users of the Auburn University libraries, is child abuse. It contains 63 federal government publications in 4 major areas: (1) definitions and prevalence of child abuse, including child pornography and pedophilia, family violence, abductions, and emotional abuse; (2) recent ...

BackgroundIntimate partner violence (IPV) is prevalent globally, experienced by a significant minority of women in the early childbearing years and is harmful to the mental and physical health of women and children. There are very few studies with rigorous designs which have tested the effectiveness of IPV interventions to improve the health and wellbeing of abused women. ...

Relationship adjustment (e.g., Dyadic Adjustment Scale; DAS) and physical aggression (e.g., Conflict Tactics Scale) measures are used both as screening tools and as the sole criterion for classification. This study created face valid diagnostic interviews for relationship distress and physical abuse, through which one could compare preliminarily the ...

Instrumentation rigor and bias management are major challenges for qualitative researchers employing interviewing as a data generation method in their studies. A usual procedure for testing the quality of an interview protocol and for identifying potential researcher biases is the pilot study in which investigators try out their ...

Optimistic contract signing protocols allow two parties to commit to a previously agreed upon contract, relying on a third party to abort or confirm the contract if needed. These protocols are relatively subtle, since there may be interactions between the subprotocols used for normal signing without the third party, aborting the ...

This article introduces the first in a two-part special issue focusing on forensic, cultural, and systems issues in child sexual abuse cases. The five articles contained in this issue include a diversity of perspectives on approaches to extended interviews and evaluations of child sexual abuse suspicions, an exploration of the ways ...

A study interviewed 8,548 participants in the Ontario Mental Health Supplement about parental psychiatric history and childhood physical and sexual abuse. Respondents reporting a parental history of depression, mania, or schizophrenia had a two to threefold increase in the rates of physical, sexual, or any abuse. (Contains references.) ...

'T FIND CHILD CARE (FOR TIMES NEEDED) C. TOO FAR FROM WORK/HOME E. WORRY ABOUT CHILD ABUSE OR UNSAFE/ NOT RELIABLE E. WORRY ABOUT CHILD ABUSE OR UNSAFE ENVIRONMENT F. CHILD SICK G. CHILD UNHAPPY H. WANTED TO STAY UNAVAILABLE / NOT RELIABLE E. WORRY ABOUT CHILD ABUSE OR UNSAFE ENVIRONMENT F. CHILD SICK G. WANTED TO STAY

Summarizes a study of 225 cases between 1990 and 1994 involving sexual abuse or harassment complaints against teachers. Interviews revealed how districts respond to complaints and the most effective preventive policies and procedures. School districts with rare occurrences screen prospective employees, have strong and clear policies, educate staff and ...

This two-year evaluation of a major public education campaign addresses alcohol problems among women and youth. The evaluation employs utilization of surveys of the target populations in selected areas, interviews with significant others, and various meas...

cause, and more likely to be left exposed to ongoing abuse by the state's failure to generate reliable."). Other problems known to cause false reporting include an interviewer's preconceived belief that abuse Interrogation of a Child in School about Alleged Familial Sex Abuse, in the Presence of an Armed and ...

are used to contact T in order to force a successful outcome or to abort the protocol. A contract the protocol and aborting the protocol. A protocol that is not abuse-free gives an undesirable advantage to one-party and the multi-party case, namely, in the multi-party case T has to be able to ...

. The subprotocols are used to contact T in order to force a successful outcome or to abort the protocol. A contract the protocol and aborting the protocol. A protocol that is not abuse�free gives an undesirable advantage to one�party and the multi�party case, namely, in the multi�party ...

This article describes the state of knowledge about extended assessments/forensic evaluations in situations of possible sexual abuse. It provides a critical review of the modest body of relevant research, describes two models for extended assessments, and presents descriptive survey findings of 62 professionals conducting extended assessments, most of whom conduct extended ...

Objective: The current study investigated (under optimal conditions) the accuracy and completeness of professionals' contemporaneous written notes of child abuse interviews. Method: Participants included 107 experienced child abuse investigators who were all trained to adhere to best-practice interview guidelines ...

Objective: The aims of this cross-sectional survey were to examine the prevalence, type and intensity of abuse in street children in Jaipur city, India. Method: Based on purposive random sampling, 200 street children, inclusive of equal number of boys and girls, were selected from the streets of Jaipur city, India, and administered an in-depth interview ...

to abort the protocol. Another subtlety surrounds abuse-freeness, which is an assertion about choices the permanent status of the pro- tocol. After T resolves or aborts the protocol for the #12;rst time, it should or aborted or resolved by a third party. Since there are many ways these subprotocols might inter- act

Presents a brief history of the medical profession's attention to child sexual abuse; describes the physician's role as reporter and evaluator of medical evidence; and suggests areas where practice may be improved or research is needed. It explains why more detailed guidelines and protocols are needed for medical personnel involved in sexual ...

There is evidence of a link between animal and human abuse so there may be value in cross-reporting between the authorities responsible for investigating suspected cases. A debate called 'Turning a blind eye to abuse?' at this year's BVA Congress considered vets' ability to recognise non-accidental injury in animals and discussed ...

The Center for Substance Abuse Prevention in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (CSAP/SAMHSA) is committed to enhancing prevention activities as planned and implemented by federally funded State agencies and community-based orga...

neuropsychological tests of drug abusers have found deficits in PFC functions (92,93). General problems with selfHumana Press Drugs of Abuse Neurological Reviews and Protocols Edited by John Q. Wang Humana Press M E T H O D S I N M O L E C U L A R M E D I C I N ETM Drugs of Abuse Neurological Reviews