Le devenir de familles fragilisées par des difficultés psycho-affectives et/ou psychiatriques suivies très précocément a été étudié cinq ans au moins après la sortie d'une institution soignante. L'action thérapeutique avait porté sur l'enfant, âgé de moins de dix huit mois à l'admission, sa mère, le lien enfant-parent(s) et l'environnement socio-fa...
Des stratégies de «rencontres» entre familles, professionnels et bénévoles, ayant pour but d'aider les parents à rompre avec l'exclusion sociale et de développer leurs compétences parentales, ont été évaluées. Vingt deux familles très carencées, porteuses de nombreux facteurs de risque dont l'alcoolisme familial trans-générationnel, ont été intervi...
Published in Prevention Science
Experiments with rodents indicate that severe early psychological and social deprivation has lasting detrimental effects on learning ability that are not remedied by exposure to enriching experiences in adulthood. Findings indicate that environmental adversity early in life works to limit the development of intelligence with consequences for later ...
Published in Early Childhood Education Journal
The early identification of children with learning disabilities (LD) is difficult but can be accomplished. Observation of key behaviors which are indicators of LD by preschool and kindergarten teachers can assist in this process. This early identification facilitates the use of intervention strategies to provide a positive early experience for chil...
Published in Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
Objective:Substantial delays in providing access to treatment in first-episode psychosis have been well documented. The present study examines the impact of strategies aimed at improving access and reducing delays.Method:A pilot community education campaign was conducted with the aim of reducing the duration of untreated psychosis (DUP) in a geogra...
Published in Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy
Adult patients who have been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD) have provided valuable information about events and family dynamics that are frequently associated with BPD. Clinicians who work with children are frequently aware of family or individual characteristics that may put a child at risk for developing BPD. Such situations...
Published in Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
Background:Despite considerable interest in early intervention in psychosis, the evidence base for its effectiveness is sparse.We aimed to evaluate a new service in South London, UK, Croydon Outreach and Assertive Support Team (COAST) using a randomised controlled trial (RCT) during its first year.Method:Referrals were taken from local adult commun...
Published in European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience
As effective and practical approaches to primary and universal prevention of psychosis are lacking, intervention efforts are targeted at the early stages of schizophrenia to prevent (by way of secondary prevention) or postpone psychosis onset, reduce severity of illness or at least ameliorate the social consequences involved. Early intervention req...
"Les pratiques du placement familial ont évolué dans le but d'assurer la continuité dans la vie de l'enfant, d'intensifier la collaboration entre ses parents et sa famille d'accueil et d'améliorer le support social et éducatif aux deux familles. Des familles présentant des troubles de la parentalité et des relations parents-enfants qui ont reçu des...
Published in Prevention Science
The paper addresses the issue of measurement invariance in the analysis of preventive intervention data. Procedures for testing the invariance of covariance matrices, measurement models, and structural growth models are illustrated using data from an early intervention program for low birth weight, preterm infants. Intelligence Quotient (IQ) measur...
