International Coaching Psychology Review, Mar 1, 2007
Positive Psychology Remediating deficits and managing disabilities has been a central pre- occupa... more Positive Psychology Remediating deficits and managing disabilities has been a central pre- occupation for clinical psychologists for much of the past 50 years. Positive Psychology, in contrast, is concerned with the enhancement of happiness and well-being, involving the ...
Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus, 1995
We studied the intellectual and educational ability of a group of 18 albino children as compared ... more We studied the intellectual and educational ability of a group of 18 albino children as compared with that of a group of demographically matched controls. Intellectual ability was measured using Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices, and educational ability was measured by the reading, spelling, and arithmetic tests of the Wide Range Achievement Test. There was no statistically significant difference in intelligence of the two groups. However, there was a significant difference in reading, spelling, and arithmetic skills. No correlation was found between the clinical features of the albino children and their performance on the intelligence or educational tests.
ABSTRACT In the present study a group of sexually abusive adolescents who had completed a communi... more ABSTRACT In the present study a group of sexually abusive adolescents who had completed a community based treatment programme were compared with a group of non-offending peers matched for age, sex, and socio-economic status. Physical abuse, parental separation, and school related educational and behavioural difficulties were more common in the histories of the sexually abusive adolescents than in the histories of their control group counterparts. Despite this, compared with the control group, the sexually abusi ve adolescents were found to have the same level of psychological and psychosocial functioning following treatment. This was interpreted tentatively as evidence for treatment effectiveness. However, not all cases responded to treatment. When the sexually abusive adolescents were classified by treatment staff as those at high and low risk for reoffending following treatment, high risk cases who failed to respond to treatment were found to have lower ability levels, lower levels of maternal and paternal care, and poorer levels of psychological and psychosocial functioning.
An RCT was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the Say Yes to Life (SYTL) positive psychol... more An RCT was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the Say Yes to Life (SYTL) positive psychology group psychotherapy program compared with treatment as usual (TAU). The current interim report is based on data from the first 82 cases recruited into the trial. There were 57 trial completers at post-treatment. At pretreatment on demographic and clinical variables, there were no significant differences between trial completers and dropouts in SYTL and TAU groups. There were two main significant (p \ .01) findings. Compared with TAU treatment-completers, more than twice as many SYTL treatment-completers (28 vs. 72 %) were recovered 3 months after therapy using stringent recovery criteria (no longer meeting DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for major depressive disorder and scoring below clinical cutoff scores on the Beck Depression Inventory II, the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression, and the Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale and showing reliable change on these three measures of depressive symptom severity). Second, the overall average service use cost per case in the SYTL group was significantly lower than that of the TAU group (€726 vs.€1187). This was largely due to the lower cost of the SYTL group therapy program compared with TAU which involved individual therapy. The pattern of results in an intention-to-treat analysis was similar to that in the completer analysis, though group difference did not reach significance due to inadequate statistical power and conservative missing data imputation procedures. It is planned to collect data on 100 trial completers, based on a power analysis.
Aims:To compare the effectiveness of a manualised group cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) program... more Aims:To compare the effectiveness of a manualised group cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) programme for people with bipolar disorder (BPD) and major depressive disorder (MDD).Method:In addition to treatment as usual (TAU), 17 people with BPD and 17 matched controls with MDD completed 8 or 12 sessions of twice weekly group CBT, followed by 6 booster sessions, held at monthly intervals. Participants completed the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis 1 Disorders, Clinician Version (SCID-1) and the University of Rhode Island Change Assessment (URICA) prior to therapy. They completed the Beck Depression Inventory - II (BDI), the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), the Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation (CORE), the World Health Organisation Quality of Life Brief Version (WHOQoL - BREF) and the Dysfunctional Attitudes Scale (DAS) before and after therapy and at the final follow-up session. The BDI and BAI were also completed at each group session.Results:Both groups showed statisti...
The effectiveness of a prison-based cognitive behavioral program designed to modify psychological... more The effectiveness of a prison-based cognitive behavioral program designed to modify psychological risk factors associated with sexual offending was evaluated. The Irish Prison Service Sexual Offender Intervention Programme, is a manualized 10-month Cognitive Behaviour Therapy [CBT] program involving three 2-hour group sessions per week, which are facilitated by a team of clinical psychologists and probation officers. Improvements in 38 consecutive referrals to the program were compared with the status of 38 untreated offenders who were similar in marital status, age when they left school, occupational status prior to imprisonment, offence type, presence of previous convictions, and current sentence length. All research participants completed the same assessment protocol, which evaluated psychological factors associated with sexual offending at times equivalent to pre- and postintervention. Compared with the untreated control group, program participants showed statistically significa...
The aim was to evaluate the effectivenss of a manualised six week cognitive behavioural programme... more The aim was to evaluate the effectivenss of a manualised six week cognitive behavioural programme for early-stage breast cancer patients. Method: 69 women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer were recruited not later than one year post completion of radiotherapy at an Irish national specialist oncology hospital and assigned to a six week cognitive behaviour group therapy programme or an educational control group. Patients were assessed before and after treatment, and at six months followup. Results: Groups X Time (2 X 3) analyses of variance showed that the Time to Adjust Programme did not lead to significantly greater improvement on standardised measures of coping, quality of life or mood compared with the educational control group. Regression analyses showed that maladaptive coping and psychological distress at baseline were predictive of psychological adjustment at six months follow-up, accounting for between 28-38% of the variance. Psychological distress at baseline was also predictive of quality of life at six months follow-up, accounting for about 12% of the variance. Repeated measures analyses of variance of data from cases in the intervention group across test occasions showed that patients who completed the Time to Adjust Programme showed significant improvement in problem severity, impact of problems, coping ability and goal attainment from pre-treatment to post-treatment, and these gains were maintained at follow-up for problem severity and impact of problems, but not for coping ability or goal attainment. Participation in the Time to Adjust Programme did not lead to significantly less health service usage during the period from baseline to six months follow-up, compared with the educational control group Conclusion. A controlled evaluation of the Time to Adjust Programme provided no evidence for the effectiveness of brief cognitive behaviour intervention in enhancing psychological adjustment of early-stage breast cancer patients with normal levels of psychological distress. Future research should evaluate the effectiveness of the programme for patients with clinically significant levels of psychological distress and limited coping resources.
This paper describes the development, in an Irish context, of a 3-factor, 28-item version the Sys... more This paper describes the development, in an Irish context, of a 3-factor, 28-item version the Systemic Clinical Outcome and Routine Evaluation (SCORE) questionnaire for assessing progress in family therapy. The 40-item version of the SCORE was administered to over 700 Irish participants including non-clinical adolescents and young adults, families attending family therapy, and parents of young people with physical and intellectual disabilities and cystic fibrosis. For validation purposes, data were also collected using brief measures of family and personal adjustment. A 28-item version of the SCORE (the SCORE-28) containing three factor scales that assess family strengths, difficulties and communication was identified through exploratory principal components analysis. Confirmatory factor analysis showed that the factor structure of the SCORE-28 was stable. The SCORE-28 and its 3 factor scales were shown to have excellent internal consistency reliability, satisfactory test-retest reliability, and construct validity. The SCORE-28 scales correlated highly with the General Functioning Scale of the Family Assessment Device, and moderately with the Global Assessment of Relational Functioning Scale, the Kansas Marital and Parenting Satisfaction Scales, the Satisfaction with Life Scale, the Mental Health Inventory-5, and the total problems scale of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. Correlational analyses also showed the SCORE-28 scales were not strongly associated with demographic characteristics or social desirability response set. The SCORE-28 may routinely be administered to literate family members over 12 years before and after family therapy to evaluate therapy outcome.
Assessment and Treatment of Juvenile Sex Offenders: An Empirical Review Michael L. Bourke Brad Do... more Assessment and Treatment of Juvenile Sex Offenders: An Empirical Review Michael L. Bourke Brad Donohue ABSTRACT. Approximately 20% of all sexual offenses are com- mitted by individuals under the age of 18. Furthermore, nearly 60% of all sexual offenses against children ...
ABSTRACT This study evaluated the factor structures of three instruments from the Sexual Offender... more ABSTRACT This study evaluated the factor structures of three instruments from the Sexual Offender Assessment Pack. The Children and Sex Cognitive Distortions Scale, the Children and Sex Emotional Congruence Scale, and the Child Victim Empathy Distortions Scale were administered to 203 sex offenders in Ireland. Confirmatory factor analyses did not support the proposed single factor structure for each of the three scales. Exploratory factor analyses suggested more complex factor structures. The Children and Sex Cognitive Distortions Scale was found to have two factors: (a) Perceptions of Children as Sexually Mature and (b) General Justifications for Sex With Children. The Children and Sex Emotional Congruence Scale was found to have three factors: (a) Positive Affect From Children, (b) Special Relationships With Children and (c) Preference for Relationships With Children. The Victim Empathy Scale was found to have two factors: (a) Positive Misattributions of Pleasure and (b) Denial of Negative Feelings in the Child. In clinical settings, the more complex factor structures identified in this study may used in scoring and interpreting responses to the three instruments investigated here. Our results require replication and further research should focus on the correlates of the factorial scales identified in this study.
This study examined the association between depression and autobiographical memory deficits. Spec... more This study examined the association between depression and autobiographical memory deficits. Specifically, it evaluated the impact of depression, complexity of a distraction task, self-or other-referential set and positive or negative cue-word valence on the retrieval of specific autobiographical memories. A sample of 24 depressed women and 24 matched controls completed the Autobiographical Memory Task (AMT) before and after either a highor low-complexity distraction task. Compared with the control group, the depressed group retrieved fewer specific first memories and had longer retrieval latencies for these. In the selfreferential condition this pattern was more pronounced than in the other-referential condition. This suggests that depression is associated with a particular vulnerability in recalling specific self-referential memories. Distraction task complexity and cue-word valence did not affect AMT performance.
SummaryBoth poor insight and depressive symptomatology are common features of schizophrenia that ... more SummaryBoth poor insight and depressive symptomatology are common features of schizophrenia that may be independent of positive and negative symptoms. Forty-six patients with DSM-III-R schizophrenia were evaluated for level of insight (schedule for unawareness of mental disorder), depression (Calgary depression scale for schizophrenia, Beck depression inventory), and self-deception or denial (balanced inventory of desirable responding). Patients with a greater unawareness of their illness had relatively less depressive symptomatology and relatively greater self-deception. This relationship was particularly strong for unawareness of the social consequences of having a mental disorder. These results suggest that the presence of depressive symptomatology in schizophrenia is related to the level of insight, and contingent at least in part on the absence of self-deception as a denial defense.
The literature on depression in children and adolescents was reviewed to provide an update for cl... more The literature on depression in children and adolescents was reviewed to provide an update for clinicians. Literature of particular relevance to evidence-based practice was selected for critical review. Meta-analyses and controlled trials were prioritized for review along with key assessment instruments. An up-to-date overview of clinical features, epidemiology, prognosis, aetiology, assessment and intervention was provided. Depression in children and adolescence is a relatively common, multifactorially determined and recurring problem which often persists into adulthood. Psychometrically robust screening questionnaires and structured interviews facilitate reliable assessment. There is growing evidence for the effectiveness of cognitive behaviour therapy, psychodynamic therapy, interpersonal therapy and family therapy in the treatment of paediatric depression. There is also evidence that SSRIs may be particularly effective for severe depression, although they may carry the risk of increased suicidality.
Thirty child abuse prevention programme evaluation studies were selected according to a set of me... more Thirty child abuse prevention programme evaluation studies were selected according to a set of methodological criteria following an extensive manual and computer literature search. Targets for intervention in 17 studies were children; in 3 were parents; in 4 were teachers; and in 6 studies multisystemic programmes were evaluated where some combination of children, parents and teachers were targeted for intervention. From a review of the 30 studies it was concluded that child abuse prevention programmes can lead to significant gains in children's, parents' and teachers' safety knowledge and skills. Best practice guidelines arising from the review include the use of multisystemic programmes; child-focused curricula which cover a wide range of safety skills and concepts; and the use of didactic instruction and discussion; video modeling; and active behavioural skills training techniques in programme delivery. The curricula for parents' and teachers' programmes should cover child-protection issues and local child protection procedures along with an overview of the children's programme lesson plans. Longer programmes conducted by trained staff are preferable and such staff may include teachers, parents, mental health professionals and law enforcement officers.
International Coaching Psychology Review, Mar 1, 2007
Positive Psychology Remediating deficits and managing disabilities has been a central pre- occupa... more Positive Psychology Remediating deficits and managing disabilities has been a central pre- occupation for clinical psychologists for much of the past 50 years. Positive Psychology, in contrast, is concerned with the enhancement of happiness and well-being, involving the ...
Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus, 1995
We studied the intellectual and educational ability of a group of 18 albino children as compared ... more We studied the intellectual and educational ability of a group of 18 albino children as compared with that of a group of demographically matched controls. Intellectual ability was measured using Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices, and educational ability was measured by the reading, spelling, and arithmetic tests of the Wide Range Achievement Test. There was no statistically significant difference in intelligence of the two groups. However, there was a significant difference in reading, spelling, and arithmetic skills. No correlation was found between the clinical features of the albino children and their performance on the intelligence or educational tests.
ABSTRACT In the present study a group of sexually abusive adolescents who had completed a communi... more ABSTRACT In the present study a group of sexually abusive adolescents who had completed a community based treatment programme were compared with a group of non-offending peers matched for age, sex, and socio-economic status. Physical abuse, parental separation, and school related educational and behavioural difficulties were more common in the histories of the sexually abusive adolescents than in the histories of their control group counterparts. Despite this, compared with the control group, the sexually abusi ve adolescents were found to have the same level of psychological and psychosocial functioning following treatment. This was interpreted tentatively as evidence for treatment effectiveness. However, not all cases responded to treatment. When the sexually abusive adolescents were classified by treatment staff as those at high and low risk for reoffending following treatment, high risk cases who failed to respond to treatment were found to have lower ability levels, lower levels of maternal and paternal care, and poorer levels of psychological and psychosocial functioning.
An RCT was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the Say Yes to Life (SYTL) positive psychol... more An RCT was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the Say Yes to Life (SYTL) positive psychology group psychotherapy program compared with treatment as usual (TAU). The current interim report is based on data from the first 82 cases recruited into the trial. There were 57 trial completers at post-treatment. At pretreatment on demographic and clinical variables, there were no significant differences between trial completers and dropouts in SYTL and TAU groups. There were two main significant (p \ .01) findings. Compared with TAU treatment-completers, more than twice as many SYTL treatment-completers (28 vs. 72 %) were recovered 3 months after therapy using stringent recovery criteria (no longer meeting DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for major depressive disorder and scoring below clinical cutoff scores on the Beck Depression Inventory II, the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression, and the Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale and showing reliable change on these three measures of depressive symptom severity). Second, the overall average service use cost per case in the SYTL group was significantly lower than that of the TAU group (€726 vs.€1187). This was largely due to the lower cost of the SYTL group therapy program compared with TAU which involved individual therapy. The pattern of results in an intention-to-treat analysis was similar to that in the completer analysis, though group difference did not reach significance due to inadequate statistical power and conservative missing data imputation procedures. It is planned to collect data on 100 trial completers, based on a power analysis.
Aims:To compare the effectiveness of a manualised group cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) program... more Aims:To compare the effectiveness of a manualised group cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) programme for people with bipolar disorder (BPD) and major depressive disorder (MDD).Method:In addition to treatment as usual (TAU), 17 people with BPD and 17 matched controls with MDD completed 8 or 12 sessions of twice weekly group CBT, followed by 6 booster sessions, held at monthly intervals. Participants completed the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis 1 Disorders, Clinician Version (SCID-1) and the University of Rhode Island Change Assessment (URICA) prior to therapy. They completed the Beck Depression Inventory - II (BDI), the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), the Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation (CORE), the World Health Organisation Quality of Life Brief Version (WHOQoL - BREF) and the Dysfunctional Attitudes Scale (DAS) before and after therapy and at the final follow-up session. The BDI and BAI were also completed at each group session.Results:Both groups showed statisti...
The effectiveness of a prison-based cognitive behavioral program designed to modify psychological... more The effectiveness of a prison-based cognitive behavioral program designed to modify psychological risk factors associated with sexual offending was evaluated. The Irish Prison Service Sexual Offender Intervention Programme, is a manualized 10-month Cognitive Behaviour Therapy [CBT] program involving three 2-hour group sessions per week, which are facilitated by a team of clinical psychologists and probation officers. Improvements in 38 consecutive referrals to the program were compared with the status of 38 untreated offenders who were similar in marital status, age when they left school, occupational status prior to imprisonment, offence type, presence of previous convictions, and current sentence length. All research participants completed the same assessment protocol, which evaluated psychological factors associated with sexual offending at times equivalent to pre- and postintervention. Compared with the untreated control group, program participants showed statistically significa...
The aim was to evaluate the effectivenss of a manualised six week cognitive behavioural programme... more The aim was to evaluate the effectivenss of a manualised six week cognitive behavioural programme for early-stage breast cancer patients. Method: 69 women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer were recruited not later than one year post completion of radiotherapy at an Irish national specialist oncology hospital and assigned to a six week cognitive behaviour group therapy programme or an educational control group. Patients were assessed before and after treatment, and at six months followup. Results: Groups X Time (2 X 3) analyses of variance showed that the Time to Adjust Programme did not lead to significantly greater improvement on standardised measures of coping, quality of life or mood compared with the educational control group. Regression analyses showed that maladaptive coping and psychological distress at baseline were predictive of psychological adjustment at six months follow-up, accounting for between 28-38% of the variance. Psychological distress at baseline was also predictive of quality of life at six months follow-up, accounting for about 12% of the variance. Repeated measures analyses of variance of data from cases in the intervention group across test occasions showed that patients who completed the Time to Adjust Programme showed significant improvement in problem severity, impact of problems, coping ability and goal attainment from pre-treatment to post-treatment, and these gains were maintained at follow-up for problem severity and impact of problems, but not for coping ability or goal attainment. Participation in the Time to Adjust Programme did not lead to significantly less health service usage during the period from baseline to six months follow-up, compared with the educational control group Conclusion. A controlled evaluation of the Time to Adjust Programme provided no evidence for the effectiveness of brief cognitive behaviour intervention in enhancing psychological adjustment of early-stage breast cancer patients with normal levels of psychological distress. Future research should evaluate the effectiveness of the programme for patients with clinically significant levels of psychological distress and limited coping resources.
This paper describes the development, in an Irish context, of a 3-factor, 28-item version the Sys... more This paper describes the development, in an Irish context, of a 3-factor, 28-item version the Systemic Clinical Outcome and Routine Evaluation (SCORE) questionnaire for assessing progress in family therapy. The 40-item version of the SCORE was administered to over 700 Irish participants including non-clinical adolescents and young adults, families attending family therapy, and parents of young people with physical and intellectual disabilities and cystic fibrosis. For validation purposes, data were also collected using brief measures of family and personal adjustment. A 28-item version of the SCORE (the SCORE-28) containing three factor scales that assess family strengths, difficulties and communication was identified through exploratory principal components analysis. Confirmatory factor analysis showed that the factor structure of the SCORE-28 was stable. The SCORE-28 and its 3 factor scales were shown to have excellent internal consistency reliability, satisfactory test-retest reliability, and construct validity. The SCORE-28 scales correlated highly with the General Functioning Scale of the Family Assessment Device, and moderately with the Global Assessment of Relational Functioning Scale, the Kansas Marital and Parenting Satisfaction Scales, the Satisfaction with Life Scale, the Mental Health Inventory-5, and the total problems scale of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. Correlational analyses also showed the SCORE-28 scales were not strongly associated with demographic characteristics or social desirability response set. The SCORE-28 may routinely be administered to literate family members over 12 years before and after family therapy to evaluate therapy outcome.
Assessment and Treatment of Juvenile Sex Offenders: An Empirical Review Michael L. Bourke Brad Do... more Assessment and Treatment of Juvenile Sex Offenders: An Empirical Review Michael L. Bourke Brad Donohue ABSTRACT. Approximately 20% of all sexual offenses are com- mitted by individuals under the age of 18. Furthermore, nearly 60% of all sexual offenses against children ...
ABSTRACT This study evaluated the factor structures of three instruments from the Sexual Offender... more ABSTRACT This study evaluated the factor structures of three instruments from the Sexual Offender Assessment Pack. The Children and Sex Cognitive Distortions Scale, the Children and Sex Emotional Congruence Scale, and the Child Victim Empathy Distortions Scale were administered to 203 sex offenders in Ireland. Confirmatory factor analyses did not support the proposed single factor structure for each of the three scales. Exploratory factor analyses suggested more complex factor structures. The Children and Sex Cognitive Distortions Scale was found to have two factors: (a) Perceptions of Children as Sexually Mature and (b) General Justifications for Sex With Children. The Children and Sex Emotional Congruence Scale was found to have three factors: (a) Positive Affect From Children, (b) Special Relationships With Children and (c) Preference for Relationships With Children. The Victim Empathy Scale was found to have two factors: (a) Positive Misattributions of Pleasure and (b) Denial of Negative Feelings in the Child. In clinical settings, the more complex factor structures identified in this study may used in scoring and interpreting responses to the three instruments investigated here. Our results require replication and further research should focus on the correlates of the factorial scales identified in this study.
This study examined the association between depression and autobiographical memory deficits. Spec... more This study examined the association between depression and autobiographical memory deficits. Specifically, it evaluated the impact of depression, complexity of a distraction task, self-or other-referential set and positive or negative cue-word valence on the retrieval of specific autobiographical memories. A sample of 24 depressed women and 24 matched controls completed the Autobiographical Memory Task (AMT) before and after either a highor low-complexity distraction task. Compared with the control group, the depressed group retrieved fewer specific first memories and had longer retrieval latencies for these. In the selfreferential condition this pattern was more pronounced than in the other-referential condition. This suggests that depression is associated with a particular vulnerability in recalling specific self-referential memories. Distraction task complexity and cue-word valence did not affect AMT performance.
SummaryBoth poor insight and depressive symptomatology are common features of schizophrenia that ... more SummaryBoth poor insight and depressive symptomatology are common features of schizophrenia that may be independent of positive and negative symptoms. Forty-six patients with DSM-III-R schizophrenia were evaluated for level of insight (schedule for unawareness of mental disorder), depression (Calgary depression scale for schizophrenia, Beck depression inventory), and self-deception or denial (balanced inventory of desirable responding). Patients with a greater unawareness of their illness had relatively less depressive symptomatology and relatively greater self-deception. This relationship was particularly strong for unawareness of the social consequences of having a mental disorder. These results suggest that the presence of depressive symptomatology in schizophrenia is related to the level of insight, and contingent at least in part on the absence of self-deception as a denial defense.
The literature on depression in children and adolescents was reviewed to provide an update for cl... more The literature on depression in children and adolescents was reviewed to provide an update for clinicians. Literature of particular relevance to evidence-based practice was selected for critical review. Meta-analyses and controlled trials were prioritized for review along with key assessment instruments. An up-to-date overview of clinical features, epidemiology, prognosis, aetiology, assessment and intervention was provided. Depression in children and adolescence is a relatively common, multifactorially determined and recurring problem which often persists into adulthood. Psychometrically robust screening questionnaires and structured interviews facilitate reliable assessment. There is growing evidence for the effectiveness of cognitive behaviour therapy, psychodynamic therapy, interpersonal therapy and family therapy in the treatment of paediatric depression. There is also evidence that SSRIs may be particularly effective for severe depression, although they may carry the risk of increased suicidality.
Thirty child abuse prevention programme evaluation studies were selected according to a set of me... more Thirty child abuse prevention programme evaluation studies were selected according to a set of methodological criteria following an extensive manual and computer literature search. Targets for intervention in 17 studies were children; in 3 were parents; in 4 were teachers; and in 6 studies multisystemic programmes were evaluated where some combination of children, parents and teachers were targeted for intervention. From a review of the 30 studies it was concluded that child abuse prevention programmes can lead to significant gains in children's, parents' and teachers' safety knowledge and skills. Best practice guidelines arising from the review include the use of multisystemic programmes; child-focused curricula which cover a wide range of safety skills and concepts; and the use of didactic instruction and discussion; video modeling; and active behavioural skills training techniques in programme delivery. The curricula for parents' and teachers' programmes should cover child-protection issues and local child protection procedures along with an overview of the children's programme lesson plans. Longer programmes conducted by trained staff are preferable and such staff may include teachers, parents, mental health professionals and law enforcement officers.
What Works With Children And Adolescents? A Critical Review Of Psychological Interventions With Children, Adolescents And Their Families (pp. 300-222), 2000
What Works With Children And Adolescents? A Critical Review Of Psychological Interventions With Children, Adolescents And Their Families (pp. 280-299), 2000
O'Halloran, M. & Carr, A. (2000)
London: Routledge.
What Works With Children And Adolescents? A Critical Review Of Psychological Interventions With Children, Adolescents And Their Families (pp. 258-279), 2000
What Works With Children And Adolescents? A Critical Review Of Psychological Interventions With Children, Adolescents And Their Families (pp. 233-257), 2000
What Works With Children And Adolescents? A Critical Review Of Psychological Interventions With Children, Adolescents And Their Families (pp. 203-232), 2000
What Works With Children And Adolescents? A Critical Review Of Psychological Interventions With Children, Adolescents And Their Families (pp. 178-202), 2000
What Works With Children And Adolescents? A Critical Review Of Psychological Interventions With Children, Adolescents And Their Families (pp.155-177), 2000
What Works With Children And Adolescents? A Critical Review Of Psychological Interventions With Children, Adolescents And Their Families (pp. 131-154). , 2000
I regularly presented this 3 lecture module to students on the diploma and maters courses in family therapy at the Mater Hospital and Clanwilliam Institute, Dublin over a 7 year period., 1994
I regularly gave this 5 lecture module to students on the Mater Hospital and Clanwilliam Institute Foundation Course in Family Therapy, Dublin over a 7 year period. , 1994
Invited keynote address to British Psychological Society’s Special Interest Group on Children and Young People Conference at Churchill College, Cambridge University, August 30th. -September 1st. , 2000
Invited address at The University of Vienna Institute of Psychology for the MAPS (Master of Advanced psychological Studies-Clinical) EU Socrates Funded programme, September 30th., 2000
Fontana, D. (1989). Managing Stress. Leicester: BPsS. Cranwell-Ward, J. (1990). Thriving on Str... more Fontana, D. (1989). Managing Stress. Leicester: BPsS. Cranwell-Ward, J. (1990). Thriving on Stress. London. Routledge. Lovelace, R. New York: Wiley. Hanson, P. (1989). Stress for Success. London: Pan
Fletcher, D. (1991). Work Stress, Disease and Life Expectancy. New York: Wiley. Fisher, S. & Co... more Fletcher, D. (1991). Work Stress, Disease and Life Expectancy. New York: Wiley. Fisher, S. & Cooper, C. (1990).On the Move: The Psychology of Change and Transition. Chichester: Wiley. Cooper, C. & Payne, R. (1991). Personality and Stress: Individual Differences in the Stress Process. Chichester: Wiley
Times Higher Educational Supplement, 30th November 2001, 11-12. , 2001
Essay book review of D. Barlow & M. Durand (2001) Abnormal Psychology (Second Edition, Movie Edit... more Essay book review of D. Barlow & M. Durand (2001) Abnormal Psychology (Second Edition, Movie Edition). New York: Wadsworth; R. Comer (2001). Abnormal Psychology (Fourth Edition). Boston: Worth Publishers; S. Nolan-Hoeksema (2001). Abnormal Psychology (International Edition, Second Edition). New York: McGraw Hill; and M. Seligman, E. Walker & D. Rosenhand (2001). Abnormal Psychology (Fourth Edition). New York: Norton.
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