Sporting Activities for Individuals Who Experienced Trauma During Their Youth: A Meta-Study

Predicting adult offending behavior for individuals who experienced a traumatic brain injury during childhood.

OBJECTIVES To examine whether individuals who experienced a childhood traumatic brain injury (TBI) are at increased risk for subsequent offending behavior, to identify the emotional characteristics of adults who experienced childhood TBI, and to examine whether these predict offending behavior. PARTICIPANTS Individuals from the Canterbury region who had experienced a childhood (<18 years of a...

Occupational Therapy Services for Individuals Who Have Experienced Domestic Violence.

Trauma-focused CBT for youth who experience ongoing traumas.

Many youth experience ongoing trauma exposure, such as domestic or community violence. Clinicians often ask whether evidence-based treatments containing exposure components to reduce learned fear responses to historical trauma are appropriate for these youth. Essentially the question is, if youth are desensitized to their trauma experiences, will this in some way impair their responding to curr...

Evaluation of a group intervention for veterans who experienced military-related trauma.

Military-related trauma and veteran status have been linked with posttraumatic stress symptoms, depressive symptoms, and other personal and interpersonal difficulties. While many treatment evaluations for people with posttraumatic stress exist, few veteran populations or group formats have been evaluated. This report presents an evaluation of the Veterans Transition Program (VTP)-a group-based ...

Empirical support for a multi-dimensional model of sensations experienced by youth during their initial smoking episodes

AIMS To examine the dimensionality of sensations experienced during initial tobacco smoking. DESIGN Cross-sectional survey. SETTING Thirteen secondary schools located in British Columbia, Canada. PARTICIPANTS Data from 1187 adolescents who responded 'yes' to the question: 'Have you ever tried cigarette smoking, even one or two puffs?'. MEASUREMENTS Participants answered questions about ...