Parents of Child Psychiatric Patients Report More Adverse Childhood Experiences Compared with Community Samples.

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) have already been associated, in some studies, with various diverse psychosocial abnormalities in later life. However, it is still unclear whether ACEs reported by biological parents differ from ACE scores in community samples. : The aim of this study was to investigate the extent to which parents of a patient sample differ from a community sample in terms of reporting childhood experiences.

Adolescents in acute mental health crisis-Pilot-evaluation of a low-threshold program for emotional stabilization.

Background: Referrals for child and adolescent acute psychiatric treatment have spiked in the last two years. To provide these adolescents with a fast-acting intervention, a novel treatment approach for acute emotional dysregulation was evaluated in this study.

Methods: 156 adolescents between the age of 13 and 18 years who were admitted to a psychiatric unit for acute emotional or behavioral dysregulation participated in a 5-week-group program (Stress-Arousal- Regulation-Treatment, START) which consisted of two sessions per week (60 min/session).