Understanding and helping children who have experienced maltreatment.

Children who experience maltreatment from within their families can suffer trauma that is devastating to their physical and psychological development. The label developmental trauma has developed to describe this trauma and to guide diagnosis. This has been expanded to describe seven domains of impairment.

Functional neurological movements in children: Management with a psychological approach.

Aim: To develop a cognitive behavioural treatment (CBT) approach that included novel attention training components to support symptom management in children with a primary diagnosis of Functional Movement Disorder (FMD).

Method: Eighteen children (9 male and 9 female) with a mean age of 13 years (sd = 2.46, range 10-18 years) were assessed and completed CBT with novel attention training components.

A qualitative exploration of the experiences of adoptive parents attending 'Nurturing Attachments', a dyadic developmental psychotherapy informed group.

Children who are adopted have frequently experienced a range of aversive experience which impact on their ability to form secure attachments. Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP) is an intervention designed to develop and promote secure attachments with children who have experienced developmental trauma. Eight adoptive parents participated in semi-structured interviews regarding their experiences of attending the 'Nurturing Attachment' group informed by DDP.

A pilot randomized controlled trial of self-help relaxation to reduce post-stroke depression.

Objective: To consider the potential of self-help relaxation training to treat depression after stroke.

Design: Randomized controlled trial with cross-over at three months.

Setting: Community.

Twelve month follow-up on a randomised controlled trial of relaxation training for post-stroke anxiety.

Objective: To follow up participants in a randomised controlled trial of relaxation training for anxiety after stroke at 12 months.

Design: Twelve month follow-up to a randomised controlled trial, in which the control group also received treatment.

Setting: Community.