Youth Needs at Intake into Trauma-Informed Group Homes and Response to Services : An Examination of Trauma Exposure, Symptoms, and Clinical Impression

© 2019 The Authors. American Journal of Community Psychology published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of Society for Community Research and Action..

Trauma-informed care is recommended to improve the quality of group home services for youth. Youth exposure to trauma and associated symptoms are important factors involved in making the clinical impression that determines treatment services. This study considered three dimensions of trauma (exposure, symptoms, and clinical impression) to determine associations with behavioral incidents of youth in trauma-informed group homes and how trauma was related to changes in psychopathology from intake to discharge. Archival records of youth (N = 1,096), age 9-18 (M = 15.7 years) who received services from January 2013 to December 2017, and departed the program were used. Statistical procedures included hierarchical linear modeling and analysis of covariance. Results indicated trauma symptoms predicted emotional problems and self-injurious behavior. Youth in high- and low-trauma groups both showed decreases in behavioral incidents and psychopathology, but clinical impression of trauma moderated the change in emotional problems from intake to discharge. Youth deemed by clinicians to have lower trauma (based on history of maltreatment and expression of trauma symptoms) had greater decrease in emotional problems from admission to discharge. Limitations and implications for further research on implementation and effectiveness of trauma-informed models are discussed.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:64

Enthalten in:

American journal of community psychology - 64(2019), 3-4 vom: 31. Dez., Seite 321-332

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Tyler, Patrick M [VerfasserIn]
Patwardan, Irina [VerfasserIn]
Ringle, Jay L [VerfasserIn]
Chmelka, Mary B [VerfasserIn]
Mason, W Alex [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Assessment and treatment
Children and adolescents
Group homes
Journal Article
Residential care
Trauma-informed care

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Date Completed 12.06.2020

Date Revised 12.06.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/ajcp.12364

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM299795764