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Psychosocial Consequences and Treatments for Maltreated Children

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Handbook of Child Maltreatment

Part of the book series: Child Maltreatment ((MALT,volume 2))

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Research shows that child abuse and neglect and exposure to trauma in childhood is highly prevalent and can result in developmental disruption, significant psychosocial, behavioral, and physical health problems, as well as cognitive deficits in children. Abused children have higher levels of involvement in the child welfare system and many of the children in need of mental health services do not receive services. When mental health services are received, the majority of children do not receive high-quality, effective mental health treatment that is matched to their specific needs. Fortunately, effective treatments exist for abused and trauma-exposed children that address both the consequences of abuse and trauma and the causes of abuse and neglect. Evidence-based treatments (EBT) are now recommended standard of care. EBTs are intervention programs specific to the clinical target for which they have been shown to work, proven to have overall better results compared to non-specific or alternative interventions. This chapter will discuss evidence-based mental health intervention approaches for the primary targets of externalizing and internalizing problems focusing on treatments for child behavior problems (e.g., child oppositionality, defiance, and aggression, parenting behaviors (e.g., emotionally and physically harsh, coercive, abusive, and/or neglectful), and child psychological distress(i.e., posttraumatic stress, anxiety and depression). Increasing availability of these interventions within the child welfare system through proactive brokering for access to these interventions is emphasized. An “evidence-based service planning” (EBSP) approach is described to promote connecting families with relevant services, tracking their response and outcomes, and optimally prescribing a service or set of services designed to benefit children and families.

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  1. Kempe Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect, University of Colorado, School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, 13123 E. 16th Ave B390, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA

    Monica M. Fitzgerald Ph.D.

  2. Department of Pediatrics, SOM, The Gary Pavilion, The Children’s Hospital, Anschutz Medical Campus, 13123 E. 16th Ave B390, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA

    Monica M. Fitzgerald Ph.D.

  3. Harborview Center for Sexual Assault & Traumatic Stress, University of Washington, 401 Broadway, Suite 2075, 325 Ninth Avenue, MS 359947, Seattle, WA, 98104, USA

    Lucy Berliner

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  1. College of Arts and Sciences, Schubert Center for Child Studies, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

    Jill E. Korbin

  2. University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA

    Richard D. Krugman

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Fitzgerald, M.M., Berliner, L. (2014). Psychosocial Consequences and Treatments for Maltreated Children. In: Korbin, J., Krugman, R. (eds) Handbook of Child Maltreatment. Child Maltreatment, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7208-3_20

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