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How to use this database.

• Method 1- uses a free natural language approach.

  After choosing the object of the search – by ticking title, abstract, aims and objective, or author - enter a term, word or name in the ‘Search’ box to return references answering your research question.

• Method 2 - utilises key words.

  Those key words assigned from thesauruses of controlled vocabulary by the trained coders of international bibliographic databases.
  The controlled vocabularies key word are listed alphanumerically under 'Bibliographic database keywords' .
  Use the drop down menu to identity which 'key words' you are interested in to return references to answer your research question.

• Method 3 - is based on the indexing system

  developed by the researchers who compiled this database.
  It adopts a thematic approach to mapping Irish child health research. The themed areas represent outcomes mapped to the International Classification of Disease version 10 (ICD-10) or one of 23 other health-related themed outcomes. Themes are defined in Tables 5 to 7 (of the study report).
  Use the alphabetic drop down menu under ‘ICD-10 or themed health-related outcomes’ to identity which themed areas you are interested in to select references to answer your research question.

• Method 4 – allows papers to be searched by Study type.

  Indexing by study type offers a valuable insight into understanding the population impact of the topic of interest. More than 20 study types were identified across the 2,152 study papers. These are defined in Table 3 (of the study report). Within 'Study type' papers are further stratification by geographical region (Table 49), topic area of interest and study aims and objectives.
  Click on 'Study type' to select the type of study of interest, progressively select sub-categories by topic area or other sub-classification of interest to answer your research question.

The complete background, methods and findings from this mapping exercise are detailed in the study report.

Group Psychotherapy

Your search returns 4 documents

• 1.   A comparison of two programmes for victims of child sexual abuse: A treatment outcome study

  This study aimed to examine effectiveness of individual therapy and combined individual and group therapy in the treatment of the psychological sequelae of child sexual abuse

  

  Abstract:

  Compared the effectiveness of individual therapy and combined individual and group therapy in the treatment of the psychological sequelae of child sexual abuse. The Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL), the Youth Self Report form (YSR), the Children's Depression Inventory (CDI) and the Trauma Symptom Checklist for Children (TSCC) were administered before treatment and 6 mo later to a group more...

  International Classification:

  Sexual abuse - effectiveness of individual therapy

  Categories:

  child sexual abuse

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Child Abuse Review, Vol: 11 Page: 103-123 2002
  Margretta Nolan; Alan Carr; Carol Fitzpartrick; Anne O'Flaherty; Kay Keary; Rhonda Turner; Deirdre O'Shea; Patricia Smyth; Genevieve Tobin

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• 2.   Bearing Witness: Supporting Parents and Children in the Transition to Peace

  This article seeks to provide a brief overview of group work with parents in two working-class communities have been deeply affected by decades of political conflict in the North/Northern Ireland,

  

  Abstract:

  This article seeks to provide a brief overview of group work with parents in two working-class communities (Protestant-Unionist-Loyalist and Catholic-Nationalist-Republican) that have been deeply affected by decades of political conflict in the North/Northern Ireland, as well as by post-ceasefire sporadic, violent political events. The paper sets out the organisational and community more...

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Child Care in Practice, Vol: 10 Page: 107-125 2004
  Rosie Burrows; Brid Keenan

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• 3.   Putting Harry Potter on the Couch

  This case report investigates whether Harry Potter stories can be clinically employed to assist in psychotheraputic work with children and adolescents

  

  Abstract:

  [Correction Notice: An erratum for this article was reported in Vol 12(3) of Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry (see record 2007-12205-022). The following quote on page 588 should have appeared in quotation marks: "...Potter books have a wonderful capacity to draw us in through the power of imagination. Then, paradoxically, just as we think we have escaped from the world, more...

  International Classification:

  Psychosocial functioning

  Categories:

  psychotheraputic

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Vol: 11 Page: 579-589 2006
  Colman Noctor

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• 4.   The FACE YOUR FEAR Club: Therapeutic Group Work with Young Children as a Response to Community Trauma in Northern Ireland

  This study aimed to outline therapeutic group work with young children in response to acute community trauma in Northern Ireland.

  

  Abstract:

  This paper outlines therapeutic group work with young children in response to acute community trauma in Northern Ireland. The children in question were the focus of a highly publicised dispute concerning access to their school. The work was carried out by NOVA, a Barnardo's trauma support service. Part one outlines the theoretical framework. It highlights the relevance of the concept of more...

  International Classification:

  War, violence and conflict

  Categories:

  acute community trauma

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Child Care in Practice, Vol: 11 Page: 191-209 2005
  David Stewart; Kirsten Thomson

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