Assessing and Treating Trauma in Detained Adolescents: A Pre–Post Within Subjects Evaluation

Objectives This investigation evaluated trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (T-F CBT) with detained male adolescents with serious offending behaviors. Methods One hundred and seventeen youth with trauma symptoms participated in an average of twelve T-F CBT individual sessions. Trauma symptom...

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Published in:Journal of child and family studies Vol. 29; no. 4; pp. 934 - 941
Main Author: Calleja, Nancy G.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: New York Springer US 01.04.2020
Springer
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:
Adolescent boys
Adolescents
Analysis
Anger
Anxiety
Assessment Centers (Personnel)
Behavior Rating Scales
Behavior therapy
Behavioral health care
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Caregiver burden
Caregivers
Check Lists
Child Abuse
Child and School Psychology
Child Behavior
Child Welfare
Cognitive behavioral therapy
Cognitive Restructuring
Cognitive therapy
Depression (Psychology)
Depression, Mental
Detention of persons
Dissociation
Ethnicity
Juvenile justice
Juvenile justice system
Juvenile offenders
Males
Mental depression
Mental Health
Music Facilities
Offending
Original Paper
Parent Participation
Parent School Relationship
Post traumatic stress disorder
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Psychological trauma
Psychology
Psychometrics
Psychotherapy
Sex Role
Sexual Abuse
Social Sciences
Sociology
Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
Teenagers
Trauma
Validity
Within-subjects design
Youth
Trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy
Adolescents
Juvenile justice
Trauma
Assessment
ISSN:1062-1024, 1573-2843
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Summary:Objectives This investigation evaluated trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (T-F CBT) with detained male adolescents with serious offending behaviors. Methods One hundred and seventeen youth with trauma symptoms participated in an average of twelve T-F CBT individual sessions. Trauma symptoms were assessed prior to and following treatment using the Trauma Symptom Checklist for Children (TSCC) and a paired sample t -test was used to analyze changes from pre- to posttest. Results Trauma symptoms in five of the six scales (i.e., anger, depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress, dissociation) were significantly reduced following treatment. Conclusions T-F CBT may be effective in reducing general trauma symptoms among detained adolescents; assessing and treating trauma symptoms are recommended as standard protocol in the juvenile justice system; and T-F CBT may be effective without caregiver participation.
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ISSN:1062-1024
1573-2843
DOI:10.1007/s10826-019-01564-9