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  • How can measurement‐based care improve psychotherapy processes and mental health service delivery? A synthesis of expert perspectives

    This letter from the INSPIRE research group summarises expert views on the benefits and future of measurement-based care, where client progress is shared to guide therapy. The authors call for greater co-ordination across settings, cultures and systems to support the development of measures and practice.

    Authors: Moltu, C., van Sonsbeek, M., Bovendeerd, B., et al.

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  • Childhood and adolescence’s predictors of parenting stress in adoptive mothers of early and late placed children

    This longitudinal study examined parenting stress and its predictors in 51 mothers of early- and late-placed adoptees, from childhood to adolescence.

    Authors: Lajmi, N., Hillman, S., Steele, M., et al.

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  • Adoptive parents’ worries and concerns about their adolescent adopted children

    This study draws upon the experiences of adoptive parents, all of whom were mothers, of late-adopted children, currently in early adolescence (aged 12 to 15 years). The study focused on their worries and fears regarding their children during adolescence and as they approach adulthood.

    Authors: Hillman, S., Lajmi, N., Steele, M., Hodges., et al.

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  • Sibling co-placement as a protective factor: A mixed method study on the impact of sibling placement on adolescent adoptees’ emotional and behavioral development

    This mixed-method study examined how being separated or adopted with siblings affects adolescent adoptees’ emotional, behavioural, and conflict regulation outcomes.

    Authors: Hillman, S., Lajmi, N., Steele, M., et al.

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  • Predictors of attachment in early-and late-placed adoptees

    This study explores adolescent adoptees’ attachment representations in order to see the impact of both pre-placement factors, including age of placement, and earlier attachment representations. The study focuses on 70 adoptees (35 early-placed and 35 late-placed) at two time points.

    Authors: Hillman, S., Lajmi, N., Hodges, J., et al.

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  • Exploring attachment and internal representations in looked-after children

    Using SSAP, this paper compared looked-after and community-based children. Looked-after children showed more disorganised, avoidant, and negative representations, and fewer secure ones.

    Authors: Hillman, S., Cross, R., Anderson, K.

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  • Assessing changes in the internal worlds of early-and late-adopted children using the Story Stem Assessment Profile (SSAP)

    This study used the SSAP to compare internal representations in three child groups. Maltreated late-adopted children showed more disorganised, avoidant, and negative representations than early-adopted and non-adopted peers. Over two years, secure representations increased, while avoidant and disorganised ones decreased in both adopted groups.

    Authors: Hillman, S., Hodges, J., Steele, M., et al.

  • Testing the structure of the BERRI using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis

    This paper validated the BERRI, a new mental health and psycho-adjustment measure, identifying an eight-factor structure with strong validity and consistency for Children Looked After.

    Authors: Viziteu, A., Costa Da Silva, L., Edbrooke-Childs, J., et al.

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  • A systematic review and meta-analysis of the type and prevalence of mental health disorders and symptoms among children living in residential care

    This systematic review and meta-analysis is the first to establish the type and prevalence of mental health disorders and symptoms among children in residential care. The findings provide evidence that the prevalence of mental health disorders and symptoms are particularly high among children in residential care.

    Authors: Westlake, M.F., Hillman, S., Dykiert, D., et al.

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