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  • Introducing routine assessment of adverse childhood experiences for looked-after children: The use and properties of the trauma and adverse life events (TALE) screening tool

    The present study aims to illustrate the process of developing, implementing, and clinically validating a new assessment measure, the Trauma and Adverse Life Events (TALE) screening tool, to assess Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) among looked-after children.

    Authors: Kerr-Davis, A., Hillman, S., Anderson, K., et al.

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  • Preliminary findings on psychometric properties of the adolescent story stem profile

    This study examined the ASSP’s psychometric properties in a UK adolescent sample (N = 182), using exploratory factor analysis to identify underlying internal representation factors.

    Authors: Zhang, Y., Hillman, S., Pereira, M., et al.

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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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  • 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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  • User Satisfaction with Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Factor Structure of the Experience of Service Questionnaire (ESQ) in Norway and the UK

    The aim of this research was to explore how the items on the experience of service questionnaire (ESQ) are grouped together based on their relationships (i.e. how strongly they correlate) to explore any underlying factors or dimensions.

    Authors: Arnesen, Y., Handegård, B. H., Mathiassen, et al.

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  • Goal-oriented practices in youth mental health and wellbeing settings: A scoping review and thematic analysis of empirical evidence

    This is a literature review focused on what evidence is available to explore goal-oriented therapeutic practices in children and young people's mental health and wellbeing settings.

    Authors: Jacob, J., Wozney, L., Oddli, H. et al.

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  • Children and young people’s experience of psychoanalytic psychotherapy: A qualitative meta-synthesis

    This study aimed to provide the first qualitative meta-synthesis of empirical studies examining children and young people’s experiences of psychoanalytic psychotherapy.

    Authors: Fiorini, G., Westlake, M., Chokhani, R., et al.

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