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Description
This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of screening for and treating Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) for children who have suffered child maltreatment, through:
- developing and piloting a process for training front line workers within a large NGO how to screen for the symptoms of PTSD in all maltreated children initially referred for specialist family support to a specific family support service
- evaluating the comprehensiveness and accuracy of the screening for PTSD by front line workers
- conducting a pragmatic randomised control trial (RCT) to test the effectiveness of Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (TF-CBT) in addressing the symptoms of PTSD in both the short and long term for maltreated children identified through the universal screening process, as compared to care as usual
- conducting a parallel process evaluation to better understand how children’s needs are more accurately assessed in relation to the impact of maltreatment, and the acceptability, retention and recruitment of children to a TF-CBT programme of intervention
- undertaking an economic appraisal to determine the cost effectiveness of PTSD screening and TF-CBT as an intervention for maltreated children
- developing and piloting a process for training front line workers within a large NGO how to screen for the symptoms of PTSD in all maltreated children initially referred for specialist family support to a specific family support service
- evaluating the comprehensiveness and accuracy of the screening for PTSD by front line workers
- conducting a pragmatic randomised control trial (RCT) to test the effectiveness of Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (TF-CBT) in addressing the symptoms of PTSD in both the short and long term for maltreated children identified through the universal screening process, as compared to care as usual
- conducting a parallel process evaluation to better understand how children’s needs are more accurately assessed in relation to the impact of maltreatment, and the acceptability, retention and recruitment of children to a TF-CBT programme of intervention
- undertaking an economic appraisal to determine the cost effectiveness of PTSD screening and TF-CBT as an intervention for maltreated children
Status | Finished |
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Effective start/end date | 1/03/17 → 31/08/19 |
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