Papers by Barbara Forresi
Methodologies and Practices, 2010
Comprehensive Guide to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, 2015
Current opinion in psychiatry, 2005
In this review we examine the most recent literature on the impact, psychological sequelae and ma... more In this review we examine the most recent literature on the impact, psychological sequelae and management of trauma affecting children and adolescents. We focus on consequences of early traumatic events in childhood, adolescence and adulthood; mediating variables (risk and protective factors) intervention strategies and available treatments. Increasingly often, mental health professionals are being asked to address the needs of children and adolescents who have been exposed to traumatic events, either as individuals or in groups. Studies on a wide range of age groups, populations and types of trauma revealed that traumatized children and adolescents are at high risk for developing a range of different behavioural, psychological and neurobiological problems. Social support may have a protective effect on the relationship between exposure to traumatic events and psychosocial symptoms. Several recent studies analyze a wide range of early traumatic events that may be directly or indirec...
Facilitating Pathways, 2004
... The US Surgeon Gener-al's Report on Children and Mental Health (1999) stated that» psych... more ... The US Surgeon Gener-al's Report on Children and Mental Health (1999) stated that» psychopathology in childhood arises from the complex, multilayered interactions of spe-cific characteristics of the child (including biologi-cal, psychological and genetic factors), his or her ...
Books of Abstracts of the 16th World Congress of the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions (IACAPAP), 2004
Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 2008
Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 2005
In this review we examine the most recent literature on the impact, psychological sequelae and ma... more In this review we examine the most recent literature on the impact, psychological sequelae and management of trauma affecting children and adolescents. We focus on consequences of early traumatic events in childhood, adolescence and adulthood; mediating variables (risk and protective factors) intervention strategies and available treatments. Increasingly often, mental health professionals are being asked to address the needs of children and adolescents who have been exposed to traumatic events, either as individuals or in groups. Studies on a wide range of age groups, populations and types of trauma revealed that traumatized children and adolescents are at high risk for developing a range of different behavioural, psychological and neurobiological problems. Social support may have a protective effect on the relationship between exposure to traumatic events and psychosocial symptoms. Several recent studies analyze a wide range of early traumatic events that may be directly or indirectly experienced by youth. These studies raise many fundamental questions such as validity of current diagnostic criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder, comorbidity with anxiety, depressive disorders and childhood traumatic grief symptoms. Vulnerability and protective factors, mainly gender, age and social support are considered. A common problem in research into the impact of trauma on children is the presence of many limitations: studies are often retrospective, use self-report questionnaires and the results may not be generalizable (i.e. they are trauma or population specific). There is a lack of well designed studies, addressing in particular treatments for post-traumatic symptoms in children and adolescents.
Journal of Adolescence, 2014
The goal of this study was to investigate the development of mother-adolescent hostile aggressive... more The goal of this study was to investigate the development of mother-adolescent hostile aggressive conflict (MHAC) from late adolescence to young adulthood. The role of child' depressive and delinquency problems and family characteristics, as well as the relation of level and change in MHAC to adolescents' delinquency and depression in early adulthood will be investigated. From the Genzano Longitudinal study 385 adolescents (51% males) participated in this study and completed self report measures. Latent growth curve modeling, separately by gender, indicated that the overall level MHAC exhibited a modest decline over time. For both males and females, depressive problems were associated to higher initial levels of MHAC and early maternal age predicted less decline of MHAC. Starting levels of MHAC were associated with Delinquency in males and with Depression in females, while the growth of MHAC was associated to delinquency in males and females and to depression in males.
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Papers by Barbara Forresi