This study investigates how clinical specialists experience and describe establishing a working alliance with persons suffering from severe mental illnesses, while they are being treated involuntarily. A qualitative approach ...

This literature review addresses studies of psychosocial outcomes for children and adolescents in planned lesbian and gay families. A systematic literature search detected 16 relevant studies published between the years ...

The purpose of this thesis was to consider whether complex trauma disorders should be included as a diagnostic entity, and to evaluate if trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT) is a suitable treatment model ...

This paper reviews different methods which may stimulate communication and the development of an alliance in therapeutic settings with children who have language impairments. According to the evidence-based psychological ...

Parent management training (PMT) is an evidence-based treatment for children with problem behaviors, and is often considered to be the first choice of treatment. Though it may not be equally effective for all children, ...

Langvarige smerter er en utfordring og et folkehelseproblem i de fleste vestlige land, med alvorlige konsekvenser for enkeltindivider, deres pårørende, og for samfunnet. Først i 2019 ble langvarig smerte implementert i den ...

Exposure to a traffic accident is a traumatic experience with serious consequences for those involved. While the majority recovers without professional help there is still a significant group that reports persisting symptoms, ...

Background: It is concluded that binge eating (BE) is a common and prevalent problem among a sub-group of overweight children and adolescents. Assessment of BE symptoms among the pediatric population is important for ...

Trauma in the form of early abuse and neglect has been implicated in the aetiology of Borderline personality disorder (BPD). BPD shares important characteristics with the dissociative disorders, which has led to a ...