What Works for Survivors of Childhood Abuse: Learning from Participants in an Inpatient Treatment Program

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 112-121

  Palmer, Sally ^a   Stalker, Carol ^b   Gadbois, Sue ^c   Harper, Kim ^d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CONVALESCENCE; EMOTION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MENTAL PATIENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS;

EID: 2042426327     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.74.2.112     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Allen, J., Coyne, L., & Console, D. (2000). Course of illness following specialized inpatient treatment for women with trauma-related psychopathology. Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, 64, 235-256.
2. Banyard, V. L., Williams, L. M., & Siegel, J. A. (2001). The long-term mental health consequences of child sexual abuse: An exploratory study of the impact of multiple traumas in a sample of women. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 14, 697-715.
3. Bloom, S. L. (1994). The sanctuary model. In M. B. Williams & J. F. Sommer (Eds.), Handbook of posttraumatic therapy (pp. 474-491). Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
4. Briere, J. N., & Elliot, D. M. (1994). Immediate and long-term impacts of child sexual abuse. Future of Children, 4, 54-69.
5. Courtois, C. (1991). Theory, sequencing, and strategy in treatment of adult survivors. New Directions for Mental Health Services, 51, 47-60.
6. Courtois, C., & Bloom, S. (2000). Inpatient treatment. In E. B. Foa, T. M. Keane, & M. J. Friedman (Eds.), Effective treatments for PTSD: Practice guidelines from the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (pp. 199-223). New York: Guilford Press.
7. Fetterman, D. (1989). Ethnography: Step by step. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
8. Foa, E. B. (2000). Psychosocial treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 61(Suppl. 5), 43-48.
9. Herman, J. (1992). Trauma and recovery: The aftermath of violence - from domestic to political terror. New York: Basic Books.
10. Jacobson, A., & Herald, C. (1990). The relevance of childhood sexual abuse to adult psychiatric inpatient care. Hospital and Community Psychiatry, 41, 154-158.
11. Johnson, D., Feldman, S., Southwick, S., & Charney, D. (1994). The concept of second generation program in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder among Vietnam veterans. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 7, 217-304.
12. NUD*IST: Nonnumerical unstructured data-indexing, searching, and theorizing [Computer software]. (1997). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
13. Palmer, S. E., Brown, R. A., Rae-Grant, N. I., & Loughlin, J. (2001). Survivors of childhood abuse: Their reported experiences with professional help. Social Work, 46, 136-145.
14. Pearlman, L. A., & Saakvitne, K. W. (1995). Trauma and the therapist: Countertransference and vicarious traumatization in psychotherapy with incest survivors. New York: Norton.
15. Rowan, A. B., Foy, D. W., Rodiguez, N., & Ryan, S. (1994). Posttraumatic stress disorder in a clinical sample of adults sexually abused as children, Child Abuse & Neglect, 18, 51-61.
16. Silverman, A. B., Reinherz, H. Z., & Giaconia, R. M. (1996). The long-term sequelae of child and adolescent abuse: A longitudinal community study. Child Abuse & Neglect, 20, 709-723.
17. Strauss, A., & Corbin, J. (1998). Basics of qualitative research: Techniques and procedures for developing grounded theory. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
18. Van der Kolk, B. (1989). The compulsion to repeat the trauma. Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 12, 389-411.
19. Wright, D., Stalker, C. A., & Palmer, S. (2000, November). The impact of personality diagnosis on trauma treatment outcomes. Presentation to 16th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. San Antonio, Texas.
20. Wright D. C., & Woo, W. L. (2000). Treating post-traumatic stress disorder in a therapeutic community: The experience of a Canadian psychiatric hospital. Therapeutic Communities, 21, 105-118.