Importance Mortality among people with opioid dependence is higher than that of the
general population. Opioid agonist treatment (OAT) is an effective treatment for opioid …

A large body of research has documented the long-term harms of childhood sexual abuse
(CSA) on an individual's emotional-adaptive function and mental health. Recent studies …

Childhood maltreatment is associated with a range of adverse mental and physical health
outcomes, including increased rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) later in life …

While empirical, scientific research has much to offer to the practice-oriented therapist in
training, it is often difficult to effectively engage the trainee, beginning practitioner, or …

Childhood maltreatment has well-documented relationships with emotional dysregulation.
Emotional dysregulation confers heightened risk for psychopathology and therefore …

Performing child maltreatment risk assessments is a challenging task that calls for valid and
reliable measures. In child protection proceedings, mental health professionals conduct …

The decision to substantiate child maltreatment is one of the many complex decisions
workers must make daily. Utilizing data from the Ontario Incidence study 2013, this paper …

Child maltreatment is a major public health issue in Israel. According to a recent Israeli
national epidemiological survey, approximately half of Jewish and Arab girls and boys …

Background: Despite a large body of evidence demonstrating the effectiveness of
psychotherapy for posttraumatic stress for children and adolescents, the adoption of …

This chapter discusses the intersections between family systems theory and developmental
psychopathology. Beginning with a review of the historical and theoretical underpinnings of …