Brief summaries of cutting edge research on trauma and childhood maltreatment published in the fourth quarter of 2021.
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Q1 and Q2 | 2023 Research Round Up
A review of the evidence: Understanding educational experiences of children and young people who are seeking refuge and asylum
Q3 and Q4 | 2022 Research Round Up
Brief summaries of cutting edge research on trauma and childhood maltreatment published in the fourth quarter of 2021.
Q1 and Q2 | 2022 Research Round Up
Brief summaries of cutting edge research on trauma and childhood maltreatment published in the fourth quarter of 2021.
Children in care and post-traumatic stress disorder
In this Research Practice Focus video, Dr Rachel Hiller and David Trickey discuss the relevance of diagnostic labels such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) specifically to children in care*, and whether evidence based interventions (such as trauma-focused cognitive behavioural therapy) have a role to play with children in care.
Q4 | 2021 Research Round Up
Brief summaries of cutting edge research on trauma and childhood maltreatment published in the fourth quarter of 2021.
Traumatic bereavement literature review
A brief summary of published research on topics related to traumatic bereavement.
Q3 | 2021 Research Round Up
Brief summaries of cutting edge research on trauma and childhood maltreatment published in the third quarter of 2021.
Racism, Mental Health and Trauma Research Round Up
Brief summaries of research on racism and trauma.
Q2 | 2021 Research Round Up
Brief summaries of cutting edge research on trauma and childhood maltreatment published in the second quarter of 2021.
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Research: Implications for practitioners
In this Research Practice Focus video, we explain what ACEs are, how they are measured, and the pros and cons of routine screening.
Q1 | 2021 Research Round Up
Q4 | 2020 Research Round Up
Epigenetics and Mental Health: A brief guide to the research
What is epigenetics and how is it related to trauma, health and well-being? In this short video, behaviour geneticist Dr Emma Meaburn gives a brief introduction to epigenetics, its role in linking the environment to health outcomes, and how practitioners should approach the research.
Q3 | 2020 Research Round Up
COVID-19 | 2020 Research Round Up
Q1-Q2 | 2020 Research Round Up
Neuroscience research
What is neuroscience and what do we know about brain development? What are the challenges and limitations of current research? In this video, several leading neuroscientists explore these questions.
From the Field: Neuroscience experiments
To improve our understanding of children, neuroscientists look at the brain in tightly controlled experiments. Here are brief summaries of several key experiments that revealed some of the hidden links between early childhood experiences and brain development.
Further Reading
For those of you who have an interest in learning more about this field, here is a list of articles that address different questions in the field. Most are review articles that summarise particular areas of research.