An evaluation of Neuro-Physiological Psychotherapy: An integrative therapeutic approach to working with adopted children who have experienced early life trauma

McCullough, Elaine; Gordon-Jones, Susi; Last, Anna; Vaughan, Jay; Burnell, Alan

doi:10.1177/1359104516635221

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“…Studies on Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) have shown that it significantly improves emotional functioning, with positive outcomes in areas such as self-harm, relational difficulties, and substance abuse [24]. Similarly, the application of the Attachment, Regulation, Competency (ARC) model has been found to enhance behavioural and emotional regulation in children [25].…”

Section: Therapeutic Interventionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effects of Early Childhood Trauma on Adult Mental Health

2024

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This article centres its focus on the varied manners in which children who undergo early trauma are impacted in the future about their mental health. This encompasses examining biological aspects (such as genetics and physiological systems) and environmental aspects (including social relationships and early attachment patterns). This article provides a concise summary of a substantial body of preexisting research conducted by scholars on diverse forms of childhood trauma that lead to mental disorders and persistent physical discomfort, such as depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Therefore, this article establishes a correlation between childhood trauma and unfavourable outcomes in mental health by expounding on the issues of drug and alcohol misuse. Lastly, this article alleviates the detrimental effects of childhood trauma by providing a summary of therapeutic interventions and discussing the impacts on public health aimed at reducing the prevalence of such issues in adulthood.

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Section: Therapeutic Interventionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effects of Early Childhood Trauma on Adult Mental Health

2024

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“…This has led researchers such as Tarren-Sweeney (2010) to argue that these children do not access the correct services sufficiently because they are not well enough understood and to develop alternative ways of conceptualising the range of issues that such children have. McCullough et al (2014McCullough et al ( , 2016 researched looked-after children with a diagnosis of ASD. They were given a battery of tests including the Autistic Spectrum Quotient and tests of theory of mind abilities.…”

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Evolutionary Perspectives on Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Swanepoel¹,

Reiß²,

Launer

et al. 2022

Evolutionary Psychiatry

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We discuss evolutionary perspectives on two neurodevelopmental disorders: attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Both have a genetic background, and we explore why these genes may have survived the process of natural selection. We draw on the concept of evolutionary mismatch, in which a trait that may have conferred advantages in the past can become disadvantageous when the environment changes. We also describe the non-genetic influences on these conditions. We point out that children with neurodevelopmental conditions are more likely to suffer maltreatment, so it is important to consider both the genes and the environment in which children have grown up. In huntergatherer societies, ADHD may have favoured risk-taking, which may explain why it has survived. The contemporary model of schooling, in which children are expected to sit still for many hours a day, does not favour this. Understanding ADHD in terms of an evolutionary mismatch therefore raises ethical issues regarding both medication and the school environment. ASDs are far more heterogeneous and are characterised by high heritability and low reproductive success. At the severe end of the spectrum, ASD is highly disadvantageous and often co-occurs with intellectual disability. On the other hand, high-functioning ASD may have been adaptive in our evolutionary past in terms of the potential for the development of specialist skills and can still be so today in the right environment.

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“…It is essential that the NPP model, like any other, is able to evidence its efficacy. This process has begun and an evaluation of NPP exploring treatment outcomes is presented in a companion paper (McCullough, Gordon-Jones, Last, Vaughan, & Burnell, this issue).…”

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Neuro-Physiological Psychotherapy (NPP): The development and application of an integrative, wrap-around service and treatment programme for maltreated children placed in adoptive and foster care placements

Vaughan¹,

McCullough²,

Burnell³

2016

Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry

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This article describes the development and application of a wrap-around, multidisciplinary, brain-based, developmental and attachment-focussed intervention for children who have experienced significant trauma in the context of their early life. It outlines the presentation of the children and families who are referred to the service and the model of treatment that they receive. In doing so, it identifies the core components underpinning Neuro-Physiological Psychotherapy (NPP) and links the application of the integrative model to research and practice in the field of neuroscience and attachment and to the use of therapeutic approaches that are beneficial to maltreated children and their adoptive parents. It highlights the need for a neuro-sequential approach that impacts all aspects of the child's life in the effort to redress the impact of developmental trauma with the aim of improving their overall functioning and their ability to develop healthy relationships into the future.

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An evaluation of Neuro-Physiological Psychotherapy: An integrative therapeutic approach to working with adopted children who have experienced early life trauma

Cited by 8 publications

References 43 publications

Effects of Early Childhood Trauma on Adult Mental Health

Effects of Early Childhood Trauma on Adult Mental Health

Evolutionary Perspectives on Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Neuro-Physiological Psychotherapy (NPP): The development and application of an integrative, wrap-around service and treatment programme for maltreated children placed in adoptive and foster care placements

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