DATABASES: MEDICAL HEALTH BIOSCIENCES BIOLOGY PSYCHOLOGY : PSYCHOLOGY DISORDERS POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD) : BIBLIOGRAPHIES : PILOTS Database (Published International Literature On Traumatic Stress)
David P. Dillard
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DATABASES: MEDICAL HEALTH BIOSCIENCES BIOLOGY PSYCHOLOGY :
PSYCHOLOGY DISORDERS POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD) :
BIBLIOGRAPHIES :
PILOTS Database (Published International Literature On Traumatic Stress)
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PILOTS Database (Published International Literature On Traumatic Stress)
http://www.ptsd.va.gov/professional/pilots-database/pilots-db.asp
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An Electronic Index to the Traumatic Stress Literature
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PILOTS stands for: Published International Literature on Traumatic
Stress). This database is an electronic index to the worldwide literature
on PTSD and other mental health consequences of exposure to traumatic
events. Unlike other databases, PILOTS does not restrict its coverage to
articles appearing in selected journals. It attempts to include all
publications relevant to PTSD and other forms of traumatic stress,
whatever their origin without disciplinary, linguistic, or geographic
limitations.
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PILOTS is produced by the National Center for PTSD, and is electronically
available to the public. There is no charge for using the database, and no
account or password is required. Although it is sponsored by the U.S.
Department of Veterans Affairs, the PILOTS database is not limited to
literature on PTSD among Veterans.
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Search PILOTS*
The bibliographic interface allows a person to get regular updates on new
articles that meet specific search criteria. See database interface for
details.
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Each record in PILOTS is a representation of a document, containing:
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a bibliographic citation, giving the information (author, title, and
source) needed to locate the document
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a description of the article's content, information which basic computer
search techniques can use in selecting documents of possible interest
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a brief summary, to help in determining whether it contains information
relevant to a particular enquiry.
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The PILOTS database is intended to enable users to identify those
publications that contain the information they need. PILOTS citations are
not intended to substitute for the documents they represent; in no case
should the information contained in a PILOTS citation be used as the basis
for a clinical decision. As with any bibliographical compilation, it is
the responsibility of the compilers to provide accurate bibliographical
information. It is always the responsibility of the user to determine
whether the information he or she finds is applicable to the situation at
hand, and to use the best professional judgment in its application.
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For Further Help or Information call us at
during business hours (weekdays 08.00-16.30 Eastern time),
or Email
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SEARCH PILOTS
http://csaweb110v.csa.com/ids70/quick_search.php?SID=
pq4qnkd10111f6kmiouvl6grn2
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A shorter URL for the above link:
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PILOTS Quick Search Tips
http://www.ptsd.va.gov/professional/
pilots-database/pilots-quick-search.asp
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A shorter URL for the above link:
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When you search the PILOTS database, CSA Illumina treats words you enter
as an exact phrase unless you place the words "and" or "or" between them:
AND - Narrow search and retrieve records that have all of the words it
separates
OR - Broaden search and retrieve records that have any of the words it
separates
If you are searching for a particular author, use the format:
Lastname, Firstname
or alternatively:
Lastname, AB or Lastname, A B or Lastname, Firstname B
CSA also offers the following search guides:
A Quick Reference Card* (PDF)
An online audio Quick Search Tutorial
Other things to consider:
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What information are you looking for? Consider stating this in writing in
two or three sentences before you search to help narrow things down.
Identify general concepts about the information that you're looking for,
and ask how they might relate to the search terms that you might use.
After you've located a couple of relevant articles, consider using the
descriptors attached to the record to locate similar records.
If your search terms are not locating what you are searching for, consider
using the
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PILOTS thesaurus to come up with indexed terms to try.
Are you interested in a specific author's work? If so, then that might be
a good place to start. You might use articles by this author to discover
other relevant documents to satisfy your research needs.
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How to Obtain Listed Articles
http://www.ptsd.va.gov/professional/pilots-database/listed-articles.asp
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Many PILOTS users ask how they can obtain copies of journal articles, book
chapters, and other materials that they have located using the database.
These suggestions should help you to obtain what you need.
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The PILOTS record itself links to full text articles when available.
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Library Subscriptions may be able to provide users to direct access. Ask
your librarian.
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Regional medical and hospital libraries may be able to provide articles.
Ask your librarian.
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Information Brokers and Document Delivery Services specialize in providing
rapid copies of publications, usually for a small fee.
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Publisher: An increasing number of publishers are offering individuals
electronic access to their books and journals, either by subscription or
on a pay-as-you-go basis.
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Modify Your Search
http://www.ptsd.va.gov/professional/pilots-database/modifying-search.asp
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If your search does not turn up the results you want, here are some
suggestions:
Too Many Citations
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Examine at least a few of the results to see whether you defined your
topic too broadly, or used too broad a search strategy.
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If almost all of them are indeed relevant, ask yourself how you can
redefine your objective. (Perhaps you should choose a narrower topic: for
example, natural disasters rather than stressors in general.)
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If many of the citations are irrelevant, you need to refine your search
strategy. Look at some of the irrelevant citations, and see what they have
in common. Does the same descriptor appear in all of them? If you repeated
your search without using that descriptor, would you be eliminating
valuable citations as well as irrelevant ones? If not, you've found one
way of bringing your search results down to a more manageable size. (Other
methods might include restricting your search by language, or by date, or
by format.)
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Too Few Citations
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What if your search has retrieved fewer citations than you think it should
have?
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Perhaps there really are very few papers in your area. (Or at least very
few that have found their way into PILOTS.)
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Or perhaps your search strategy was too narrow. Again, look at your
results. Find a citation that is directly relevant, and see what
descriptors were applied to it. Perhaps you might want to add one or more
of them to your search strategy.
And don't forget to double check to be sure that you weren't done in by a
simple typing error.
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No Relevant Citations
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And what if you could find no relevant citations? Is there a paper that
you know to be relevant? Then search for that paper (by author and title),
retrieve the citation, and see how it was indexed in PILOTS. That might
suggest one or more descriptors to use in searching.
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It often happens that a search of PILOTS (or any other database) doesn't
produce the results that you expect. Database searching works best as an
iterative process. Don't expect to get definitive results with your first
try; plan on doing an exploratory search, and then modify your search
strategy according to the results you get.
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Don't be discouraged if your first search strategy doesn't work perfectly.
Experts at database searching often have to modify their search
techniques, especially when working with a database that is new to them.
And don't be surprised if you come across a citation whose indexing seems
strange to you. This is a complex literature, and the indexer is, after
all, perforce a generalist. You may well know more about the topic than
the indexer does. (If you find a paper that you believe has been
incorrectly indexed, please let us know. We don't mind correcting our
mistakes.)
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PILOTS User's Guide
http://www.ptsd.va.gov/professional/pilots-database/pilots-db-users-guide.asp
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comprehensive PILOTS Database User's Guide (4th edition) was published in
May 2007. It contains Instructions on Searching the PILOTS Database and a
detailed presentation of the PILOTS Thesaurus, the controlled vocabulary
that we use to index the traumatic stress literature. It also contains
instructions on using the CSA Illumina system on which the PILOTS database
resides.
Download the PILOTS User's Guide (PDF - 2.48MB).
http://www.ptsd.va.gov/professional/pilots-database/
pilots-pdf/Users_Guide80912.pdf
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A shorter URL for the above link:
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Download the PILOTS Thesaurus (PDF - 342k).
http://www.ptsd.va.gov/professional/pilots-database/pilots-pdf/Thesaurus.pdf
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Download the CSA Quick Reference Card (PDF - 972k).
http://www.csa.com/support/QRC.pdf
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Database Purpose and Scope
http://www.ptsd.va.gov/professional/pilots-database/purpose-and-scope.asp
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The goal of the PILOTS database is to include citations to all literature
on PTSD and other mental health sequelae of traumatic events, without
disciplinary, linguistic, or geographical limitations, and to offer both
current and retrospective coverage.
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At the end of fiscal year 2006 there were over 30,000 references in the
database. The database is updated bimonthly, and links to full text
articles are included for over 38% of citations, including all National
Center authored articles. PILOTS is a bibliographical database. That is,
it is essentially a list of publications, rather than a collection of
texts.
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Addition of Publications to the Database
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We encourage you to send copies of your publications to us so that we
might index them in the PILOTS database. While we are unable to include
unpublished conference presentations or to index published articles from
manuscript copy, we are eager to obtain publications from obscure as well
as well-known journals, books, book chapters, pamphlets, technical
reports, and materials in all languages.
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Using PILOTS for Assessment Information
http://www.ptsd.va.gov/professional/pilots-database/pilots-assessment.asp
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PILOTS provides a bibliographic citation and each record includes an
"Instruments" field listing the psychological and medical assessment
instruments used in the research or clinical work reported in the
document.
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This feature enables PILOTS database users to:
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determine which instruments were used in the work described in a
particular paper;
determine which published papers have used a particular instrument;
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locate papers whose focus is the description, validation, or use of a
particular instrument.
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To make searching for specific assessment instruments possible, we have
established a standard form of the name of each instrument that has been
used in papers indexed in the PILOTS Database. These standardized names
are assembled in the PILOTS
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Database Instruments Authority List.
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Finding references on a topic connected with assessment instruments
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To find papers on a topic connected with assessment instruments, set the
pull-down menu to read "Descriptors" and type in the adjacent box one of
the following:
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Assessment Instruments
Acute Stess Disorder Assessment Instruments
Dissociation Assessment Instruments
Interview Schedules
Projective Techniques
PTSD Assessment Instruments
Self Report Instruments
Trauma Assessment Instruments
Finding references that discuss the details of a specific instrument
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To find papers that discuss details of using of a specific instrument (as
opposed to those in which the instrument is merely noted as having been
used), combine these two techniques using both pull-down menus. For
example, to look for papers that discuss the use of the Mississippi Scale
for Combat-Related PTSD, type
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Mississippi Scale in the "Instruments" box and PTSD Assessment Instruments
in the "Descriptors" box.
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PILOTS Database Instruments Authority List
http://www.ptsd.va.gov/professional/pilots-database/pilots-instruments.asp
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To make searching for specific assessment instruments possible, we have
established a standard form of the name of each measure. This form
represents, to the best of our knowledge, the official name of the
instrument as given by its author or publisher. We attempt to use that
form consistently, regardless of the form of name used by the author of a
particular paper. These standardized names are assembled in the PILOTS
Database Instruments Authority List (PDF-3.78MB). This list includes all
projective tests, self-report questionnaires, structured interviews, and
other instruments that have been used in papers indexed in the PILOTS
Database. Each entry includes:
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the name of the instrument;
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the surnames of its creators (this information is intended primarily to
indicate which instrument is meant - there are several with similar names
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a bibliographic reference to one or more publications cited as the source
of information on the instrument by those reporting use of it;
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a bracketed reference to the 5-digit PILOTS ID number of the document
referenced or of the document citing it.
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In addition, many entries also include a brief description of the nature
of the instrument or its relationship to other instruments. There are also
many cross-references, linking alternate names for instruments with the
form used in the PILOTS database.
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(It should be understood that the Authority List does not purport to be a
complete bibliography of psychological and medical assessment instruments
used in traumatic stress work. We have not attempted to maintain the
standards of accuracy and completeness that we hope characterize the
PILOTS database itself. The bibliographic citations in the Authority List
are taken without revision from a wide range of publications in the
traumatic stress literature, and several years of experience has shown us
that many writers give deplorably incomplete information about the
instruments they use in their work. The PILOTS Database Instruments
Authority List represents our best efforts at bringing consistency to a
chaotic bibliographical environment without diverting our attention
substantially from our primary mission: the indexing of the worldwide
traumatic stress literature.)
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We would encourage anyone publishing an assessment instrument, a paper
about the assessment of trauma or the effects of traumatic stress, or any
other literature within the scope of the PILOTS database to send us a copy
to ensure that it is indexed in the database. Please send these to:
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PTSD Resource Center
National Center for PTSD (116D)
VA Medical Center White River Junction, VT 05009
ncp...@va.gov
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Search Sample from This Database
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Search Term : Recreation
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48 results found for: recreation in PILOTS Database
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Content Sample:
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1. The value of leisure in coping with natural disaster: a case study in
the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina [dissertation]
Jackson, Germaine
University of Northern Iowa, 2011. 191 pp.
... directors of youth-serving leisure agencies (New Orleans Recreation
Department, Boys and Girls Club in New Orleans, youth services of Second
Mt. Bethel Baptist Church in New Orleans) to investigate if leisure
services helped adolescents cope with ...
Resource Location:
http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=2417988341&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=4347&RQT=309&
VName=PQD
Publisher: University of Northern Iowa
Accession Number: 93099
View Record Database:
PILOTS Database
Descriptors:
Adolescents | Americans | Coping Behavior | Epidemiology | Hurricane
Katrina (2005) | Hurricanes | More...
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2. Key steps in developing a cognitive vaccine against traumatic
flashbacks: Visuospatial Tetris versus Verbal Pub Quiz
Holmes, Emily A; James, Ella L; Kilford, Emma J; Deeprose, Catherine
PLoS One, vol. 5, no. 11, pp. Article e13706, November 20, 2010
BACKGROUND: Flashbacks (intrusive memories of a traumatic event) are the
hallmark feature of PTSD, however preventative interventions are lacking.
Tetris may offer a 'cognitive vaccine' [1] against flashback development
after trauma exposure. We ...
Resource Location: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0013706
Accession Number: 35813
View Record Database:
PILOTS Database
Descriptors:
Adults | British | Cognitive Processes | Computer Assisted Psychotherapy |
Experimental Stressors | Hallucinations | More...
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3. Long-term follow-up of children with nonoperative management of
blunt splenic trauma
Moore, Hunter B; Vane, Dennis W
Journal of Trauma, vol. 68, no. 3, pp. 522-555, March 2010
... (11), all terrain vehicle (ATV) crashes (10), snow recreation related
(14), and other recreation (13). 2 patients were readmitted for spleen
complications (splenic cyst and hematoma), but neither required additional
treatment. ...
Resource Location: http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/TA.0b013e3181ce1ed5
Accession Number: 36915
View Record Database:
PILOTS Database
Descriptors:
Injuries | Americans | Children | Adolescents | PTSD | Survivors
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4. Resilience and indicators of adjustment during rehabilitation from a
spinal cord injury
White, Brian; Driver, Simon; Warren, Ann Marie
Rehabilitation Psychology, vol. 55, no. 1, pp. 23-32, February 2010
OBJECTIVES: The purposes of this study were to (a) identify changes in
resilience and indicators of adjustment (i.e., satisfaction with life,
depressive symptomatology, spirituality, functional independence) during
inpatient rehabilitation after ...
Resource Location: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0018451
Accession Number: 34074
View Record Database:
PILOTS Database
Descriptors:
Resilience | Spinal Cord Injuries | Survivors | Americans | Adults |
Depressive Disorders | More...
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5. Sports and games for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Lawrence, Sue; De Silva, Mary J; Henley, Robert
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, vol. 2010, no. 1, pp. Article
CD007171, 2010
BACKGROUND: Traumatic experiences evoke emotions such as fear, anxiety,
and distress and may encourage avoidance of similar situations in the
future. For a proportion of those exposed to a traumatic event, this
emotional reaction becomes ...
Accession Number: 34399
View Record Database:
PILOTS Database
Descriptors:
Literature Review | PTSD | Recreation Therapy | Therapeutic Physical
Exercise | Treatment Effectiveness
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6. Psychosocial benefits for child burn survivors who attend summer
camp [dissertation]
Gill, Maia Beth Thekla
Palo Alto University, 2010. 195 pp.
There has been minimal research that has evaluated child burn survivors'
Psychosocial Functioning and PTSD symptomalogy in relationship to their
experience at summer camp. The purpose of this study was to examine the
Missouri Children's Burn Camp ...
Resource Location:
http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1982979491&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=4347&RQT=309&
VName=PQD
Publisher: Palo Alto University
Accession Number: 92729
View Record Database:
PILOTS Database
Descriptors:
Americans | Burns | Children | Coping Behavior | PTSD | Quality of Life |
More...
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7. Can playing the computer game "Tetris" reduce the build-up of
flashbacks for trauma?: a proposal from cognitive science
Holmes, Emily A; James, Ella L; Coode-Bate, Thomas; Deeprose, Catherine
PLoS ONE, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. e4153, 7 January 2009
BACKGROUND: Flashbacks are the hallmark symptom of PTSD. Although we have
successful treatments for full-blown PTSD, early interventions are
lacking. We propose the utility of developing a "cognitive vaccine" to
prevent PTSD flashback development ...
Resource Location: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0004153
Accession Number: 32647
View Record Database:
PILOTS Database
Descriptors:
Adults | British | Cognitive Processes | Computer Assisted Psychotherapy |
Experimental Stressors | Hallucinations | More...
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8. Efficacy of a camp-based intervention for childhood traumatic grief
McClatchey, Irene Seales; Vonk, M Elizabeth; Palardy, Gregory
Research on Social Work Practice, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 19-30, January 2009
OBJECTIVE: This study examined the efficacy of a short-term, camp-based,
trauma-focused grief intervention in reducing traumatic grief and PTSD
symptoms in parentally bereaved children.METHOD: For this nonequivalent
comparison group study, 100 ...
Resource Location: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1049731508314276
Accession Number: 33151
View Record Database:
PILOTS Database
Descriptors:
Adolescents | Americans | Arousal | Avoidance | Children | Clinical Trial
| More...
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9. Garbage to garden: developing a safe, nurturing and therapeutic
environment for the children of the garbage pickers utilizing an academic
design/build service learning model
Winterbottom, Daniel
Children, Youth and Environments, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 435-455, 2008
Cast out of their highland villages, many Mayans have resettled around the
garbage dump in Guatemala City. Children went to the dump to work
salvaging plastic, cardboard, and food. In 2004, children were banned from
the dump and now stay at home ...
Accession Number: 31543
View Record Database:
PILOTS Database
Descriptors:
Guatemalans | Indigenous Peoples | Internally Displaced Persons | Poverty
| Lower Class | Effects | More...
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10. Leisure and recreation involvement in the context of healing from
trauma
Arai, Susan M; Griffin, Janet; Miatello, Ashleigh; Greig, Carrie L
Therapeutic Recreation Journal, vol. 42, no. 1, pp. 37-55, 2008
... context to examine people's perceptions of leisure and recreation
involvement and how these perceptions change during the process of healing
from trauma. Reported are the results of the Assessment of Leisure and
Recreation Involvement ...
Accession Number: 32620
View Record Database:
PILOTS Database
Descriptors:
Adults | Avoidance | Awareness | Canadians | Group Psychotherapy |
Isolation | More...
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Example of a Full Record from This Database:
Database PILOTS Database
Title The prescription of recreational activity in mental health
promotion and disease prevention
Author Russoniello, Carmen; Howard, David J
Affiliation East Carolina University, Greenville NC, USA ; Indiana State
University, Terre haute IN, USA
Source American Journal of Recreation Therapy, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 31-34,
Winter 2005
ISSN 1539-4131
Descriptors Children Disasters PTSD Recreation Therapy Survivors
Treatment Effectiveness
New Search Using Marked Terms: Use AND to narrow Use OR to broaden
Add to Current Search: Use AND to narrow Use OR to broaden
Abstract This article highlights a recent invited presentation by the US
Department of Health and Human Services on the efficacy of recreational
therapy in mental health promotion and prevention. The second annual Steps
to a HealthierUS National Prevention Summit was convened to focus on
President Bush's HealthierUS pillars, which encourage Americans to be
physically active every day, eat a nutritious diet, get preventive
screenings, and make healthy choices. The Summit specifically addressed
the US Secretary of Health and Human Services's Steps to a HealthierUS
Initiative, which highlights chronic disease prevention by addressing
diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and asthma. Research
was presented on the physiological and psychological benefits of
recreational activity in disease prevention, including the prescriptive
use of recreational activity in alcoholism prevention and rehabilitation,
reducing obesity and secondary problems in children, and the prevention
and amelioration of PTSD symptoms in children. In each study, recreational
therapy was shown to be an effective intervention by decreasing negative
symptoms such as untoward stress, anxiety, and depression. [Author
Abstract]KEY WORDS: disease prevention, recreation therapy,
rehabilitation, mental health
Language English
Publication Year 2005
Publication Type Journal Article
Update 20110718
Accession Number 31882
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Currently PILOTS Database uses CSA Illumina search software.
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Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
(215) 204 - 4584
jw...@temple.edu
http://daviddillard.businesscard2.com
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Bushell, R. & Sheldon, P. (eds),
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