Non-urgent cases of suspected child abuse engage general practitioners (GP) in a particularly complex process. Despite their important role in preventing such abuse, general practitioners still detect and report too few cases of child abuse. The barriers to this under-reporting are explored in the s...
The aim of this article is to illustrate the value of an early intervention on the parent-baby bond in situations of high risk of abuse in order to reduce the impact on the baby’s development. Our intervention framework is designed as a tripod between the functions of psychologist / social worker /...
In 2019, it has been 11 years since our first therapeutic group - for children in conflictual parental separation - was created. These years show us to what extent the violence of conflict dynamics has a deleterious impact on the psyche of children. Indeed, conflicts between parents generate real vi...
Although resilience has been scientifically studied from different angles, its activation, through significant implication by a professional, arouses particular interest in the search for innovative strategies of interventions, specifically with children exposed to maltreatment. Through the lens of...
Empirical evidence on the effects of anogenital examination following disclosure of child sexual abuse is scarce and inconsistent. The objective of this study was to provide a better understanding of the emotional response of children and their parents at the time of the medical examination and to i...
Children under care of the Youth Protection have experienced complex traumas related to neglect, maltreatment, and various forms of abuse. The authors suggest that, as their parents, they show significant`np pagenum="007"/b difficulties to mentalize as well as a pre-mentalizing mode of psychic funct...
Based on the multidisciplinary experience of a SOS Enfants team, this article proposes a reflection on the therapeutic management of children victims of sexual abuse when they are, in turn, authors of transgressions in the register of sexuality. From the M. Ainsworth’s theories of attachment and the...
This article presents attachment and intersubjective disorders of many children who lived in a way frequent and repeated by the situations of severe carelessness and abuse. In this context, these children’s emotional experiences have been traumatic. After a reminder of basic needs, focusing on attac...
Working with families is challenging for child protection services. This study aims to present the content of a cognitive-behavioural intervention, a parent training program (Incredible years) to improve parenting practices, and the first observations related to the implementation in a child protect...
When an adult parent is diagnosed with a mental health disorder, whether acute or chronic, the disorder engender, at different levels, psychosocial consequences (professional, social and economic situation, couple and family relationship), as well as temporary or definitive deficits in his parental...