I propose you three important articles :
I. The first is about
the history of the discovery and promotion of child
mental health
I wrote it to be edited by the IACAPAP ( International
association of child and adolescent psychiatry and allied
professions ), in 2010. It constitutes the chapter XIII,
281-302 in the collective book
Increasing awareness of child
and adolescent mental health (E.Garralda and J.-P. Raynaud
editors), ) IACAPAP, Jason Aronson publisher, Maryland.
In the article, I first define what is child mental health, then I
describe the elements that contribue to establish it. I go on to outline
the reference models that form the basis of programmes aimed at promoting
child mental health, and then review a number of categories. The article
ends by summarising the history of child and adolescent psychiatry and
child mental health.
II. The second article is a case study, so called
A case of incest brother sister treated by therapy online
It describes the heart of psychotherapy of an adolescent
( 17 years ) who had had an incestuous relationship with
his sister a year younger for six use. Both were consenting.
It also shows the psychotherapeutic that has been made of an
instant webmessagerie and a webcam.
III. The third article is :
A national response to paedophilia and child murder
Clinical child psychology and psychiatry, 2000,
5-3,
427-437.
In August 1996, Belgium was deeply shocked to learn of the rape
and murder of several young girls by a group of paedophiles. In
the wake of these events, the Belgian population displayed symptoms
of collective emotional shock and bereavement. We endeavoured to
come to terms with these feelings as a community. We immediately
sent an open letter to all children, which was published in the
country's main newspapers. We then organized a group debriefing
on national television on a very popular children's programme. This
article deals mainly with the processes involved in this debriefing
session. Further complications later developed involving, among
others, abused children and their families. In order to help
them, in addition to individual interventions, we again used
the press and radio and TV programmes. When the population
eventually began to emerge from the shock and bereavement,
we acted to prevent excesses by, among other things, writing
an « open letter to child abusers ».
Jean-Yves Hayez, child and adolescent psychiatrist, professor
Emeritus at the
Faculty of medicine of the UCL ( Université catholique de Louvain -
Belgium ), doctor in psychology and Former Head of child and
adolescent psychiatry service,
Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, avenue Hippocrate, 10,
B-1200 Brussels.
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