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Suicide and Child Abuse: a link

Suicide is one of the leading causes of death worldwide but what causes it is still not well understood. Mental-health problems are an important risk factor but most people with a mental-health problem do not think about killing themselves. There is strong evidence that people's experiences contribute more towards their mental-health problems than their genes and that bad experiences in people's childhood are linked to more thoughts about, or attempts at, killing oneself in later life. However, there has been less research into this than into genetic factors or mental-health problems. A team of researchers led by Ronny Bruffaerts from Gasthuisberg University Hospital in Belgium studied an international sample of 55,299 people asking them about their experiences in childhood and whether they had thought about, or tried to kill themselves. They found that bad experiences in childhood were associated with an increased risk of suicide attempts and thoughts of suicide. Sexual and physical abuse, especially during adolescence, were consistently the strongest risk factors.

Reference:
Bruffaerts, Ronny ... [et al] - Childhood adversities as risk factors for onset and persistence of suicidal behaviour. British Journal of Psychiatry, July 2010, 197(1), 20-27

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Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy Institute

The Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy Institute (DDPI) has been formed to allow therapist to become appropriately trained and certified as practitioners and/or consultants of Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy(DDP). The DDPI has a certification process to become a certified practitioner of DDP and to become a certified consultant of DDP.

Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy, which is an effective and evidence-based treatment (Becker-Weidman & Hughes, 2008) has been developing for over a decade now. The purpose of the Institute and its certification program is to ensure that practitioners of the model adhere to its basic principles and to maintain integrity of the model. Dyadic Developmental Psychotherpay, Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy Institute, Certified Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy Psychotherapist, Certified Dyadic Developmenal Psychotherapy Consultant, Certified Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy Trainers, DDP, DDPI, CDDPP, CDDPC, and CDDPT are all registered service marks/trademarks of the DDPI and may only be used with its permission.

DDPI will provide a certification process for those clinicians who are utilizing the DDP model of treatment and who wish to become certified in having demonstrated their knowledge of its core principles and their competence in its implementation in their practice. To be certified clinicians will have completed a minimum number of hours both in DDP course participation as well as in receiving consultation of their utilization of DDP in their treatment (through video review). Clinicians will also be certified to be DDP consultants, who are responsible for the providing consultation to those applying to become DDP certified therapists.

REFERENCES
Becker-Weidman, A. (2006a). Treatment for children with trauma-attachment disorders: Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, March, 2006.

Becker-Weidman, A. (2006b). Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy: a multi-year follow-up. In New Developments in Child Abuse Research S.M. Sturt, Ed. Nova Science Publishers.

Becker-Weidman, A., (2007) “Treatment For Children with Reactive Attachment Disorder: Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy,”
http://www.center4familydevelop.com/research.pdf

Becker-Weidman, A., & Hughes, D., (2008) “Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy: An evidence-based treatment for children with complex trauma and disorders of attachment,” Child & Adolescent Social Work, 13, pp.329-337.

Becker-Weidman, A. & Shell, D. Eds. (2005, 2^nd Printing 2008). Creating Capacity for . Oklahoma City OK: Wood ‘N’ Barnes, Williamsville, NY: Center For Family Development

Bowlby, J., (1988). A Secure Base: Parent-Child Attachment and Healthy Human Development. NY: Basic.

Holmes, J., (1993). John Bowlby Attachment Theory. London: Routledge.

Hughes, D. (1997). Facilitating Developmental Attachment: The Road to Emotional

Recovery and Behavioral Change in Foster and Adopted Children (1997).

Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson.

Hughes, D. (1998). Building the Bonds of Attachment: Awakening Love in Deeply

Troubled Children. Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson.

Hughes, D. (2003). Psychological Interventions for the Spectrum of Attachment

Disorders and Intrafamilial Trauma. Attachment and Human Development, 5,

271-277.

Hughes, D. (2004). An Attachment-Based Treatment for Maltreated Children and Youth.

Attachment and Human Development, 6, 263-278.

Hughes, D. (2006). Building the Bonds of Attachment: Awakening Love in Deeply

Troubled Children.2^nd Edition. Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson.

Hughes, D. (2007). Attachment-focused family therapy. New York: WW Norton.