Draper, Ana, Marcellino, Elisa, Benham, Kate and Dunn, Zach David (2023) The Distress Screening Tool: An Outcome Measure in the Work with Looked after Children and Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Minors. EC Neurology, 15 (3). pp. 75-82.

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Abstract

In the UK a third of young people have experienced traumatic events (TE) and 7% of them develop PTSD. Early trauma experiences are also linked with changes in the brain structure and its pathways. Unaccompanied asylum seeker children (UASC), care leavers and looked after children (LAC) are among those who experienced a majority of ongoing traumatic events throughout their lives. The Distress Thermometer (DT) was first introduced by NCCN as a screening for patients who were diagnosed with cancer. Recently, Draper and Marcellino described the use of the Distress Screening Tool (DST) in their clinical work with unaccompanied asylum seekers children (UASC). In this work the tool helps to assess the emotional health of young people during times of potential distress in a non-pathologizing way. Our results clearly highlighted that, in a situation of ongoing trauma, the DST had the efficacy to decrease the level of distress and to capture any change.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Received: February 09, 2023; Published: February 27, 2023
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Complex Trauma; Looked after Children; Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Minors; Distress
Subjects:	Children, Young People and Developmental Pyschology > Child Care Children, Young People and Developmental Pyschology > Child Protection Groups & Organisations > Refugees - Psychology Human Psychological Processes > Strange Environment/Situation Human Psychological Processes > Stress Race and Culture > Migration
Department/People:	Children, Young Adult and Family Services
URI:	https://repository.tavistockandportman.ac.uk/id/eprint/2949

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