Implementing Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP) - Evaluation Research

Launched by SYKEHUSET TELEMARK · Feb 18, 2021

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Children who have been subject to physical, sexual or emotional abuse or neglect are at risk of developing unhealthy relationships with their caregiver, increasing the likelihood of them developing a wide range of mental health problems later in life. Norway offers few therapeutic programs for treatment of children and adolescents that focus specifically on treating traumatic experiences within attachment relationships. An intervention with this focus is Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP),where dyad refers to the unit of a child and its caregiver(s).

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion criteria for child:
• • 1. Symptoms of relational and/or attachment difficulties
• • 2. History of trauma, including neglect or emotional abuse
• • 3. Age 5-18
• • 4. Can understand and make oneself understood in Norwegian
• Exclusion criteria for dyad (caregiver and child):
• • 1. Current substance abuse in child or caregiver
• • 2. Current psychosis in child or caregiver
• • 3. Intellectual disability in caregiver Variables that will be tracked but that are not grounds for exclusion are diagnostic variables, including the presence of autism-spectrum disorders, and care-level.
• Inclusion criteria for therapists:
• • 1. Trained in DDP
• • 2. Working with DDP in either of the centra