Perceived need of psychological support for taboo obsessions in new parents: A cross-sectional survey

Previous research has shown that many new parents experience intrusive thoughts about intentionally harming their child, also known as “taboo obsessions”. These thoughts can for some parents lead to increased anxiety, depression and have a negative impact on parental function and quality of life. Taboo obsessions can be stigmatizing and many parents who could benefit from psychological support do not seek help. One way to increase access to psychological interventions for new parents could be to deliver the treatment online. Our research group has developed and evaluated an internet-delivered intervention targeting taboo obsessions in individuals with a diagnosis obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), with promising results. It is conceivable that the intervention could be helpful to a large proportion of parents from the general population who struggle with taboo obsessions (i.e. not only individuals with OCD). In the current study, 594 new parents filled out an online survey about taboo obsessions and the perceived need for psychological support. Fifty six percent reported currently experiencing or had previously experienced taboo obsessions. About half (54%) responded that the taboo obsessions had a negative impact on their self-image. Additionally, 18-19% reported that the intrusive thoughts were difficult to control and/or had a negative impact on the relationship to the child. Importantly, 51% responded that they would absolutely or probably like to try online treatments for these intrusive thoughts. Keeping the limitations of an online survey in mind, the results suggest that an online intervention targeting taboo obsessions in new parents could be well received.

THE CONCEPT OF CUMULATIVE TRAUMA IN TIMES OF COVID-19: COULD KHANS THEORY BECOME USEFUL AGAIN?

"The paper discusses whether the psychoanalytic concept of Cumulative Trauma could be a valuable theoretical contribution in understanding possible traumatization’s of children in the course of the Covid-19 pandemic, as they may quite often face a multiple stressed parent during a lockdown, who’s parental function is on the verge breaching. This concept of trauma as established by British Psychoanalyst Masud Khan in 1963 was hardly taken into account in recent trauma research and it has seen little discussion in psychodynamic literature; if at all, it has been used as a merely descriptive category, without considering the suspension of the parental care function, which was identified as the decisive traumatogenic factor for the child’s traumatization. The paper begins with a recapitulation of the original theory and then moves on to linking the Cumulative Trauma to current research contexts (attachment, mentalization, developmental trauma disorder). Finally, the relevance of the concept for parenting in times of the Covid-19 pandemic is explored on the basis of a short clinical case example."

EFEKTIVITAS ORANG TUA SEBAGAI TENAGA PENDIDIK DALAM UPAYA MEMPERTAHANKAN KELUARGA DI MASA PANDEMI COVID-19

This study aims to know in-depth the effectiveness of children's learning through the direct upbringing of parents in lieu of teachers in schools during the covid-19 pandemic era. Seeing the phenomenon that occurred when the covid-19 outbreak arrived in Indonesia where the pattern of people's lives has changed. It is characterized by the number of people who are lost to their jobs, shrinking the value of labor income, weakening the State economy, and face-to-face lessons that are matched by the pandemic so as to impose the active role of parents in lieu of teacher duties. This means that in addition to being a livelihood seeker for the sustainability of family life, a parent also acts as a teacher. This is the background of this research. This study took place in kelebuh village, Praya Tengah sub-district, Central Lombok regency. Next, this research type of field research (field research) with the method of analysis is inductive. While the approach used is an empirical approach based on the theory of effectiveness. The findings showed the success and effectiveness of parental function in the actualization of work from home. The success of the three parents in Kelebuh village gives an indication that efforts to maintain the existence of the family in the covid-19 period are realized and categorized as successful.

Effects of Pediatric Training for Detecting Signs of Developmental Problems

A multicenter study (2004-2008) of clinical Risk Indicators for Child Development (IRDI) created and validated 31 indicators that can be observed in the initial 18 months post birth, with a statistically significant ability to predict developmental problems and psychic risk. Pediatricians were trained to collect data using the instrument. We discuss what remained for the pediatricians by interviewing a pediatrician who attended the course. The interview was analyzed from an institutional discourse perspective, revealing an objective/subjective duality and a split between prior and acquired knowledge. The ward emergency scenario does not provide enough time for a guided look at the indicators; indicators associated with parental function had a greater impact. The course increased his pleasure in his clinical practice, although his prior knowledge was limited. We suggest investigating the extent and limits of the effects of IRDI-oriented training for medical practice.

Origins of the Juvenile Court

Critics of the contemporary juvenile court have claimed that its failure to make rehabilitative dispositions necessitates extending to children the same constitutional safeguards accorded to adults accused of crime. Supporters of the court argue that its exercise of the parental function of the state (parens patriae) generally works in the child's behalf and therefore lessens the need to define and protect the constitutional rights of juvenile delinquents.