Are existing clinical therapeutic interventions and models useful in the South Asian context for treating the effects of child sexual abuse?

Javita started her PhD in Clinical Psychology at the University of Edinburgh in September 2011.
She aims to examine existing clinical intervention models for recovery and healing of the effects
of child sexual abuse and evaluate their relevance and application to the South Asian context.
The severe mental health impact of child sexual abuse has been well documented over past
few decades, however there is a gap in research and knowledge about effective therapeutic
treatment models for children and adolescents with sexual abuse trauma, particularly in South Asia.
Through a qualitative study, she proposes to engage in an evaluative process of existing clinical
therapeutic interventions in the UK and India as a comparative case study. At the end of her project,
she hopes to address the existing dearth of policy linking to practice of treatment for the survivors
of child sexual abuse in India, expanding the knowledge and its application to the South Asia Region.

Child sexual abuse, trauma, clinical therapeutic interventions and treatment models

Jayne has been a mental health nurse for 16 years working for NHS Lothian in adolescent mental health and adolescent substance use. She currently works in the Adolescent Substance Use Service (ASUS). Jayne became a nurse with a Dip HE in Nursing (Mental Health) and then graduated with a BSc in Nursing Studies, both undertaken at Edinburgh Napier University. She then progressed on to study at Keele University, graduating with an MSc in Adolescent Addiction Studies. Recently, Jayne was successful in gaining a post under the CARC (Clinical Academic Research Careers) scheme, a partnership programme between The Universities of Edinburgh and NHS Lothian. The objective of this post is to complete a PhD which will improve service provision in Edinburgh.

Emily has recently completed an MSc in Public Health Research at The University of Edinburgh,
after achieving an MA (Hons) in Social Anthropology at the same institution. She is about to embark
on her PhD, based in the Centre for Population Health Sciences. Her research has so far focused
on aspects of pregnancy including women’s experiences of obstetric ultrasound, and more recently,
women’s rationalisations for the health related choices they make during pregnancy.

Amanda has completed an Honours Degree in Sociology at Edinburgh University and a Masters in Applied Social Research at Stirling University. Since then she has worked in a range of research settings including: for Fife Health Board’s research centre, for Edinburgh University as an academic researcher and, most recently, as a Research Officer/Analyst for the Scottish Government.

Amanda’s key research interests are: identity, early years and substance misuse. 

‘The impact of relationship breakdown involving children: transitions, identity and risk behaviour’.

This PhD will investigate the impact of the end of a romantic relationship (that involves a child/children) on identity, values, attitudes, behaviours and decisions. The focus will be on the perspective of the individual and how they interact with, and make sense of, their new environment and circumstances.

It is anticipated that a qualitative narrative approach will be used for this research, using depth interviews with participants and a life history method. Participants will be asked to reflect on their past and current relationships and dating experiences, particularly describing their patterns of decision-making, identity shifts and any risk-taking behaviours such as increased sexual promiscuity or substance misuse.

Tzu Yuan completed her BSc in Philosophy and MSc in Child and Family relationships 
at the Fu-Jen Catholic University in Taiwan. While she was a postgraduate student
she was also a Teaching Assistant, providing assistance to overseas students. 
Tzu Yuan started her PhD in Sociology at the University of Edinburgh in September 2008.

Hannah is a PhD student in Social Policy. She graduated with a BA in Sociology from the 
University of Hamburg (2007) and an MA in Sociology at Freie Universität Berlin (2009).

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Hilda studied Psychology at the Universidad Catolica Andres Bello in Venezuela
and did a postgraduate course at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid in Spain
on Promotion and Management of NGOs. She is currently a First year Part Time PhD
student at the University of the Highlands and Islands awarded by University 
of Aberdeen. Additionally she works as a Research Assistant with the UHI Centre
for Remote and Rural Studies in Inverness.

Hilda's research explores how rural communities in Venezuela respond to and 
prepare for climatic changes and their impacts. She is interested in people's
 understanding of climatic changes and in identifying what are the collective 
actions that may undermine or enhance the capacity of communities to cope, 
respond and prepare for climatic changes.

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