Tina Adkins
Biographic Data
| ID | 4451829 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tina Adkins |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tina |
| FAMILY NAME | Adkins |
| SIGNATURE | ADKINS T |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Texas at Austin |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4486-9691 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Implementing a brief mentalisation-based intervention for foster carers and adoptive parents in a child and adolescent mental health service setting: Practitioner experiences
Examining the professional experiences of mental health and social care practitioners in real-world settings contributes to understanding best practice in intervention approaches designed to support foster carers and adoptive parents. Focusing on these experiences helps apprehend contextual considerations relating to intervention delivery, as well as mechanisms of intervention therapeutic action. Contributing to such work, this article reports fi…
Developing a group-based psychoeducation intervention for adoptive parents and foster carers in a specialist child and adolescent mental health service setting
Children and young people in foster and adoptive families are considered more vulnerable to a high level of mental health need when compared to peers who are not care-experienced or adopted. Acceptance of this view amongst clinical providers and policy makers has necessitated the development of specialist provision and dedicated care pathways within child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHSs). In this provision, practitioner-initiated qu…
Remote and Digitally Delivered Mental Health Support for Care-Experienced Young People: Some Practice-Based Reflections in Response to Cummings (2023)
In a recent contribution to this journal, Cummings (2023) reports findings from a preliminary qualitative study of practitioner viewpoints regarding digitally delivered mental health support to care-experienced young people. Cummings’ study highlights the need to engage with professional experiences of using digital methods with this group, both during and outside of the COVID-19 pandemic. A response to - and commentary on – Cummings’ contributio…
Foster parents’ history of adverse childhood experiences, adult attachment, and parenting stress
Psycho-educational intervention increases reflective functioning in foster and adoptive parents
It is well established that looked after children are more likely to develop complex behavioural and emotional difficulties that can leave many carers struggling to help and understand the child. This can lead to the breakdown of placements whereby the lack of placement stability leaves the child even more vulnerable. The Family Minds (FM) psycho-educational and interactive programme is a newly developed intervention for groups of foster and adop…
Psycho-educational intervention increases reflective functioning in foster and adoptive parents
It is well established that looked after children are more likely to develop complex behavioural and emotional difficulties that can leave many carers struggling to help and understand the child. This can lead to the breakdown of placements whereby the lack of placement stability leaves the child even more vulnerable. The Family Minds (FM) psycho-educational and interactive programme is a newly developed intervention for groups of foster and adop…
Psycho-educational intervention increases reflective functioning in foster and adoptive parents
It is well established that looked after children are more likely to develop complex behavioural and emotional difficulties that can leave many carers struggling to help and understand the child. This can lead to the breakdown of placements whereby the lack of placement stability leaves the child even more vulnerable. The Family Minds (FM) psycho-educational and interactive programme is a newly developed intervention for groups of foster and adop…
Remote and Digitally Delivered Mental Health Support for Care-Experienced Young People: Some Practice-Based Reflections in Response to Cummings (2023)
In a recent contribution to this journal, Cummings (2023) reports findings from a preliminary qualitative study of practitioner viewpoints regarding digitally delivered mental health support to care-experienced young people. Cummings’ study highlights the need to engage with professional experiences of using digital methods with this group, both during and outside of the COVID-19 pandemic. A response to - and commentary on – Cummings’ contributio…
Foster parents’ history of adverse childhood experiences, adult attachment, and parenting stress
Developing a group-based psychoeducation intervention for adoptive parents and foster carers in a specialist child and adolescent mental health service setting
Children and young people in foster and adoptive families are considered more vulnerable to a high level of mental health need when compared to peers who are not care-experienced or adopted. Acceptance of this view amongst clinical providers and policy makers has necessitated the development of specialist provision and dedicated care pathways within child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHSs). In this provision, practitioner-initiated qu…
Implementing a brief mentalisation-based intervention for foster carers and adoptive parents in a child and adolescent mental health service setting: Practitioner experiences
Examining the professional experiences of mental health and social care practitioners in real-world settings contributes to understanding best practice in intervention approaches designed to support foster carers and adoptive parents. Focusing on these experiences helps apprehend contextual considerations relating to intervention delivery, as well as mechanisms of intervention therapeutic action. Contributing to such work, this article reports fi…
Child Welfare and Adoption (5 works) · Psychiatry (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Mental health (3 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (2 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Family Support in Illness (2 works)