Laura Elwyn
Biographic Data
| ID | 5507953 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laura Elwyn |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laura |
| FAMILY NAME | Elwyn |
| SIGNATURE | ELWYN L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Advocates for Human Potential (United States) |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Child Maltreatment and Adult Substance Abuse
Child maltreatment is a risk factor for substance abuse in adulthood. This study examines whether memory of maltreatment is a necessary link in the path leading from prospectively measured childhood maltreatment to adult substance use problems. Official Child Protective Services reports and adult retrospective recall of childhood maltreatment were used to predict illegal drug use and alcohol problems in adulthood controlling for covariates. Memor…
Youth substance use in a context of family homelessness
It Takes a Village to Deliver and Test Child and Family-Focused Services
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this article is to highlight the benefits of collaboration in child focused mental health services research. METHOD: Three unique research projects are described. These projects address the mental health needs of vulnerable, urban, minority children and their families. In each one, service delivery was codesigned, interventions were co-delivered and a team of stakeholders collaboratively tested the impact of each one. R…
The effect of a learning collaborative to improve engagement in child mental health services
Childhood maltreatment and antisocial behavior
Although accurate assessment of maltreatment is critical to understanding and interrupting its impact on the life course, comparison of different measurement approaches is rare. The goal of this study is to compare maltreatment reports from official Child Protective Services (CPS) records with retrospectively self-reported measures. Research questions address the prevalence and concordance of each type of measure, their relationship to social dis…
It Takes a Village to Deliver and Test Child and Family-Focused Services
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this article is to highlight the benefits of collaboration in child focused mental health services research. METHOD: Three unique research projects are described. These projects address the mental health needs of vulnerable, urban, minority children and their families. In each one, service delivery was codesigned, interventions were co-delivered and a team of stakeholders collaboratively tested the impact of each one. R…
Youth substance use in a context of family homelessness
The effect of a learning collaborative to improve engagement in child mental health services
Childhood maltreatment and antisocial behavior
Although accurate assessment of maltreatment is critical to understanding and interrupting its impact on the life course, comparison of different measurement approaches is rare. The goal of this study is to compare maltreatment reports from official Child Protective Services (CPS) records with retrospectively self-reported measures. Research questions address the prevalence and concordance of each type of measure, their relationship to social dis…
It Takes a Village to Deliver and Test Child and Family-Focused Services
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this article is to highlight the benefits of collaboration in child focused mental health services research. METHOD: Three unique research projects are described. These projects address the mental health needs of vulnerable, urban, minority children and their families. In each one, service delivery was codesigned, interventions were co-delivered and a team of stakeholders collaboratively tested the impact of each one. R…
The effect of a learning collaborative to improve engagement in child mental health services
Youth substance use in a context of family homelessness
Child Maltreatment and Adult Substance Abuse
Child maltreatment is a risk factor for substance abuse in adulthood. This study examines whether memory of maltreatment is a necessary link in the path leading from prospectively measured childhood maltreatment to adult substance use problems. Official Child Protective Services reports and adult retrospective recall of childhood maltreatment were used to predict illegal drug use and alcohol problems in adulthood controlling for covariates. Memor…
Medicine (5 works) · Psychiatry (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (2 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (2 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (2 works) · Injury prevention (2 works) · Medical education (2 works) · Medical emergency (2 works)