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Drug Development in Pediatric Psychiatry: Current Status, Future Trends

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100

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Case Report Of Ganser Syndrome In A 14-year-old Girl: Another Face Of Depressive Disorder ?

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100

This report raises the possibility of Ganser syndrome as a manifestation of depressive disorder in adolescence. (Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health)

Adolescent male with anorexia nervosa: a case report from Iraq

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

This is the first reported case of an adolescent male with anorexia nervosa in Iraq. This disorder is believed to be rare in males across cultures and uncommon for both genders in Arab countries. The patient met the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for anorexia nervosa. He was hospitalized and received medical and psychiatric treatment at local facilities as discussed below and responded well to treatment. (Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health)

Lead exposure and the 2010 achievement test scores of children in New York counties

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Conclusion: Despite public health advances, and despite the imprecision of measures, an association between the incidence of elevated blood lead and achievement in New York counties is still apparent, not attributable to confounding by income. Efforts to reduce lead exposure should persist with vigor. (Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health)

A two-session psychological intervention for siblings of pediatric cancer patients: a randomized controlled pilot trial

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

A two-session intervention for siblings of children with cancer helps to improve their psychological well-being, medical knowledge and reported social support, in the early stage after a diagnosis. (Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health)

A systematic review of the safety information contained within the Summaries of Product Characteristics of medications licensed in the United Kingdom for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. How does the safety prescribing advice compare with National Guidance?

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Conclusions: Clinicians seeking prescribing advice from critical independent sources of data, such as SPCs and national guidelines, may be confused by the disparity that exists. There are major differences between guidelines and SPCs and neither should be referred to in isolation. The SPC represents the most relevant source of safety data to aid prescribing of medications for ADHD as they present the most current safety data in line with increased exposure. National guidelines may need more regular updates. (Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health)

Differences between children and adolescents who commit suicide and their peers: A psychological autopsy of suicide victims compared to accident victims and a community sample.

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Conclusion: One in four of the suicide victims fulfilled the criteria for a psychiatric diagnosis.The level of sub-threshold depression and of stressful conflict experienced by youths who comitted suicide did not appear to differ substantially from that of their peers, and therefore did not raise sufficient concern for referral to professional help. (Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health)

Patient characteristics, comorbidities, and medication use for children with ADHD with and without a co-occurring reading disorder: A retrospective cohort study

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100

Background: Children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) often have a co-occurring reading disorder (RD). The purpose of this research was to assess differences between children with ADHD without RD (ADHD-only) and those with ADHD and co-occurring RD (ADHD+RD). Methods: Using data from the U.S. Thomson Reuters Marketscan Databases for the years 2005 through 2007, this analysis compared the medical records, including patient demographics, comorbidities, and medication use, of children (age (Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health)

Emotional problems in preadolescents in Norway: The role of gender, ethnic minority status, and home- and school-related hassles

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 05:00:00 +0100

Conclusions: The absence of the gender gap among minority as opposed to majority preadolescents may indicate that social circumstances may postpone or hamper the emergence and magnitude of the gender gap in ethnic minority preadolescents. In this study, school hassles partly accounted for the combined gender and ethnic group differences on emotional problems. This indicates that school hassles may play a role in the higher levels of emotional problems in preadolescent minority boys and consequently the absence of a gender gap found in our minority sample. (Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health)

The Treatment of Severe Child Aggression (TOSCA) Study: Design Challenges

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 05:00:00 +0100

Conclusions: We hope that the resolutions of the challenges presented here will be useful to other investigators and facilitate much-needed research on child psychiatric polypharmacy.Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00796302 (Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health)

Efficacy of lisdexamfetamine dimesylate in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder previously treated with methylphenidate: a post hoc analysis

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 04:00:00 +0100

Conclusion: In this analysis, children with significant clinical ADHD symptoms despite MPH treatment improved during treatment with LDX and experienced similar improvements in their symptoms as the overall study population.Clinical Trial Registration: NCT00556296 (Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health)

Characteristics of Autism Spectrum Disorders in a Sample of Egyptian and Saudi Patients: Transcultural cross sectional study

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 04:00:00 +0100

Conclusion: Cultural context may significantly influence the age of noticing abnormality, the age of starting intervention, developmental and perinatal problems, family concerns about managing the problem as well as familial tendency for neurodevelopmental disorders, all of which have important impact on clinical symptomatology and severity of autism. Culture also influences significantly the ways of investigating and treating autism. (Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health)

Individual, family and offence characteristics of high risk childhood offenders: Comparing non-offending, one-time offending and re-offending Dutch-Moroccan migrant children in the Netherlands

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100

Conclusion: The Moroccan subgroup of childhood offenders has substantial problems that might hamper healthy development. Interventions should focus on reaching these families tailored to their needs and expectations using a multi-system approach. (Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health)

The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire as a Screening Instrument for Norwegian Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, Application of UK Scoring Algorithms

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100

Conclusions: The usefulness of the SDQ UK-based scoring algorithms in detecting mental health disorders among patients in the CAMHS North Study is only partly supported in the present study. They seem best suited to identify children and adolescents who do not require further psychiatric evaluation, although this as well is problematic from a clinical point of view. (Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health)

Modelling the relationship between obesity and mental health in children and adolescents: findings from the Health Survey for England 2007

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0100

Conclusions: In this large, representative, UK-based community sample a curvilinear association with emotional wellbeing was observed for adjusted BMI suggesting the possibility of a threshold effect. Further research could focus on exploring causal relationships and developing targeted interventions. (Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health)

Psychometric evaluation of the Forensic Inpatient Observation Scale (FIOS) in youngsters with a judicial measure

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 04:00:00 +0100

Conclusions: The internal consistency of the FIOS was sufficient and the factor structure in the present sample of youngsters was in general comparable to the original factor structure in an adult sample. Its value lies in the focus on behavioral functioning of youngsters with judicial measures. What remains to be seen is whether this instrument is sensitive enough to register all aspects of behavioral changes, whether the interrater reliability is sufficient, and whether it has predictive validity to relapse and recidivism. (Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health)

Childhood adversity, mental ill-health and aggressive behavior in an African orphanage: Changes in response to trauma-focused therapy and the implementation of a new instructional system

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 04:00:00 +0100

Conclusions: These studies show that violence, especially in the orphanage, can severely contribute to mental ill-health in orphans and that mental health can be improved by implementing a new instructional system and psychotherapeutic treatment in an orphanage. Moreover, the results indicate that the experience of violence in an orphanage also plays a crucial role in aggressive behavior of the orphans. (Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health)

Prevalence and characteristics of depressive disorders in early adolescents in Central Norway

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 23:00:00 +0100

Background: Prevalence of depressive disorders among adolescents has varied across studies. The present study aims to assess current and lifetime prevalence and characteristics of adolescent Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), Dysthymia and Depression NOS among adolescents in Central Norway in addition to socio-demographics and use of mental health care.MethodIn the Youth and Mental Health Study a representative sample of 2432 junior high school students (mean age 14.9 years, SD = 0.6) from two counties in Central Norway were screened with the Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (MFQ). A subset of 345 of these adolescents (72.5% girls), 220 high scorers (MFQ=>26), 74 middle scorers (MFQ 7-25), and 50 low scorers (MFQ (Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health)

Improved functionality, health related quality of life and decreased burden of disease in patients with ADHD treated with OROS(R) MPH: is treatment response different between children and adolescents?

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 23:00:00 +0100

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Sleep habits and sleep problems among Palestinian students

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 23:00:00 +0100

Conclusion: Sleep habits among Palestinian undergraduates were comparable to those reported in European studies. Sleep problems were common and there was no significant association between sleep quality and academic achievement. (Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health)

Forensic Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health in Europe