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Psychometric evaluation of the Social Phobia Screening Questionnaire for Children (SPSQ-C)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The SPSQ-C is a short and psychometrically sound questionnaire for screening of social phobia in adolescents, with the advantage of being based on the DSM-IV criteria. (Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health)
Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health - November 11, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Malin Gren-LandellAndreas BjorklindMaria TillforsTomas FurmarkCarl Goran SvedinGerhard Andersson Source Type: journals

Better mental health in children of Vietnamese refugees compared with their Norwegian peers - a matter of cultural difference?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: This surprising finding may result from the lower prevalence of mental distress in Norwegian-Vietnamese children compared with their Norwegian peers, or from biased reports and cultural differences in reporting emotional and behavioural problems. These findings may represent the positive results of the children's bi-cultural competencies. (Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health)
Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health - October 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Aina Basilier VaageLaila TingvoldEdvard HauffThong Van TaTore Wentzel-LarsenJocelyne Clench-AasPer Hove Thomsen Source Type: journals

A pilot study on peritraumatic dissociation and coping styles as risk factors for posttraumatic stress, anxiety and depression in parents after their child's unexpected admission to a Pediatric Intensive Care UnitEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: A significant number of parents has mental health problems three months after unexpected PICU treatment of their child. Improving detection and raise awareness of mental health problems is important to minimize the negative effect of these problems on parents' well-being. (Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health)
Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health - October 14, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Madelon BronnerAnne-Marie KayserHendrika KnoesterAlbert BosBob LastMartha Grootenhuis Source Type: journals

Misrecognition of facial expressions in delinquentsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: These results suggest that one of the underpinnings of delinquency might be impaired recognition of emotional facial expressions, with a specific bias toward interpreting disgusted expressions as hostile angry expressions. (Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health)
Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health - September 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Wataru SatoShota UonoNaomi MatsuuraMotomi Toichi Source Type: journals

Chronicity of sleep problems in children with chronic illness: a longitudinal population-based studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: These findings call for increased awareness and development of treatment strategies of sleep problems in children with chronic illness. (Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health)
Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health - August 26, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Borge SivertsenMari HysingIrene ElgenKjell StormarkAstri Lundervold Source Type: journals

Atomoxetine treatment and ADHD-related difficulties as perceived by adolescent patients, their parents and physiciansEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: ADHD-related difficulties were perceived differently by the raters in this open-label trial, but consistently improved during atomoxetine treatment. The GIPD instrument appeared sensitive to treatment-related change. These primarily quantitative findings may guide future studies to more systematically investigate the clinical and practical relevance of the differences observed. Additionally, in order to further validate these results, placebo- and comparator-controlled trials are recommended as well as inclusion of healthy controls and other patient populations.Clinical Trial Registry: ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT0...
Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health - August 23, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Ralf DittmannPeter WehmeierAlexander SchachtAnette MinarzykMartin LehmannKathrin SeveckeGerd Lehmkuhl Source Type: journals

A pilot study evaluating a support programme for parents of young people with suicidal behaviourEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: These findings suggest that the SPACE programme is a promising development in supporting the parents of young people with suicidal behaviour. The programme may also reduce parental reports of their children's difficulties. Further evaluation using a randomized controlled trial is indicated. (Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health)
Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health - July 14, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Lorna PowerSophia MorganSinead ByrneCarole BoylanAndree CarthySinead CrowleyCarol FitzpatrickSuzanne Guerin Source Type: journals

Alcohol intoxication and mental health among adolescents - a population review of 8983 young people, 13-19 years in North-Trondelag, Norway: the Young-HUNT StudyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Gender differences in number of alcohol intoxications were small. There was a close association between both conduct and attention problems and high alcohol consumption in both genders. Girls with symptoms of anxiety and depression reported more frequent alcohol intoxications. (Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health)
Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health - June 22, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Arve StrandheimTurid HolmenLindsey CoombesNiels Bentzen Source Type: journals

The specificity and the development of social-emotional competence in a multi-ethnic-classroomEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Ethnic specificity in social-emotional competence does exist independent of gender at the beginning as well as at the end of the kindergarten year in a multi-ethnic kindergarten classroom. (Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health)
Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health - May 28, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Katja PetrowskiUlf HeroldPeter JoraschkyAgnes von WylManfred Cierpka Source Type: journals

The Imperforate Anus Psychosocial Questionnaire (IAPSQ): Its construction and psychometric propertiesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The IAPSQ provides a reasonably valid and reliable measure of psychosocial functioning for clinical use among children with IA, although some revisions are suggested for the next version of the IAPSQ. By using the Rasch model, we discovered that specific items should be discarded and other items should be reformulated to make the questionnaire more "on target". The social dimension has to be expanded with further items to reasonably capture a social dimension. (Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health)
Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health - May 14, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Margret Nisell, Ulf Brodin, Kyllike Christensson and Per-Anders Rydelius Source Type: journals

Drug monitoring in child and adolescent psychiatry for improved efficacy and safety of psychopharmacotherapyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Most psychotropic drugs used in the treatment of children and adolescents are applied "off label" with a direct risk of under- or overdosing and a delayed risk of long-term side effects. The selection of doses in paediatric psychiatric patients requires a consideration of pharmacokinetic parameters and the development of central nervous system, and warrants specific studies in children and adolescents. Because these are lacking for most of the psychotropic drugs applied in the Child and Adolescent and Psychiatry, therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) is a valid tool to optimise pharmacotherapy and to enable to adjust the dosag...
Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health - April 9, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Claudia Mehler-Wex, Michael Koelch, Julia Kirchheiner, Gisela Antony, Joerg M. Fegert and Manfred Gerlach Source Type: journals

Mental health issues in unaccompanied refugee minorsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Previous studies about unaccompanied refugee minors (URMs) showed that they are a highly vulnerable group who have greater psychiatric morbidity than the general population. This review focuses on mental health issues among URMs. Articles in databases PsycINFO, Medline and PubMed from 1998 to 2008 addressing this topic were reviewed. The literature had a considerable emphasis on the assessment of PTSD symptoms. Results revealed higher levels of PTSD symptoms in comparison to the norm populations and accompanied refugee minors. In several studies, age and female gender predicted or influenced PTSD symptoms. The existing lit...
Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health - April 2, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Julia Huemer, Niranjan S Karnik, Sabine Voelkl-Kernstock, Elisabeth Granditsch, Kanita Dervic, Max H Friedrich and Hans Steiner Source Type: journals

The child and adolescent psychiatry trials network (CAPTN): infrastructure development and lessons learnedEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Given stable funding for network construction and maintenance, our experience demonstrates that judicious use of web-based technologies for profiling investigators, investigator training, and capturing clinical trials data, when coupled to innovative approaches to network governance, data management and site management, can reduce the costs and burden and improve the feasibility of incorporating clinical research into routine clinical practice. Having successfully achieved its initial aim of constructing a network infrastructure, CAPTN is now a capable platform for large safety registries, pharmacogenetic stud...
Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health - March 25, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Mark Shapiro, Susan G Silva, Scott Compton, Allan Chrisman, Joseph DeVeaugh-Geiss, Alfiee Breland-Noble, Douglas Kondo, Jerry Kirchner and John S March Source Type: journals

The short-term safety and efficacy of fluoxetine in depressed adolescents with alcohol and cannabis use disorders: a pilot randomized placebo-controlled trialEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Fluoxetine was not superior to placebo in alleviating depressive symptoms or in decreasing rates of positive drug screens in the acute treatment of adolescents with depression and a concomitant substance use disorder. (Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health)
Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health - March 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Robert L Findling, Maria E Pagano, Nora K McNamara, Robert J Stansbrey, Jon E Faber, Jacqui Lingler, Christine A Demeter, Denise Bedoya and Michael D Reed Source Type: journals

Health risk behaviours among adolescents in the English-speaking Caribbean: a reviewEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Background: The aim of this paper was to review and summarize research on prevalence of health risk behaviours, their outcomes as well as risk and protective factors among adolescents in the English-speaking Caribbean. Methods: Searching of online databases and the World Wide Web as well as hand searching of the West Indian Medical Journal were conducted. Papers on research done on adolescents aged 10 - 19 years old and published during the period 1980 - 2005 were included. Results: Ninety-five relevant papers were located. Five papers were published in the 1980s, 47 in the 1990s, and from 2000-2005, 43 papers. Health ris...
Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health - March 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Rohan G Maharaj, Paula Nunes and Shamin Renwick Source Type: journals

Conventional intramuscular sedatives versus ziprasidone for severe agitation in adolescents: case-control studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: In this study, IM ziprasidone appeared effective, well tolerated, and similar in clinical profile to combined conventional IM medications for treating severe agitation in adolescents. Given the reportedly favorable acute side effect profile of parenteral atypical agents, they may provide an alternative to conventional antipsychotics for treating acute agitation in both adult and adolescent populations. Future randomized, controlled studies are needed. (Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health)
Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health - March 12, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: William C Jangro, Horacio Preval, Robert Southard, Steven Klotz and Andrew Francis Source Type: journals

Parents' assessment of parent-child interaction interventions - a longitudinal study in 101 familiesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: This study has shown that it is possible to reach mothers as well as fathers with parenting problems and to create an intervention program with very low dropout levels - which is of special importance for families with small children displaying aggressive behaviour. The parents taking part in this study showed clear improvement trends after six months and this development was reinforced a year later. This study suggests the necessity of clinical development and future research concerning the role of fathers in parent-child interaction interventions. (Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health)
Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health - March 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Kerstin Neander and Ingemar Engstrom Source Type: journals

Estimating the number of children exposed to parental psychiatric disorders through a national health surveyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: The high number of children exposed causes major concern and has important implications. Although these children will not necessarily experience adversities, they possess an elevated risk of accidents, mortality, and of developing psychiatric disorders. We expect these estimates will promote further research and stimulate discussion at both health policy and planning tables. (Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health)
Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health - February 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Diego G Bassani, Cintia V Padoin, Diane Philipp and Scott Veldhuizen Source Type: journals

Morning and evening behavior in children and adolescents treated with atomoxetine once daily for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): Findings from two 24-week, open-label studiesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: These findings from two open-label studies suggest that morning and evening behavior and ADHD-related difficulties in the mornings and evenings improve over time with once daily atomoxetine treatment. (Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health)
Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health - February 9, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Peter M Wehmeier, Ralf W Dittmann, Alexander Schacht, Karin Helsberg and Gerd Lehmkuhl Source Type: journals

"...because I am something special" or "I think I will be something like a guinea pig": information and assent of legal minors in clinical trials - assessment of understanding, appreciation and reasoningEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Legal minors and parents need to be informed more precisely about specific issues like placebo and the primary purpose of trials. In general, the reasoning of children and adolescents was influenced by their experience with their disorder and decision making was based on reasonable arguments. Their fears were based on everyday experiences such as school performance or family relationships. (Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health)
Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health - January 28, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Michael Koelch, Hanneke Singer, Anja Prestel, Jessica Burkert, Ulrike Schulze and Joerg M Fegert Source Type: journals

Change in the direct cost of treatment for children and adolescents with hyperkinetic disorder in Germany over a period of four yearsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The direct cost of treatment for hyperkinetic disorder in the age group < 15 years increased considerably between 2002 and 2006. Over the same period of time and for the same age group, expenditure for epilepsy and asthma was more or less constant. The increase in expenditure for the treatment of hyperkinetic disorder may be due to increasing demand for diagnostic and therapeutic services and improved availability of such services. The study is limited by the difficulty of obtaining consistent data on the direct cost of treatment for both physical and psychiatric disorders in Germany. (Source: Child and Adoles...
Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health - January 28, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Peter M Wehmeier, Alexander Schacht and Aribert Rothenberger Source Type: journals

Special section on psychopharmacology trials in children and adolescentsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
For the first time, we publish a special section of four related articles in the online, open-access journal Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health. (Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health)
Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health - December 8, 2008 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Joerg M Fegert Source Type: journals

Assessing the diagnostic accuracy of the identification of hyperkinetic disorders following the introduction of government guidelines in EnglandEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The identification of children with hyperkinetic disorders by three ordinary English CAMHS teams appears now to be generally consistent with that of a validated, standardised assessment. It seems likely that this reflects the impact of Governmental guidelines, which could therefore be an appropriate tool to ensure consistent accurate diagnosis internationally. (Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health)
Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health - November 4, 2008 Category: Psychiatry Authors: David M Foreman and Tamsin Ford Source Type: journals

Impact of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder on the patient and family: Results from a European surveyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: This parent survey highlights the breadth of problems experienced by ADHD children and the impact throughout the day on both activities and relationships. Therefore, there is a need for treatment approaches that take into account the 24-hour impact of the disorder and include all-day coverage with effective medication. (Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health)
Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health - October 28, 2008 Category: Psychiatry Authors: David Coghill, Cesar A Soutullo, Carlos d'Aubuisson, Ulrich Preuss, Trygve Lindback, Maria Silverberg and Jan Buitelaar Source Type: journals

The occurrence and nature of early signs of schizophrenia and psychotic mood disorders among former child and adolescent psychiatric patients followed into adulthoodEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: In summary, it appears that psychotic disorders are relatively uncommon among patients admitted to child and adolescent psychiatric care in Sweden. However, individuals experiencing early onset of disorders categorized as "F20-29: Schizophrenia, schizotypal and delusional disorders" may already exhibit typical symptoms upon admission to child and adolescent psychiatric care of the age of 13-19; whereas late-onset disorders it appear not be associated with any obvious signs or symptoms years before the disorder has developed fully. Finally, certain cases of psychotic disorder during adolescence seem to have bee...
Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health - October 17, 2008 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Ulf Engqvist and Per-Anders Rydelius Source Type: journals

Correlates of loneliness among university studentsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The findings of this study provided essential information, about Turkish university students, concerning: level of loneliness and relationships that exist among loneliness, needs and sociodemographic characteristics. The findings also suggest implications for psychosocial practice. Because of the mean of loneliness were found to be high (45.49+/-10.07), for this study, professionals need to pay attention to Turkish university students' psychosocial state, and need to empower them in establishing social relations. (Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health)
Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health - October 13, 2008 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Ugur Ozdemir and Tarik Tuncay Source Type: journals

Conduct disorder in girls: neighborhoods, family characteristics, and parenting behaviorsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: This study expanded upon previous research by investigating multiple social context domains in girls with CD. Our data suggest that if age, race, and social class are similar, CD in adolescent girls is not significantly associated with neighborhood, but is associated with some family characteristics and some types of parental behaviors. However, the mechanisms underlying these relationships need to be further investigated. We discuss possible explanations for our findings and suggest directions for future research. (Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health)
Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health - October 6, 2008 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Kathleen Pajer, Stefanie Stein, Karin Tritt, Chien-Ni Chang, Wei Wang and William Gardner Source Type: journals

Prevalence and determinants of child maltreatment among high school students in Southern China: A large scale school based surveyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Though largely unspoken, child maltreatment is a common problem in China. Identification of significant determinants in this study can provide valuable information for teachers and health professionals so as to pay special attention to those at-risk children. (Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health)
Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health - September 29, 2008 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Phil WS Leung, William CW Wong, Wq Chen and Catherine SK Tang Source Type: journals

Acute atomoxetine treatment of younger and older children with ADHD: A meta-analysis of tolerability and efficacyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Atomoxetine is an effective and generally well-tolerated treatment of ADHD in both younger and older children as assessed by three recognized measures of symptoms in six controlled clinical trials.Trial RegistrationNot Applicable. (Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health)
Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health - September 15, 2008 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Christopher J Kratochvil, Denái R Milton, Brigette S Vaughan and Laurence L Greenhill Source Type: journals

Off-label psychopharmacologic prescribing for children: history supports close clinical monitoringEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The review presents pediatric adverse drug events from a historical perspective and focuses on selected safety issues associated with off-label use of medications for the psychiatric treatment of youth. Clinical monitoring procedures for major psychotropic drug classes are reviewed. Prior studies suggest that systematic treatment monitoring is warranted so as to both minimize risk of unexpected adverse events and exposures to ineffective treatments. Clinical trials to establish the efficacy and safety of drugs currently being used off-label in the pediatric population are needed. In the meantime, clinicians should consider...
Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health - September 15, 2008 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Julie M Zito, Albert T Derivan, Christopher Kratochvil, Daniel J Safer, Joerg M Fegert and Lawrence L Greenhill Source Type: journals

Acute atomoxetine treatment of younger and older children with ADHD: A meta-analysis of tolerability and efficacyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Background: Atomoxetine is FDA-approved as a treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in patients aged 6 years to adult. Among pediatric clinical trials of atomoxetine to date, six with a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled design were used in this meta-analysis. The purpose of this article is to describe and compare the treatment response and tolerability of atomoxetine between younger children (6-7 years) and older children (8-12 years) with ADHD, as reported in these six acute treatment trials. Methods: Data from six clinical trials of 6-9 weeks duration were pooled, yielding 280 subjects, ...
Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health - September 15, 2008 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Christopher J Kratochvil, Denai R Milton, Brigette S Vaughan and Laurence L Greenhill Source Type: journals

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health – development of a new open-access journalEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health - August 13, 2008 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Joerg M Fegert and Benedetto Vitiello Source Type: journals

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health - development of a new open-access journalEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
no abstract available (Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health)
Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health - August 13, 2008 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Joerg M Fegert and Benedetto Vitiello Source Type: journals

The Collaborative Lithium Trials (CoLT): specific aims, methods, and implementationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: These innovative studies will not only provide data to inform the labeling of lithium in children and adolescents with bipolar disorder, but will also enhance clinical decision-making regarding the use of lithium treatment in pediatric bipolar illness. Trial Registration: NCT00442039 (Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health)
Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health - August 12, 2008 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Robert L Findling, Jean A Frazier, Vivian Kafantaris, Robert Kowatch, Jon McClellan, Mani Pavuluri, Linmarie Sikich, Stefanie Hlastala, Stephen R Hooper, Christine A Demeter, Denise Bedoya, Bernard Brownstein and Perdita Taylor-Zapata Source Type: journals

Long-term outcome and prognosis of dissociative disorder with onset in childhood or adolescenceEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Treatment strategies have to consider that in a significant portion of young patients initial recovery may not be stable over time. Limitations of the study refer to the small sample size and the low rate of former patients taking part in the follow-up investigation. (Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health)
Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health - July 23, 2008 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Thomas Jans, Stefanie Schneck-Seif, Tobias Weigand, Wolfgang Schneider, Heiner Ellgring, Christoph Wewetzer and Andreas Warnke Source Type: journals

The effectiveness of self help technologies for emotional problems in adolescents: a systematic reviewEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: At present, the adoption of self help technology for adolescents with emotional problems in routine clinical practice cannot be recommended. There is a need to conduct high quality randomised trials in clearly defined populations to further develop the evidence base before implementation. (Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health)
Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health - July 23, 2008 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Muna Ahmead and Peter Bower Source Type: journals

Effects of school-based interventions on mental health stigmatization: a systematic reviewEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Stigmatizing, or discriminatory, perspectives and behaviour, which target individuals on the basis of their mental health, are observed in even the youngest school children. We conducted a systematic review of the published and unpublished, scientific literature concerning the benefits and harms of school-based interventions, which were directed at students 18 years of age or younger to prevent or eliminate such stigmatization. Forty relevant studies were identified, yet only a qualitative synthesis was deemed appropriate. Five limitations within the evidence base constituted barriers to drawing conclusive inferences about...
Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health - July 21, 2008 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Howard M Schachter, Alberta Girardi, Mylan Ly, Denise Lacroix, Andrew B Lumb, Judith van Berkom and Ritu Gill Source Type: journals

Frequency, stability and differentiation of self-reported school fear and truancy in a community sampleEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: These findings from a community study show that school fear and truancy are frequent and display different developmental trajectories. Furthermore, previous results are corroborated which are based on smaller and selected clinical samples indicating that the two groups display distinct types of school-related behaviour. (Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health)
Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health - July 14, 2008 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Hans Christoph Steinhausen, Nora Muller and Christa Winkler Metzke Source Type: journals

Cognitive and affective perspective-taking in conduct-disordered children high and low on callous-unemotional traitsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Present findings indicate that deficits in cognitive perspective-taking that have long been implicated in CD appear to be characteristic of a subset of CD children. In contrast affective perspective-taking deficits characterise both CD subgroups, but these defects seem to be following diverse developmental paths that warrant further investigation. (Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health)
Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health - July 7, 2008 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Xenia Anastassiou-Hadjicharalambous and David Warden Source Type: journals

Psychopathological status, behavior problems, and family adjustment of Kuwaiti children whose fathers were involved in the first gulf warEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Our findings support the impression that child emotional experiences in vulnerable family situations transcend culture and are associated with the particular behavior of significant adults in the child's life. The primacy of the mother's influence has implications for interventions to improve the psychological functioning of children in such families. Mental health education for these families has the potential to help those in difficulty. (Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health)
Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health - May 29, 2008 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Fawziyah A Al-Turkait and Jude U Ohaeri Source Type: journals

Global impression of perceived difficulties in children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: Reliability and validity of a new instrument assessing perceived difficulties from a patient, parent and physician perspective over the dayEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: GIPD is an internally consistent, reliable and valid measure to assess difficulties in children with ADHD at various times of the day and can be used as indicator for psychosocial impairment and QoL. The scale is sensitive to treatment-related change. (Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health)
Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health - May 28, 2008 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Peter M Wehmeier, Alexander Schacht, Ralf W Dittmann and Manfred Döpfner Source Type: journals

Emotional well-being in children and adolescents treated with atomoxetine for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: Findings from a patient, parent and physician perspective using items from the pediatric adverse event rating scale (PAERS)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: The emotional well-being of children and adolescents with ADHD improved in terms of depressed mood, irritability/agitation, drowsiness, and euphoria during treatment with atomoxetine for up to 24 weeks. (Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health)
Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health - May 28, 2008 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Peter M Wehmeier, Alexander Schacht, Martin Lehmann, Ralf W Dittmann, Susan G Silva and John S March Source Type: journals

The validity, reliability and normative scores of the parent, teacher and self report versions of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire in ChinaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: We report mixed findings with respect the psychometric properties of the Chinese translation of the SDQ. Reliability is a particular concern particularly for Peer Problems and self ratings by adolescents. There is good support for convergent validity but only partial support for structural validity. It may be possible to resolve some of these issues by carefully examining the wording and meaning of some of the current questions. (Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health)
Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health - April 29, 2008 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Yasong Du, Jianhua Kou and David Coghill Source Type: journals

Resilience and vulnerability among refugee children of traumatized and non-traumatized parentsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Adequate emotional expression, supportive family relations, good peer relations, and prosociality constituted the main indicators of resilience. Further investigation is needed to explore the possible effects of these factors and the effects of IQ. The findings of this study are useful for treatment design in a holistic perspective, especially in planning the treatment for refugee children, adolescents and their families. (Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health)
Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health - March 28, 2008 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Atia Daud, Britt af Klinteberg and Per-Anders Rydelius Source Type: journals

The psychopathological and psychosocial outcome of early-onset schizophrenia: Preliminary data of a 13-year follow-upEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Schizophrenia with an early onset has an unfavourable prognosis. Our retrospective study of the psychopathological and psychosocial outcome concludes with a generally poor rating. (Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health)
Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health - February 27, 2008 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Andreas Reichert, Susanne Kreiker, Claudia Mehler-Wex and Andreas Warnke Source Type: journals

Understanding the agreements and controversies surrounding childhood psychopharmacologyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The number of children in the US taking prescription drugs for emotional and behavioral disturbances is growing dramatically. This growth in the use of psychotropic drugs in pediatric populations has given rise to multiple controversies, ranging from concerns over off-label use and long-term safety to debates about the societal value and cultural meaning of pharmacological treatment of childhood behavioral and emotional disorders. This commentary summarizes the authors' eight main findings from the first of five workshops that seek to understand and produce descriptions of these controversies. The workshop series is conven...
Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health - February 8, 2008 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Erik Parens and Josephine Johnston Source Type: journals

Inhibition, flexibility, working memory and planning in autism spectrum disorders with and without comorbid ADHD-symptomsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Our findings replicate previous results reporting impairment of ADHD children in inhibition and working memory tasks and of ASD children in planning and flexibility abilities. The ASD + group showed similarities to the ADHD group with regard to inhibitory but not to working memory deficits. Nevertheless the heterogeneity of these and previous results shows that EF assessment is not useful for differential diagnosis between ADHD and ASD. It might be useful for evaluating strengths and weaknesses in individual children. (Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health)
Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health - January 31, 2008 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Judith Sinzig, Dagmar Morsch, Nicole Bruning, Martin H Schmidt and Gerd Lehmkuhl Source Type: journals