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Erratum to: Screening for psychopathology in child welfare: the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) compared with the Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment (ASEBA)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Content Type Journal ArticleCategory ErratumDOI 10.1007/s00787-009-0071-2Authors Astrid Janssens, University of Antwerp University Centre Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Antwerp (UCKJA), Collaborative Antwerp Psychiatric Research Institute (CAPRI) Universiteitsplein 1, Building R 3:23 2610 Antwerp BelgiumDirk Deboutte, University of Antwerp University Centre Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Antwerp (UCKJA), Collaborative Antwerp Psychiatric Research Institute (CAPRI) Universiteitsplein 1, Building R 3:23 2610 Antwerp Belgium Journal European Child & Adolescent PsychiatryOnline ISSN 1435-165XPrint ISSN 1018-8827
Source: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - October 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Stability of childhood anxiety disorder diagnoses: a follow-up naturalistic study in psychiatric careEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract Few studies have examined the stability of major psychiatric disorders in pediatric psychiatric clinical populations. The objective of this study was to examine the long-term stability of anxiety diagnoses starting with pre-school age children through adolescence evaluated at multiple time points. Prospective cohort study was conducted of all children and adolescents receiving psychiatric care at all pediatric psychiatric clinics belonging to two catchment areas in Madrid, Spain, between 1 January, 1992 and 30 April, 2006. Patients were selected from among 24,163 children and adolescents who receive...
Source: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - October 14, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Prospective community study of family stress and anxiety in (pre)adolescents: the TRAILS studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract For prevention of anxiety in children and adolescents, it is important to know whether family stress is a predictor of anxiety. We studied this in 1,875 adolescents from the Tracking Adolescents’ Individual Lives Survey (TRAILS) who were followed up for 2 years, from age 10–12 to 12–14 years. Adolescents reported anxiety and depression symptoms at both assessments, and parents reported family stress (family dysfunction and parenting stress) at the first assessment. Family dysfunction was not associated with future anxiety, whereas high parenting stress was. Furthermore, family dysfun...
Source: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - October 13, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Maternal depressive symptoms, and not anxiety symptoms, are associated with positive mother–child reporting discrepancies of internalizing problems in children: a report on the TRAILS StudyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study addresses the relative effects of maternal depressive symptoms versus anxiety symptoms and the association with differential reporting of mother and child on child’s internalizing problems. The study sample comprised a cohort of 1,986 10- to 12-year-old children and their mothers from the Dutch general population in a cross sectional setup. Children’s internalizing problems were assessed with the DSM-IV anxiety and affective problem scales of the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) and the Youth Self-Report (YSR). Current maternal internalizing problems were assessed with the depressive and anxiety symptom ...
Source: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - October 13, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Treating attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder beyond symptom control alone in children and adolescents: a review of the potential benefits of long-acting stimulantsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), one of the most common neuropsychiatric conditions of childhood, often has a chronic course and persists into adulthood in many individuals. ADHD may have a clinically important impact on health-related quality of life in children, a significant impact on parents’ emotional health and interfere with family activities/cohesion. To date, the main targets of ADHD treatment have focused on reducing the severity of symptoms during the school day and improving academic performance. However, the treatment of ADHD should reach beyond symptom control to addr...
Source: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - October 13, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Source Type: journals

The role of acquaintanceship in the perception of child behaviour problemsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract The role of acquaintanceship with the child on reports of child behaviour by different informants was examined within the framework of a general theory of personality judgment. Mothers of referred children and group-care workers rated videotaped behaviour samples of a well known and an unknown child in the clinic. Independent observers also rated the videotapes. In line with the acquaintanceship hypothesis, mothers were found to perceive more behaviour problems than independent observers when rating well known children but not unknown children. Contrary to the acquaintanceship hypothesis, however, t...
Source: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - October 13, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Relations between brain volumes, neuropsychological assessment and parental questionnaire in prematurely born childrenEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In conclusion, altered brain volumes at term equivalent age appear to affect development still at 5 years of age. The FTF seems to be a good instrument when used in combination with other neuropsychological assessment. Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Original ContributionDOI 10.1007/s00787-009-0070-3Authors Annika Lind, Turku University Hospital Department of Pediatrics Turku FinlandLeena Haataja, Turku University Hospital, University of Turku Department of Pediatric Neurology Turku FinlandLiisi Rautava, Turku University Hospital, University of Turku Department of Pediatrics Turku FinlandAnniina Väliaho, ...
Source: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - October 11, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Adverse life events, area socioeconomic disadvantage, and psychopathology and resilience in young children: the importance of risk factors’ accumulation and protective factors’ specificityEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study addressed both issues. Our hypothesis was that for preschool children’s emotional/behavioral adjustment in the face of contextual risk protective factors should be located in the cognitive domain. Data were from the first two sweeps of the UK’s Millennium Cohort Study. The final study sample was 4,748 three-year-old children clustered in 1,549 Lower layer Super Output Areas in nine strata. Contextual risk was measured at both area (with the Index of Multiple Deprivation) and family (with proximal and distal adverse life events experienced) level. Moderator variables were parenting, verbal and non-verbal ...
Source: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - October 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Risk factors of abuse of parents by their ADHD childrenEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study contributes to increasing awareness on the abuse of parents by their ADHD children. Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Original ContributionDOI 10.1007/s00787-009-0067-yAuthors Ahmad Ghanizadeh, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences Department of Psychiatry, Hafez Hospital Shiraz IranPeyman Jafari, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences Department of Biostatics Shiraz Iran Journal European Child & Adolescent PsychiatryOnline ISSN 1435-165XPrint ISSN 1018-8827
Source: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - October 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Asperger’s syndrome and high-functioning autism: language, motor and cognitive profilesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The objective of this study is to compare the cognitive profile, the motor and language functioning and the psychosocial adaptation of children with Asperger syndrome (AS) and with high-functioning autism (HFA). Subjects were recruited through the department Autism and Developmental Disorders of the Heckscher-Klinikum. To be included in the study, the full-scale-IQ had to be at least 80. Subjects with AS had to have a normal early language development and subjects with HFA a clear delay in language development, as reported by their parents. The sample consisted of 57 children with Asperger syndrome and 55 children with...
Source: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - October 8, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Prolonged stay at the paediatric intensive care unit associated with paediatric deliriumEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The objective of this study was to investigate, under circumstances of routine care, the impact of paediatric delirium (PD) on length of stay in the paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) as well as on direct financial costs. A five-year prospective observational study (2002–2007) was carried out in a tertiary eight-bed PICU in the Netherlands. Critically ill children aged 1 to 18 years who were acutely, non-electively and consecutively admitted to the PICU and detected as having PD in routine care were compared to critically ill children aged 1 to 18 years without signs of PD. PD, population characteristics and sever...
Source: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - September 29, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Source Type: journals

How adolescents who cut themselves differ from those who take overdosesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract The aims of this study were to identify in what ways adolescents who cut themselves differ from those who take overdoses, and to investigate the role of contagion in these behaviours. Data from an anonymous self-report questionnaire survey of 6,020 adolescents in 41 schools were analysed. Comparison of 220 adolescents who reported self-cutting in the previous year with 86 who had taken overdoses in the previous year as the sole method of deliberate self-harm (DSH) showed that far more of those who cut themselves had friends who had also engaged in DSH in the same period (OR 2.84, 95% CI 1.5–5.3, P...
Source: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - September 29, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Brief intervention in substance-use among adolescent psychiatric patients: a randomized controlled trialEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract Objective of the study is to assess the efficacy of a brief motivational enhancement intervention in adolescents referred to psychiatric treatment who reported substance-use. In a sample of adolescents (n = 237) consecutively admitted to a psychiatry department, 143 were identified as users. Subjects were randomly allocated to one of two groups: an experimental group that received a brief intervention aimed at increasing their awareness of the risks of substance-use, or a control group. All subjects received standard treatment according to the primary diagnosis. Structured questionnaires a...
Source: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - September 25, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Relationship among psychopathological dimensions, coping mechanisms, and glycemic control in a Croatian sample of adolescents with diabetes mellitus type 1Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study assessed the relationship among specific psychopathological dimensions, coping mechanisms, and metabolic control in a Croatian clinical sample of adolescents with IDDM. One-hundred and one adolescents (aged 11–18) with IDDM filled out the youth self report (YSR) assessing psychopathological dimension and the scale of coping with stress (SCS). Glycemic control was estimated by the percentage of glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c). Subjects were divided into three groups according to HbA1C values: “optimal”, “suboptimal control”, and “at high risk”. Subjects in optimal glycemic control presented with si...
Source: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - September 24, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Childhood loneliness as a predictor of adolescent depressive symptoms: an 8-year longitudinal studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract Childhood loneliness is characterised by children’s perceived dissatisfaction with aspects of their social relationships. This 8-year prospective study investigates whether loneliness in childhood predicts depressive symptoms in adolescence, controlling for early childhood indicators of emotional problems and a sociometric measure of peer social preference. 296 children were tested in the infant years of primary school (T1 5 years of age), in the upper primary school (T2 9 years of age) and in secondary school (T3 13 years of age). At T1, children completed the loneliness assessment...
Source: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - September 24, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Symptom clusters in obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD): influence of age and age of onsetEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The objective of our study was to evaluate the rates of symptoms’ contents and the age of manifestation of the various OCD symptoms in adolescents and adults with early and late onset of disorder. Both authors independently reviewed the medical charts of patients treated for OCD between 1999 and 2007 in a psychiatric university hospital. Patients were evaluated using the Yale–Brown obsessive–compulsive scale check list (Y-BOCS). The patients were grouped as adolescents (group 1), adults with late onset (group 2) and adults with early onset (group 3). Chi2 was used for nominal variables and the non-parametric Kru...
Source: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - September 18, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Course of intelligence deficits in early onset, first episode schizophrenia: a controlled, 5-year longitudinal studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The objective of the current study was to compare the development of intelligence in EOS patients (N = 10) from their first psychotic episode to 5 years of post onset with that of healthy controls (N = 35) and patients who at baseline had been diagnosed with other non-affective psychoses (N = 8). The same version of a Wechsler Intelligence Scale was administered at both baseline and follow-up assessments, and the same norms were used to derive IQs at baseline and follow-up. Significantly smaller change in mean full scale intelligence quotient (FSIQ) was found in diagnostically stable E...
Source: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - September 18, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Comparing the efficacy of stimulants for ADHD in children and adolescents using meta-analysisEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract Stimulants used to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have been well researched, but comparisons among stimulants are hindered by the absence of direct comparative trials. The goal of this work was to compare the efficacy of methylphenidate and amfetamine formulations through a meta-analysis of double-blind placebo-controlled trials. We analyzed recent published literature on the stimulant therapy of ADHD to describe the variability of drug–placebo effect sizes. A literature search was conducted to identify double-blind, placebo-controlled studies of ADHD in children and adolesc...
Source: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - September 18, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Cognitive coping and childhood anxiety disordersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract To investigate differences in cognitive coping strategies between anxiety-disordered and non-anxious 9–11-year-old children. Additionally, differences in cognitive coping between specific anxiety disorders were examined. A clinical sample of 131 anxiety-disordered children and a general population sample of 452 non-anxious children were gathered. All children filled out the child version of the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ-k). Structured clinical interviews were used to assess childhood anxiety disorders. Results showed that anxiety-disordered children experience significantly ...
Source: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - September 3, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Source Type: journals

The volumetric differences of the fronto-temporal region in young offspring of schizophrenic patientsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract The aim of this study is to examine the volumetric differences of the fronto-temporal region in the offspring of schizophrenic patients in comparison to normal. Twenty-six offspring of chronic schizophrenic patients aged between 8 and 15 years and 23 control children were matched with respect to cranial MRI. Chronic schizophrenic patients were reevaluated with SCID-I to confirm their diagnosis. Parents of children in the control group completed SCL-90-R and were evaluated by clinical interview to exclude any psychotic disorder. The diagnoses of psychiatric disorders in all of the children were ...
Source: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - August 27, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Christopher Gillberg, Richard Harrington†, Hans-Christoph Steinhausen: A Clinician’s Handbook of Child and Adolescent PsychiatryEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Book ReviewDOI 10.1007/s00787-009-0050-7 Journal European Child & Adolescent PsychiatryOnline ISSN 1435-165XPrint ISSN 1018-8827
Source: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - August 24, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Mental health of adolescents reared in institutional care in Turkey: challenges and hope in the twenty-first centuryEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In conclusion, there is a pressing need to transform the social and health care policy and to provide family and community-based alternatives for youth currently in institutional care in Turkey. Before this goal is achieved, it is necessary to address their mental health needs urgently and comprehensively. The highest rates of problems by youth self-report also support the view that the youths’ own voices ought to be heard and need to inform the reform process regarding their future care. Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Original ContributionDOI 10.1007/s00787-009-0047-2Authors Nese Erol, Ankara University D...
Source: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - July 31, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Does inhibitory control capacity in overweight and obese children and adolescents predict success in a weight-reduction program?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract It has been assumed that inhibitory control capacity might influence the success of overweight or obese subjects in reducing weight. However, empirical research on this association is scarce. The present study, therefore, examines whether success in an outpatient weight-reduction program for children and adolescents can be predicted by pre-intervention inhibitory control capacity. The study sample consisted of 111 overweight and obese children and adolescents (7.5–15 years) who attended an outpatient weight-reduction program of 1 year’s duration. Inhibitory control was assessed by two ...
Source: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - July 31, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Some clinical characteristics of children who survived the Marmara earthquakesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract The Marmara earthquakes occurred in the Marmara Region (North West) of Turkey in 1999 and resulted in a death toll of approximately 20,000. This paper investigates the relationships between diagnoses and certain variables in children who developed emotional and/or behavioral disturbances in the aftermath of the Marmara earthquakes and were subsequently seen at a child psychiatry outpatient clinic. The variables evaluated are gender, age, the location where the earthquake was experienced, and the degree of losses, bodily injuries, and damage to the residence. Medical records of 321 children and adole...
Source: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - July 29, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Source Type: journals

What have birth cohort studies asked about genetic, pre- and perinatal exposures and child and adolescent onset mental health outcomes? A systematic reviewEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract Increased understanding of early neurobehavioural development is needed to prevent, identify, and treat childhood psychopathology most effectively at the earliest possible stage. Prospective birth cohorts can elucidate the association of genes, environment, and their interactions with neurobehavioural development. We conducted a systematic review of the birth cohort literature. On the basis of internet searches and 6,248 peer-reviewed references, 105 longitudinal epidemiological studies were identified. Twenty studies met inclusion criteria (prospectively recruited, population-based cohort studies, ...
Source: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - July 28, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Source Type: journals

The quality of life of children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a systematic reviewEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In conclusion, ADHD seriously compromises QoL especially when seen from a parents’ perspective. QoL outcomes should be included as a matter of course in future treatment studies. Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Review ArticleDOI 10.1007/s00787-009-0046-3Authors Marina Danckaerts, University Hospitals Leuven Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Leuven BelgiumEdmund J. S. Sonuga-Barke, University of Southampton School of Psychology Southampton UKTobias Banaschewski, University of Heidelberg Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health Mannheim Germ...
Source: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - July 26, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Source Type: journals

When does the Autism Spectrum Screening Questionnaire (ASSQ) predict autism spectrum disorders in primary school-aged children?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract The aims of this study were, firstly, to study the association between parents’ and teachers’ ratings for the Finnish version of the Autism Spectrum Screening Questionnaire (ASSQ), secondly, to find out whether the original cut-off scores of the ASSQ identify primary school-aged children with Asperger syndrome (AS) or autism by using the Finnish ASSQ, and thirdly, to evaluate the validity of the ASSQ. Parents and/or teachers of higher-functioning (full-scale intelligence quotient ≥ 50) 8-year-old total population school children (n = 4,408) and 7–12-year-old outpatients w...
Source: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - July 14, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Involvement in bullying and depression in a 2-year follow-up in middle adolescenceEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract The main objective was to analyse whether involvement in bullying at school predicts depression, and whether depression predicts involvement in bullying in middle adolescence. A total of 2,070 15-year-old girls and boys in two Finnish cities were surveyed at ninth grade (age 15) at schools, and followed up 2 years later in the Adolescent Mental Health Cohort Study (AMHC). Depression was measured by a Finnish modification of the 13-item short Beck Depression Inventory. Involvement in bullying was elicited by three questions focusing on being a bully, being a victim to bullying, and being left al...
Source: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - July 9, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Atomoxetine in children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a 6-week, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial in RussiaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The objective of the study was to compare the efficacy and tolerability of once-daily atomoxetine (≤1.8 mg/(kg day) with those of placebo in children and adolescents (aged 6–16 years) with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder [ADHD (DSM-IV)]. This randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial was conducted in Russia. The primary efficacy measure was baseline-to-end point changes in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Rating Scale-IV-Parent Version: Investigator-Administered and Scored (ADHDRS-IV-Parent:Inv) total score. Tolerability measures included treatment-emergent signs and symptom...
Source: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - July 1, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Adenosine A2A receptor gene (ADORA2A) variants may increase autistic symptoms and anxiety in autism spectrum disorderEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are heterogeneous disorders presenting with increased rates of anxiety. The adenosine A2A receptor gene (ADORA2A) is associated with panic disorder and is located on chromosome 22q11.23. Its gene product, the adenosine A2A receptor, is strongly expressed in the caudate nucleus, which also is involved in ASD. As autistic symptoms are increased in individuals with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome, and large 22q11.2 deletions and duplications have been observed in ASD individuals, in this study, 98 individuals with ASD and 234 control individuals were genotyped for eight single-...
Source: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - June 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Obsessive–compulsive traits in children and adolescents with Asperger syndromeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The objective of this study is to examine the occurrence and characteristic features of obsessive–compulsive behaviours in children and adolescents with Asperger syndrome (AS), with respect to a matched obsessive compulsive disorder group (OCD) and a typically developing control group (CG). For this purpose, 60 subjects (20 OCD; 18 AS; 22 CG), aged 8–15 years, matched for age, gender and IQ were compared. AS and OCD patients were diagnosed according to the DSM-IV-TR criteria. The Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised and the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule were used to assist in the AS diagnosis; the WISC-...
Source: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - June 26, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Polygamy and mental health of adolescentsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The objective is to study the influence of polygamous versus monogamous marriage on the mental health of adolescents in an Israeli Bedouin population. Pupils aged 11–18 years attending schools in Bedouin Arab communities in southern Israel were asked to complete a demographic questionnaire and a panel of psychological instruments measuring competence and behavioral problems, anxiety and depression. Findings were compared between pupils of families with one wife and pupils of families with more than one wife. The population comprised 406 pupils of mean age 14.5 years; 56% were female. Fifty-three percent wer...
Source: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - June 24, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Maternal representations, infant psychiatric status, and mother–child relationship in clinic-referred and non-referred infantsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract To examine the relations between maternal representations, infant socio-emotional difficulties, and mother–child relational behavior, 49 clinic-referred infants and their mothers were compared to 30 non-referred controls. Clinic-referred infants’ psychiatric status was determined with the DC 0-3-R classification of Zeanah and Benoit (Child Adolesc Psychiatry Clin N Am 4:539–554, 1995) and controls were screened for socio-emotional difficulties. Mothers were interviewed with the parent development interview (Aber et al. in The parent development interview. Unpublished manuscript, 1985) and dyad...
Source: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - June 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Source Type: journals

ADHD in international adoptees: a national cohort studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract Several investigators have reported an increased frequency of attention/hyperactivity symptoms in international adoptees, though population-based studies are lacking. In this national cohort study, we aimed to determine the prevalence of ADHD medication in international adoptees in Sweden, in comparison to the general population. A further purpose was to study gender, age at adoption and region of origin as predictors of ADHD medication in international adoptees. The study population consisted of all Swedish residents born in 1985–2000 with Swedish-born parents, divided into 16,134 adoptees, and a...
Source: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - June 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Psychiatric and cognitive phenotype in children and adolescents with myotonic dystrophyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is the most frequent inherited neuromuscular disorder. The juvenile form has been associated with cognitive and psychiatric dysfunction, but the phenotype remains unclear. We reviewed the literature to examine the psychiatric phenotype of juvenile DM1 and performed an admixture analysis of the IQ distribution of our own patients, as we hypothesised a bimodal distribution. Two-thirds of the patients had at least one DSM-IV diagnosis, mainly attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and anxiety disorder. Two-thirds had learning disabilities comorbid with mental retardati...
Source: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - June 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Does ADHD moderate the manifestation of anxiety disorders in children?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract The main aim of this study was to examine the moderating effects of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) on anxiety disorders in children. Data were analyzed from a large referred sample of children with anxiety disorder without comorbid ADHD (anxiety disorder, N = 253), anxiety disorder plus comorbid ADHD (anxiety disorder + ADHD, N = 704), and ADHD without comorbid anxiety disorder (ADHD, N = 511). Children were comprehensively assessed, including by structured diagnostic interview (K-SADS-E). Overall rates of individual anxiety disorders, as well ...
Source: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - June 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Self-injury behavior in an adolescent with Wilson’s diseaseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Letter to the EditorsDOI 10.1007/s00787-009-0040-9Authors Özlem Özcan, İnönü University Department of Child Psychiatry, Medical Faculty Malatya TurkeyM. Ayşe Selimoğlu, İnönü University Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics, Medical Faculty Malatya Turkey Journal European Child & Adolescent PsychiatryOnline ISSN 1435-165XPrint ISSN 1018-8827
Source: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - June 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Atomoxetine improves patient and family coping in attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study in Swedish children and adolescentsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract This 10-week study assessed the efficacy of atomoxetine in combination with psychoeducation compared to placebo and psychoeducation in the improvement of Quality of Life in Swedish stimulant-naive children and adolescents with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. A total of 99 patients were treated with atomoxetine (49 patients) or placebo (50 patients) for 10 weeks and assessed regarding broader areas of functioning using the Quality of Life measures Child Health and Illness Profile-Child Edition (CHIP-CE), Family Strain Index [FSI; equivalent to the Family Burden of Illness Mod...
Source: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - May 24, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Sleep quality, duration and behavioral symptoms among 5–6-year-old childrenEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The objective of the present study was to examine whether parent-reported short sleep duration and sleeping difficulties are related to behavioral symptoms among pre-school aged children. The study is a cross-sectional survey of 297 families with 5–6-year-old children. The Sleep Disturbance Scale for children was used to measure sleep duration and sleeping difficulties, and the Child Behavior Checklist and Teacher’s Report Form were used to measure attention problems, and internalizing and externalizing symptoms. In multivariate logistic regression models, short sleep duration was according to parental reports rel...
Source: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - May 24, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Screening for psychopathology in child welfare: the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) compared with the Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment (ASEBA)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study illustrates that the Dutch version of the SDQ, similar to the English and German versions, has equal validity as the Dutch ASEBA for screening children. Caution is warranted when the SDQ is the only source of information for referrals to specialized care. Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Original ContributionDOI 10.1007/s00787-009-0030-yAuthors Astrid Janssens, University of Antwerp University Centre Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Antwerp (UCKJA), Collaborative Antwerp Psychiatric Research Institute (CAPRI) Universiteitsplein 1, Building R 3:23 2610 Antwerp BelgiumDirk Deboutte, University of Antwerp...
Source: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - May 22, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Pervasive refusal syndrome as part of the refusal–withdrawal–regression spectrum: critical review of the literature illustrated by a case reportEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article presents a critical review of the published literature, illustrated by a case report of an 11-year-old girl. PRS most often affects girls (75%). The mean age of the known population is 10.5 years. A premorbid high-achieving, perfectionist, conscientious personality seems to play an important role in the aetiology of PRS, as can a psychiatric history of parents or child and environmental stressors. PRS shows a symptom overlap with many other psychiatric disorders. However, none of the current DSM diagnoses can account for the full range of symptoms seen in PRS, and the active/angry resistance can be c...
Source: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - May 21, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Predictors of outcome in infant and toddlers functional or behavioral disorders after a brief parent–infant psychotherapyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study underlines the particular difficulties involved in the treatment of infants and toddlers presenting behavioral disturbances and emotional difficulties, and the value of involving the father in treatment. Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Original ContributionDOI 10.1007/s00787-009-0032-9Authors M. J. Hervé, CHU of Montpellier Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department, St Eloi Hospital 80 Avenue A. Fliche 34295 Montpellier Cedex 5 FranceM. Paradis, CHU of Montpellier Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department, St Eloi Hospital 80 Avenue A. Fliche 34295 Montpellier Cedex 5 FranceC. Rattaz, CHU of Montpe...
Source: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - May 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Validation of the repetitive and restricted behaviour scale in autism spectrum disordersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract Repetitive and restricted behaviours represent a common problem for various psychiatric syndromes, especially in autistic spectrum disorders, and they include a wide range of heterogeneous behavioural manifestations. An accurate and standardized description of these behaviours is needed to advance the understanding of this complex and heterogeneous clinical dimension of autism. The present article reports the reliability and validity studies of a new assessment scale: the repetitive and restricted behaviour scale. 145 subjects with autism spectrum disorders were assessed using the RRB scale. The RRB...
Source: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - May 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Anxiety in children with CFS/MEEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract Anxiety symptoms are commonly described in children with chronic fatigue syndrome or myalgic encephalopathy (CFS/ME) but to date there has been little information on the type of anxiety children experience or the relationship between anxiety and school attendance, disability or fatigue. The aim of this study was to first describe the prevalence and type of anxiety symptoms in children with CFS/ME compared with a normal European population, and secondly to investigate the association of anxiety symptoms with age, gender, school attendance, fatigue, and physical function in paediatric CFS/ME. Data wer...
Source: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - May 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Inter-rater reliability and stability of diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder in children identified through screening at a very young ageEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In conclusion, the inter-rater reliability and stability of the diagnoses of ASD established at 23 months in this population-based sample of very young children are good. Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Original ContributionDOI 10.1007/s00787-009-0025-8Authors Emma van Daalen, Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience Utrecht The NetherlandsChantal Kemner, Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience Utrecht The NetherlandsClaudine Dietz, Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience Utrecht The NetherlandsSophie H. N. Swinkels, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre Department of Psychiatry Nijmegen The Netherlands...
Source: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - May 7, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Screening for anxiety disorders in childrenEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examined the usefulness of screening for anxiety disorders in primary school children. More specifically, the value of the screening method to discriminate between and to predict anxiety disorders was studied. Children and their parents were selected if the children had self-reported scores on the screening questionnaire Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders-71 (SCARED-71) within the top-15% (High-anxious) or from two points below to two points above the median (Median-anxious). Of the selected children, 183 high-anxious children and their parents, and 80 median-anxious children and their par...
Source: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - May 5, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Source Type: journals

The influence of rumination and distraction on depressed and anxious mood: a prospective examination of the response styles theory in children and adolescentsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract The present study sought to test predictions of the response styles theory in a sample of children and adolescents. More specifically, a ratio approach to response styles was utilized to examine the effects on residual change scores in depression and anxiety. Participants completed a battery of questionnaires including measures of rumination, distraction, depression, and anxiety at baseline (Time 1) and 8–10 weeks follow-up (Time 2). Results showed that the ratio score of rumination and distraction was significantly associated with depressed and anxious symptoms over time. More specifically, ...
Source: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - May 5, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Source Type: journals

A small-scale randomized controlled trial of the revised new forest parenting programme for preschoolers with attention deficit hyperactivity disorderEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract The revised new forest parenting programme (NFPP) is an 8-week psychological intervention designed to treat ADHD in preschool children by targeting, amongst other things, both underlying impairments in self-regulation and the quality of mother–child interactions. Forty-one children were randomized to either the revised NFPP or treatment as usual conditions. Outcomes were ADHD and ODD symptoms measured using questionnaires and direct observation, mothers’ mental health and the quality of mother–child interactions. Effects of the revised NFPP on ADHD symptoms were large (effect size >1) ...
Source: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - April 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Prevalence of major depression in preschool childrenEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study is a contribution to the scarce epidemiology of preschool depression in the community. Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Original ContributionDOI 10.1007/s00787-009-0019-6Authors Edelmira Domènech-Llaberia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Child and Adolescent Psychopathology Research Unit Campus de Bellaterra, Edifici B, Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès) 08193 Barcelona SpainFerran Viñas, Universitat de Girona Psychology Faculty 17071 Girona SpainEsther Pla, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Child and Adolescent Psychopathology Research Unit Campus de Bellaterra, Edifici B, Bellaterra (Cerdanyola...
Source: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - April 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Source Type: journals

Short-term outcome of anorexia nervosa in adolescents after inpatient treatment: a prospective studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract The current study describes the short-term outcome of adolescent inpatient population suffering from anorexia nervosa (AN) and analyzes the clinical predictors of poor outcome in these patients. Fifty-seven female AN patients (mean = 15.8, SD = 1.3) admitted for inpatient treatment to a specialized eating disorder unit at a university medical center were reassessed 1 year after being discharged. Assessments were made at the beginning and at the end of the inpatient treatment as well as at the 1-year follow-up. Self-rating data and expert-rating interview data were obtained. ...
Source: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - April 28, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Source Type: journals

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