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Although mental health literacy has been widely studied in adults, there are still relatively few studies on adolescent populations. In Sri Lanka, adolescents account for about one fifth of the population. Cur...
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2017 11:38
Published on: 15 August 2017
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The mortality rate of young offenders is high. Furthermore, mortality in young offenders is associated with psychiatric and substance use disorders. The primary aim of this national register-based follow-up st...
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2017 11:37
Published on: 8 August 2017
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Different psychosocial factors might have an impact on suicidal behaviour and evidence shows that there may be an association between monthly, diurnal and circadian changes and suicidal behaviours.
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2017 11:35
Published on: 1 August 2017
Research Article
Adaptive behavior can be impaired in different neurodevelopmental disorders and may be influenced by confounding factors, such as intelligence quotient (IQ) and socioeconomic classification. Our main objective...
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2017 11:40
Published on: 24 July 2017
Research Article
To examine associations between health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and anxiety symptoms across anxiety domains (obsessions/compulsions, social anxiety, panic disorder, agoraphobia, separation anxiety, phys...
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2017 11:33
Published on: 20 July 2017
Research Article
The majority of studies on the associations between breastfeeding and cognitive functioning have focused on IQ, with only a few investigating learning skills, and none of the latter adjusting for maternal IQ. ...
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2017 11:36
Published on: 19 July 2017
Review
Adolescents living with chronic illnesses engage in health risk behaviors (HRB) which pose challenges for optimizing care and management of their ill health. Frequent monitoring of HRB is recommended, however ...
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2017 11:32
Published on: 17 July 2017
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We examined the efficacy of olanzapine/fluoxetine combination (OFC) in improving health-related quality of life (QoL) in the treatment of bipolar depression in children and adolescents.
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2017 11:34
Published on: 12 July 2017
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Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2017 11:39
Published on: 12 July 2017
The original article was published in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2014 8:22
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The prevalence of mood disorders in children is a growing global concern. Omega-3 fatty acids (FA) are emerging as a promising adjuvant therapy for depressive disorder (DD) in paediatric patients. The primary ...
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2017 11:30
Published on: 5 July 2017
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Dysfunctional trauma-related cognitions correlate highly with chronic stress. Studies on maltreatment-related cognitions and their predictors in children and adolescents are rare.
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2017 11:31
Published on: 25 June 2017
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‘Almajiris’ are children and adolescents sent far away from their homes to study in Islamic schools under the care of Muslim scholars. Over the years, there has been a decline in the capacity of the scholars t...
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2017 11:29
Published on: 8 June 2017
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Several longitudinal studies have shown the partial symptomatic persistence of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in clinic-based samples. However, little is known about the patterns and trajector...
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2017 11:28
Published on: 1 June 2017
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There is a need to prevent anxiety and depression in young people and mindfulness contains important emotion regulation strategies. Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), a mindfulness-based therapy, has yet...
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2017 11:27
Published on: 25 May 2017
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The stimulant methylphenidate (MPH) and the nonstimulant atomoxetine (ATX) are the most commonly-prescribed pharmacological treatments for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). However, the drug-spe...
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2017 11:26
Published on: 12 May 2017
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Self-harm is associated with increased suicide risk, and constitutes a major challenge in adolescent mental healthcare. In the current study, we examined the association between different aspects of adolescent...
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2017 11:25
Published on: 1 May 2017
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Infants are the most likely recipients of child welfare services; however, little is known about infants and families who come into contact with the child welfare system and factors that are associated with se...
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2017 11:24
Published on: 1 May 2017
Research Article
Discrepancies between multiple informants often create considerable uncertainties in delivering services to youth. The present study assessed the ability of the parent and youth scales of the Strength and Diff...
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2017 11:23
Published on: 28 April 2017
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Discrepancies are often found between child and parent reports of child psychopathology, nevertheless the role of the child’s presenting difficulties in relation to these is underexplored. This study investiga...
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2017 11:22
Published on: 19 April 2017
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This study aims to investigate the prevalence, correlates and treatment seeking behavior related to ADHD among adolescents from Lebanon.
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2017 11:20
Published on: 17 April 2017
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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common neuropsychiatric disorder among the children. The burden of ADHD or its associated factors in Uganda are not known. The objective of this study was t...
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2017 11:18
Published on: 14 April 2017
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Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a behavior of increasing prevalence in adolescents with links to various negative mental health and adjustment outcomes. Poor emotion expression has been linked with NSSI use...
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2017 11:21
Published on: 13 April 2017
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Stigmatizing attitudes and discriminatory behaviour towards persons with mental illness are known to start in childhood. In Nigeria, it is not unusual to see children taunting persons with mental illness. This...
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2017 11:19
Published on: 7 April 2017
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To meet the required hours of intensive intervention for treating children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), we developed an automated serious gaming platform (11 games) to deliver intervention at home (GOL...
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2017 11:17
Published on: 22 March 2017
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To validate the association between country-of-birth and disparities in the stimulant use for ADHD among individuals in Western Australia.
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2017 11:16
Published on: 20 March 2017
