Articles

Prevalence and correlates of truancy among adolescents in Swaziland: findings from the Global School-Based Health Survey

Educational attainment is an important determinant of diverse health outcomes. Truancy among adolescents jeopardizes chances of achieving their educational goals. Truant behaviors are also associated with vari...

Authors: Seter Siziya, Adamson S Muula and Emmanuel Rudatsikira

Psychosocial predictors of sexual initiation and high-risk sexual behaviors in early adolescence

This longitudinal study examined psychosocial factors associated with risky sexual behavior in early adolescence.

Authors: Argyro Caminis, Christopher Henrich, Vladislav Ruchkin, Mary Schwab-Stone and Andrés Martin

Impact of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) on prescription dug spending for children and adolescents: increasing relevance of health economic evidence

During the last decade, pharmaceutical spending for patients with attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been escalating internationally.

Authors: Michael Schlander

Continuity, psychosocial correlates, and outcome of problematic substance use from adolescence to young adulthood in a community sample

The study of the continuity, psychosocial correlates, and prediction of problematic substance use (PSU) across time from adolescence to young adulthood.

Authors: Hans-Christoph Steinhausen, Susanne Eschmann and Christa Winkler Metzke

Baseline values from the electrocardiograms of children and adolescents with ADHD

An important issue in pediatric pharmacology is the determination of whether medications affect cardiac rhythm parameters, in particular the QT interval, which is a surrogate marker for the risk of adverse car...

Authors: Suyash Prasad, Amanda J Furr, Shuyu Zhang, Susan Ball and Albert J Allen

A pilot study for augmenting atomoxetine with methylphenidate: safety of concomitant therapy in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

This study examined augmenting atomoxetine with extended-release methylphenidate in children whose attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) previously failed to respond adequately to stimulant medication.

Authors: Gabrielle A Carlson, David Dunn, Douglas Kelsey, Dustin Ruff, Susan Ball, Lisa Ahrbecker and Albert J Allen

Children's unique experience of depression: Using a developmental approach to predict variation in symptomatology

Current clinical knowledge suggests that children can have different types of depressive symptoms (irritability and aggression), but presents no theoretical basis for these differences. Using a developmental a...

Authors: Misty M Ginicola

The psychometric properties of Beck Depression Inventory for adolescent depression in a primary-care paediatric setting in India

There is increasing interest in identifying adolescents with depression in primary care settings by paediatricians in India. This article studied the diagnostic accuracy, reliability and validity of Beck Depre...

Authors: Mona Basker, Prabhakar D Moses, Sushila Russell and Paul Swamidhas Sudhakar Russell

Managing childhood fever and pain – the comfort loop

Parents can transmit their anxiety to their child, and just as children can pick up on parental anxiety, they can also respond to a parent's ability to stay calm in stressful situations. Therefore, when treati...

Authors: Jacqui Clinch and Stephen Dale

Case Report: Psychosis in an adolescent with sickle cell disease

Anxiety and depression are well documented complications of adjustment in sickle cell disease (SCD), but psychosis as a direct complication of or adjustment in SCD is uncommon. This article reports a case of p...

Authors: Muideen Owolabi Bakare

Illness perception in pediatric somatization and asthma: complaints and health locus of control beliefs

Health- and illness-related cognitions of pediatric patients with asthma or somatization and of their caregivers are considered relevant for patient education and for cognitive-behavioral interventions. This s...

Authors: Lutz Goldbeck and Silke Bundschuh

Evaluating movement disorders in pediatric patients receiving risperidone: a comparison of spontaneous reports and research criteria for TD

Movement disorders (MD) in children are relatively common and may be associated with medication use. Objective methods (ie rating scales) and specific research criteria may be helpful in identifying MD-related...

Authors: Gahan J Pandina, Cynthia A Bossie, Young Zhu and Georges M Gharabawi

Sexual risk behavior and pregnancy in detained adolescent females: a study in Dutch detention centers

The purpose of this study was to investigate the lifetime prevalence of teenage pregnancy in the histories of detained adolescent females and to examine the relationship between teenage pregnancy on the one ha...

Authors: Sannie MJJ Hamerlynck, Peggy T Cohen-Kettenis, Robert Vermeiren, Lucres MC Jansen, Pieter D Bezemer and Theo AH Doreleijers

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Authors: Joerg M Fegert and Benedetto Vitiello

Statement from the President of the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions

Authors: Per-Anders Rydelius