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Adolescents’ multiple, recurrent subjective health complaints: investigating associations with emotional/behavioural difficulties in a cross-sectional, school-based study

Adolescence has been documented as the peak age of onset for mental health perturbations, clinical disorders and unsubstantiated health complaints. The present study attempted to investigate associations betwe...

Authors: Dimitra Petanidou, George Giannakopoulos, Chara Tzavara, Christine Dimitrakaki, Gerasimos Kolaitis and Yannis Tountas

Physical activity in adolescents with psychiatric disorders and in the general population

Adults who suffer from psychiatric disorders report low levels of physical activity and the activity levels differ between disorders. Less is known regarding physical activity across psychiatric disorders in a...

Authors: Wenche Langfjord Mangerud, Ottar Bjerkeset, Stian Lydersen and Marit Sæbø Indredavik

Normative data and psychometric properties of the strengths and difficulties questionnaire among Japanese school-aged children

Although child mental health problems are among the most important worldwide issues, development of culturally acceptable mental health services to serve the clinical needs of children and their families is es...

Authors: Aiko Moriwaki and Yoko Kamio

Soliciting stakeholders’ views on the organization of child and adolescent mental health services: a system in trouble

Despite a high prevalence of mental health problems among children and adolescents Belgium, like many other Western countries, does not have a clear strategy for the organization of child and adolescent mental...

Authors: Philippe Vandenbroeck, Rachel Dechenne, Kim Becher, Maria Eyssen and Koen Van den Heede

The Nordic long-term OCD treatment study (NordLOTS): rationale, design, and methods

This paper describes and discusses the methodology of the Nordic long-term OCD-treatment study (NordLOTS). The purpose of this effectiveness study was to study treatment outcome of CBT, to identify CBT non- or...

Authors: Per Hove Thomsen, Nor C Torp, Kitty Dahl, Karin Christensen, Inger Englyst, Karin H Melin, Judith B Nissen, Katja A Hybel, Robert Valderhaug, Bernhard Weidle, Gudmundur Skarphedinsson, Petra Lindheim von Bahr and Tord Ivarsson

Psychometric properties of online administered parental strengths and difficulties questionnaire (SDQ), and normative data based on combined online and paper-and-pencil administration

To examine the psychometric properties of the online administered parental version of the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), and to provide parental norms from a nationwide Swedish sample.

Authors: Annika Björnsdotter, Pia Enebrink and Ata Ghaderi

Mental disorders in foster children: a study of prevalence, comorbidity and risk factors

The aim of this study is to examine the prevalence of mental disorders in 6- to 12-year-old foster children and assess comorbidity and risk factors.

Authors: Stine Lehmann, Odd E Havik, Toril Havik and Einar R Heiervang

Accessible online neuroplasticity-targeted training for children with ADHD

Childhood Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a growing mental health concern worldwide. Effective, accessible and low-cost therapeutics for the disorder are urgently needed. Here we introduce a...

Authors: Jyoti Mishra, Michael M Merzenich and Rajesh Sagar

Effect of yoga or physical exercise on physical, cognitive and emotional measures in children: a randomized controlled trial

Previous studies have separately reported the effects of physical exercise and yoga in children, showing physical, cognitive and emotional benefits.

Authors: Shirley Telles, Nilkamal Singh, Abhishek Kumar Bhardwaj, Ankur Kumar and Acharya Balkrishna

A school based study of psychological disturbance in children following the Omagh bomb

To assess the extent and nature of psychiatric morbidity among children (aged 8 to 13 years) 15 months after a car bomb explosion in the town of Omagh, Northern Ireland.

Authors: Maura McDermott, Michael Duffy, Andy Percy, Michael Fitzgerald and Claire Cole

Influence of early regulatory problems in infants on their development at 12 months: a longitudinal study in a high-risk sample

This study examined the extent to which regulatory problems in infants at 4 and 6 months influence childhood development at 12 months. The second aim of the study was to examine the influence maternal distress...

Authors: Anna Sidor, Cristina Fischer, Andreas Eickhorst and Manfred Cierpka

The prevalence and incidence, resource use and financial costs of treating people with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in the United Kingdom (1998 to 2010)

Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common disorder that often presents in childhood and is associated with increased healthcare resource use. The aims of this study were to characterise the e...

Authors: Sarah E Holden, Sara Jenkins-Jones, Chris D Poole, Christopher Ll Morgan, David Coghill and Craig J Currie

Assessing change in the behavior of children and adolescents in youth welfare institutions using goal attainment scaling

Evaluating youth welfare services is vital, both because of the considerable influence they have on the development of children and adolescents, as well as owing to the extensive financial costs involved, espe...

Authors: Rita Kleinrahm, Ferdinand Keller, Kerstin Lutz, Michael Kölch and Jörg M Fegert

Treating clients with Asperger’s syndrome and autism

Asperger’s syndrome (AS) is a form of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) affecting many individuals today. Although neurobiological correlates for AS have been identified, like many ASDs, AS is not completely unde...

Authors: Alisa G Woods, Esmaeil Mahdavi and Jeanne P Ryan

Improving metabolic parameters of antipsychotic child treatment (IMPACT) study: rationale, design, and methods

Youth with serious mental illness may experience improved psychiatric stability with second generation antipsychotic (SGA) medication treatment, but unfortunately may also experience unhealthy weight gain adve...

Authors: Gloria M Reeves, Courtney Keeton, Christoph U Correll, Jacqueline L Johnson, Robert M Hamer, Linmarie Sikich, Lindsey Hazzard, Cheryl Alderman, Abigail Scheer, Micah Mabe, Sandeep Kapoor, Eva Sheridan, Irmgard Borner, Kristin Bussell, Sara Pirmohamed, Terrence C Bethea…

Prevalence and diagnostic stability of ADHD and ODD in Turkish children: a 4-year longitudinal study

This study was designed to assess the prevalence of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) in a representative sample of second grade students from a country in...

Authors: Eyüp Sabri Ercan, Rasiha Kandulu, Erman Uslu, Ulku Akyol Ardic, Kemal Utku Yazici, Burge Kabukcu Basay, Cahide Aydın and Luis Augusto Rohde

On identity: from a philosophical point of view

The term “identity” has a much longer tradition in Western philosophy than in psychology. However, the philosophical discourse addresses very different meanings of the term, which should be distinguished to av...

Authors: Daniel Sollberger

Brain and self – a neurophilosophical account

We have experience and are conscious of the world. Who though is conscious? This is the subject or self of experience. While in the past the concept of self has been matter of philosophical discussion, psychoa...

Authors: Georg Northoff

The role of identity in the DSM-5 classification of personality disorders

In the revised Diagnostic and Statistical Manual DSM-5 the definition of personality disorder diagnoses has not been changed from that in the DSM-IV-TR. However, an alternative model for diagnosing personality...

Authors: Klaus Schmeck, Susanne Schlüter-Müller, Pamela A Foelsch and Stephan Doering

Identity development in adolescents with mental problems

In the revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-5), “Identity” is an essential diagnostic criterion for personality disorders (self-related personality functioning) in the alternative approach to th...

Authors: Emanuel Jung, Oliver Pick, Susanne Schlüter-Müller, Klaus Schmeck and Kirstin Goth

Psychometric properties of a culture-adapted Spanish version of AIDA (Assessment of Identity Development in Adolescence) in Mexico

The construct “identity” was discussed to be integrated as an important criterion for diagnosing personality disorders in DSM-5. According to Kernberg, identity diffusion is one of the relevant underlying structu...

Authors: Moises Kassin, Filipa De Castro, Ivan Arango and Kirstin Goth

On identity

Authors: Klaus Schmeck, Jörg M Fegert and Susanne Schlüter-Müller

Catalyzing the publication of international research in child and adolescent mental health

Authors: Christian Kieling and Andrés Martin

Lessons learned from child sexual abuse research: prevalence, outcomes, and preventive strategies

Although child sexual abuse (CSA) is recognized as a serious violation of human well-being and of the law, no community has yet developed mechanisms that ensure that none of their youth will be sexually abused...

Authors: Delphine Collin-Vézina, Isabelle Daigneault and Martine Hébert

Prevalence, comorbidity and predictors of anxiety disorders in children and adolescents in rural north-eastern Uganda

Child and adolescent anxiety disorders are the most prevalent form of childhood psychopathology. Research on child and adolescent anxiety disorders has predominantly been done in westernized societies. There i...

Authors: Catherine Abbo, Eugene Kinyanda, Ruth B Kizza, Jonathan Levin, Sheilla Ndyanabangi and Dan J Stein

A cross-sectional study of insight and family accommodation in pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder

Factors predicting treatment outcome in pediatric patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) include disease severity, functional impairment, comorbid disorders, insight, and family accommodation (FA). ...

Authors: Rajshekhar Bipeta, Srinivasa SRR Yerramilli, Srilakshmi Pingali, Ashok Reddy Karredla and Mohammad Osman Ali

Suicide related events and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder treatments in children and adolescents: a meta-analysis of atomoxetine and methylphenidate comparator clinical trials

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is becoming an increasingly commonly diagnosed and treated childhood illness. Untreated ADHD is recognised as an independent risk factor for suicide-related even...

Authors: Chris J Bushe and Nicola C Savill

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

Authors: Anne Freuchen, Ellen Kjelsberg, Astri J Lundervold and Berit Grøholt

Inter-rater reliability and aspects of validity of the parent-infant relationship global assessment scale (PIR-GAS)

The Parent-Infant Relationship Global Assessment Scale (PIR-GAS) signifies a conceptually relevant development in the multi-axial, developmentally sensitive classification system DC:0-3R for preschool children. H...

Authors: Jörg M Müller, Sandra Achtergarde, Hanna Frantzmann, Kathrin Steinberg, Olena Skorozhenina, Thomas Beyer, Tilman Fürniss and Christian Postert

The face of appearance-related social pressure: gender, age and body mass variations in peer and parental pressure during adolescence

Appearance-related social pressure plays an important role in the development of a negative body image and self-esteem as well as severe mental disorders during adolescence (e.g. eating disorders, depression)....

Authors: Susanne Helfert and Petra Warschburger

Peer victimisation and its association with psychological and somatic health problems among adolescents in northern Russia

A growing body of evidence from countries around the world suggests that school-based peer victimisation is associated with worse health outcomes among adolescents. So far, however, there has been little syste...

Authors: Andrew Stickley, Ai Koyanagi, Roman Koposov, Martin McKee, Bayard Roberts and Vladislav Ruchkin

Baseline characteristics of European and non-European adult patients with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder participating in a placebo-controlled, randomized treatment study with atomoxetine

Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) often presents as an impairing lifelong condition in adults; yet it is currently underdiagnosed and undertreated in many European countries. This analysis examin...

Authors: Himanshu Upadhyaya, Lenard A Adler, Miguel Casas, Alexandra Kutzelnigg, David Williams, Yoko Tanaka, Jody Arsenault, Rodrigo Escobar and Albert J Allen

Parents of young people with self-harm or suicidal behaviour who seek help – a psychosocial profile

Deliberate Self-Harm (DSH) is a common problem among children and adolescents in clinical and community populations, and there is a considerable amount of literature investigating factors associated with DSH r...

Authors: Sophia Morgan, Eóin Rickard, Martha Noone, Carole Boylan, Andreé Carthy, Sinead Crowley, John Butler, Suzanne Guerin and Carol Fitzpatrick

Health-related quality of life, anxiety and depression in young adults with disability benefits due to childhood-onset somatic conditions

As the treatment of chronic or life-threatening diseased children has dramatically over recent decades, more and more paediatric patients reach adulthood. Some of these patients are successfully integrating in...

Authors: Eefje Verhoof, Heleen Maurice-Stam, Hugo Heymans and Martha Grootenhuis

The reliability and validity of the Questionnaire - Children with Difficulties (QCD)

The aim of this study was to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Questionnaire-Children with Difficulties (QCD), which was developed for the evaluation of children’s daily life behaviors during specif...

Authors: Masahide Usami, Daimei Sasayama, Nobuhiro Sugiyama, Nana Hosogane, Soo-Yung Kim, Yushiro Yamashita, Masaki Kodaira, Kyota Watanabe, Yoshitaka Iwadare, Tetsuji Sawa and Kazuhiko Saito

Effect of gene, environment and maternal depressive symptoms on pre-adolescence behavior problems – a longitudinal study

Depression is a common and disabling condition with a high relapse frequency. Maternal mental health problems and experience of traumatic life events are known to increase the risk of behavior problems in chil...

Authors: Sara Agnafors, Erika Comasco, Marie Bladh, Gunilla Sydsjö, Linda DeKeyser, Lars Oreland and Carl Göran Svedin

Controversies in autism: is a broader model of social disorders needed?

This article examines the most significant, contradictory evidence pertaining to autism. The first section of the article includes reports of recovery from autism, data obtained from studies involving oxytocin...

Authors: Michal Hrdlicka and Iva Dudova

Suicidal behaviors in depressed adolescents: role of perceived relationships in the family

Suicide is the second leading cause of death in adolescents and young adults in Europe. Reducing suicides is therefore a key public health target. Previous studies have shown associations between suicidal beha...

Authors: Angèle Consoli, Hugo Peyre, Mario Speranza, Christine Hassler, Bruno Falissard, Evelyne Touchette, David Cohen, Marie-Rose Moro and Anne Révah-Lévy

Internalizing and externalizing problems, depression, and self-esteem in non-detained male juvenile offenders

High rates of mental disorders have been found in detained juvenile offenders, whereas the role of psychopathology in non-detained offenders is less clear. Therefore, the present study compared psychopathology...

Authors: Daniela Imbach, Marcel Aebi, Christa Winkler Metzke, Cornelia Bessler and Hans Christoph Steinhausen

Resource factors for mental health resilience in early childhood: An analysis with multiple methodologies

Given that relatively little is known about the development of resilience in early childhood, this longitudinal study aimed to identify preschool resource factors associated with young children’s mental health...

Authors: Lauren R Miller-Lewis, Amelia K Searle, Michael G Sawyer, Peter A Baghurst and Darren Hedley

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health reviewer acknowledgement 2012

The editors of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health would like to thank all of our reviewers who have contributed to the journal in volume 6 (2012).

Authors: Jörg M Fegert

Non-suicidal self-injury and emotion regulation: a review on facial emotion recognition and facial mimicry

Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is an increasingly prevalent, clinically significant behavior in adolescents and can be associated with serious consequences for the afflicted person. Emotion regulation is cons...

Authors: Tina In-Albon, Martina Bürli, Claudia Ruf and Marc Schmid

Opportunities for prevention and intervention with young children: lessons from the Canadian incidence study of reported child abuse and neglect

The most effective way to provide support to caregivers with infants in order to promote good health, social, emotional and developmental outcomes is the subject of numerous debates in the literature. In Canad...

Authors: Barbara Fallon, Jennifer Ma, Kate Allan, Melanie Pillhofer, Nico Trocmé and Andreas Jud

Diagnosis of personality disorders in adolescents: a study among psychologists

Recent guidelines concerning the treatment of personality disorders (PDs) recommend diagnosing PDs in adolescents. However, it remains unclear whether these guidelines influence the current opinions and practi...

Authors: Elisabeth Martina Petronella Laurenssen, Joost Hutsebaut, Dine Jerta Feenstra, Jan Jurgen Van Busschbach and Patrick Luyten

Analysis of prevalence of PTSD and its influencing factors among college students after the Wenchuan earthquake

This study explored the prevalence and severity of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in college students who lived in earthquake center one year after the Wenchuan earthquake on May 12, 2008, the factors a...

Authors: Yan Fu, Yongshun Chen, Jin Wang, Xiaohui Tang, Jieyun He, Miaorui Jiao, Chunhua Yu, Guiying You and Junying Li

Concordances and discrepancies between ICD-10 and DSM-IV criteria for anxiety disorders in childhood and adolescence

Mental disorders are classified by two major nosological systems, the ICD-10 and the DSM-IV-TR, consisting of different diagnostic criteria. The present study investigated the diagnostic concordance between the t...

Authors: Carmen Adornetto, Andrea Suppiger, Tina In-Albon, Murielle Neuschwander and Silvia Schneider

Adolescents expressing school massacre threats online: something to be extremely worried about?

Peer groups identified through the Internet have played an important role in facilitating school shootings. The aim of the present study was to determine whether the adolescents who had expressed a school mass...

Authors: Nina Lindberg, Atte Oksanen, Eila Sailas and Riittakerttu Kaltiala-Heino

Multidimensional treatment foster care for preschoolers: early findings of an implementation in the Netherlands

Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care (MTFC) has been shown to be an evidence based alternative to residential rearing and an effective method to improve behavior and attachment of foster children in the US. ...

Authors: Caroline S Jonkman, Eva A Bolle, Robert Lindeboom, Carlo Schuengel, Mirjam Oosterman, Frits Boer and Ramon JL Lindauer

The association between school class composition and suicidal ideation in late adolescence: Findings from the Young-HUNT 3 study

Few studies have explored the association between social context and suicidal ideation using multilevel models. This study examines how suicidal ideation in adolescence is related to school class composition.

Authors: Joakim D Dalen

Phenomenology, psychiatric comorbidity and family history in referred preschool children with obsessive-compulsive disorder

The study aimed to investigate phenomenology, psychiatric comorbidity, and family history of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in a clinical sample of normally developing preschool children with OCD.

Authors: Murat Coskun, Salih Zoroglu and Mucahit Ozturk