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Non-suicidal self-injury, youth, and the Internet: What mental health professionals need to know

Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) content and related e-communication have proliferated on the Internet in recent years. Research indicates that many youth who self-injure go online to connect with others who se...

Authors: Stephen P Lewis, Nancy L Heath, Natalie J Michal and Jamie M Duggan

Bullying behaviour in schools, socioeconomic position and psychiatric morbidity: a cross-sectional study in late adolescents in Greece

Bullying is quite prevalent in the school setting and has been associated with the socioeconomic position and psychiatric morbidity of the pupils. The aim of the study was to investigate the association betwee...

Authors: Konstantina Magklara, Petros Skapinakis, Tatiana Gkatsa, Stefanos Bellos, Ricardo Araya, Stylianos Stylianidis and Venetsanos Mavreas

Drug development in pediatric psychiatry: current status, future trends

Authors: John S March and Joerg M Fegert

Case report of Ganser syndrome in a 14-year-old girl: another face of depressive disorder?

The Ganser syndrome is rare in children and in adolescents. A case of the Ganser syndrome in a 14-year-old girl, with three of the four essential features, is presented. After rapid resolution in two weeks, Ga...

Authors: Michel Spodenkiewicz, Olivier Taïeb, Mario Speranza, Marie-Rose Moro and Anne Révah-Levy

Adolescent male with anorexia nervosa: a case report from Iraq

This is the first reported case of an adolescent male with anorexia nervosa in Iraq. This disorder is believed to be rare in males across cultures and uncommon for both genders in Arab countries. The patient m...

Authors: Maha S Younis and Lava D Ali

Lead exposure and the 2010 achievement test scores of children in New York counties

Lead is toxic to cognitive and behavioral functioning in children even at levels well below those producing physical symptoms. Continuing efforts in the U.S. since about the 1970s to reduce lead exposure in ch...

Authors: Jillian C Strayhorn and Joseph M Strayhorn Jr

A two-session psychological intervention for siblings of pediatric cancer patients: a randomized controlled pilot trial

Since siblings of pediatric cancer patients are at risk for emotional, behavioral, and social problems, there is considerable interest in development of early psychological interventions. This paper aimed at e...

Authors: Alice Prchal, Anna Graf, Eva Bergstraesser and Markus A Landolt

A systematic review of the safety information contained within the Summaries of Product Characteristics of medications licensed in the United Kingdom for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. how does the safety prescribing advice compare with national guidance?

The safety of paediatric medications is paramount and contraindications provide clear pragmatic advice. Further advice may be accessed through Summaries of Product Characteristics (SPCs) and relevant national ...

Authors: Nicola Savill and Chris J Bushe

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

The purpose of this study was to gain knowledge about the circumstances related to suicide among children and adolescents 15 years and younger.

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

Patient characteristics, comorbidities, and medication use for children with ADHD with and without a co-occurring reading disorder: A retrospective cohort study

Children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) often have a co-occurring reading disorder (RD). The purpose of this research was to assess differences between children with ADHD ...

Authors: Peter M Classi, Trong K Le, Sarah Ward and Joseph Johnston

Emotional problems in preadolescents in Norway: the role of gender, ethnic minority status, and home- and school-related hassles

"The gender gap" refers to a lifelong higher rate of emotional problems in girls, as compared to boys, that appears during adolescence. The gender gap is a well-replicated finding among older adolescents and i...

Authors: Daniele E Alves, Espen Roysamb, Brit Oppedal and Henrik D Zachrisson

The treatment of severe child aggression (TOSCA) study: Design challenges

Polypharmacy (the concurrent use of more than one psychoactive drug) and other combination interventions are increasingly common for treatment of severe psychiatric problems only partly responsive to monothera...

Authors: Cristan A Farmer, L Eugene Arnold, Oscar G Bukstein, Robert L Findling, Kenneth D Gadow, Xiaobai Li, Eric M Butter and Michael G Aman

Efficacy of lisdexamfetamine dimesylate in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder previously treated with methylphenidate: a post hoc analysis

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common neurobehavioral psychiatric disorder that afflicts children, with a reported prevalence of 2.4% to 19.8% worldwide. Stimulants (methylphenidate [MPH]...

Authors: Rakesh Jain, Thomas Babcock, Teodor Burtea, Bryan Dirks, Ben Adeyi, Brian Scheckner and Robert Lasser

Characteristics of autism spectrum disorders in a sample of egyptian and saudi patients: transcultural cross sectional study

Autism is a biological disorder with clearly defined phenomenology. Studies from the Middle East on this topic have been particularly rare. Little is known about the influence of culture on clinical features, ...

Authors: Hanan Hussein, Ghada RA Taha and Afrah Almanasef

Individual, family and offence characteristics of high risk childhood offenders: comparing non-offending, one-time offending and re-offending Dutch-Moroccan migrant children in the Netherlands

Childhood offenders are at an increased risk for developing mental health, social and educational problems later in life. An early onset of offending is a strong predictor for future persistent offending. Chil...

Authors: Carmen H Paalman, Lieke van Domburgh, Gonneke WJM Stevens and Theo AH Doreleijers

The strengths and difficulties questionnaire as a screening instrument for norwegian child and adolescent mental health services, application of UK scoring algorithms

The use of screening instruments can reduce waiting lists and increase treatment capacity. The aim of this study was to examine the usefulness of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) with the ori...

Authors: Per Håkan Brøndbo, Børge Mathiassen, Monica Martinussen, Einar Heiervang, Mads Eriksen, Therese Fjeldmo Moe, Guri Sæther and Siv Kvernmo

Modelling the relationship between obesity and mental health in children and adolescents: findings from the Health Survey for England 2007

A number of studies have reported significant associations between obesity and poor psychological wellbeing in children but findings have been inconsistent. Methods: This study utilised data from 3,898 childre...

Authors: Paul A Tiffin, Bronia Arnott, Helen J Moore and Carolyn D Summerbell

Psychometric evaluation of the Forensic Inpatient Observation Scale (FIOS) in youngsters with a judicial measure

In this article, the psychometric properties of the Forensic Inpatient Observation Scale (FIOS) were examined. This instrument was developed to observe behavioral functioning of forensic psychiatric patients. ...

Authors: Chijs van Nieuwenhuizen and Ilja L Bongers

Childhood adversity, mental ill-health and aggressive behavior in an African orphanage: Changes in response to trauma-focused therapy and the implementation of a new instructional system

The number of orphans in Sub-Saharan Africa is constantly rising. While it is known that family or community care is preferable over institutional care of African orphans, little is known about the quality of ...

Authors: Katharin Hermenau, Tobias Hecker, Martina Ruf, Elisabeth Schauer, Thomas Elbert and Maggie Schauer

Prevalence and characteristics of depressive disorders in early adolescents in central Norway

Prevalence of depressive disorders among adolescents has varied across studies. The present study aims to assess current and lifetime prevalence and characteristics of adolescent Major Depressive Disorder (MDD...

Authors: Anne Mari Sund, Bo Larsson and Lars Wichstrøm

Children's hospitalizations with a mood disorder diagnosis in general hospitals in the united states 2000-2006

Mood disorders including depression and bipolar disorders are a major cause of morbidity in childhood and adolescence, and hospitalizations for mood disorders are the leading diagnosis for all hospitalizations...

Authors: Tamar Lasky, Aliza Krieger, Anne Elixhauser and Benedetto Vitiello

Improved functionality, health related quality of life and decreased burden of disease in patients with ADHD treated with OROS^® MPH: is treatment response different between children and adolescents?

To compare clinical and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) outcomes between children and adolescents with ADHD treated with OROS^® MPH, using data from two large similarly-designed multicenter, prospective, op...

Authors: Michael Berek, Andreas Kordon, Ludger Hargarter, Fritz Mattejat, Lara Slawik, Klaus Rettig and Barbara Schäuble

Sleep habits and sleep problems among Palestinian students

The aim of this study was to describe sleep habits and sleep problems in a population of undergraduates in Palestine. Association between self-reported sleep quality and self-reported academic achievement was ...

Authors: Waleed M Sweileh, Iyad A Ali, Ansam F Sawalha, Adham S Abu-Taha, Sa'ed H Zyoud and Samah W Al-Jabi

Assessing the psychometric properties and the perceived usefulness of the BasisRaadsOnderzoek (BARO) as a first-line screening instrument for juvenile offenders

The aim of this study is to investigate the psychometric properties and the perceived usefulness of the BARO (Dutch: BAsisRaadsOnderzoek; Protection Board Preliminary Examination of Juvenile Suspects). The BAR...

Authors: Theo AH Doreleijers, Cyril Boonmann, Erik van Loosbroek and Robert RJM Vermeiren

Ethnic differences in the mother-son relationship of incarcerated and non-incarcerated male adolescents in the Netherlands

In the Netherlands, youths of Moroccan origin account for a disproportionately large percentage of the population in juvenile justice institutions. Previous research showed that Moroccan adolescents in pre-tri...

Authors: Violaine C Veen, Gonneke WJM Stevens, Theo AH Doreleijers, Maja Deković, Trees Pels and Wilma AM Vollebergh

Correlates of self-reported offending in children with a first police contact from distinct socio-demographic and ethnic groups

This study aims to identify risk factors for level of offending among childhood offenders from different socio-economic status (SES) neighborhoods and ethnic origins.

Authors: Lieke van Domburgh, Theo AH Doreleijers, Charlotte Geluk and Robert Vermeiren

Psychopathology, trauma and delinquency: subtypes of aggression and their relevance for understanding young offenders

To examine the implications of an ontology of aggressive behavior which divides aggression into reactive, affective, defensive, impulsive (RADI) or "emotionally hot"; and planned, instrumental, predatory (PIP)...

Authors: Hans Steiner, Melissa Silverman, Niranjan S Karnik, Julia Huemer, Belinda Plattner, Christina E Clark, James R Blair and Rudy Haapanen

Forensic child and Adolescent Psychiatry and mental health in Europe

Authors: Theo AH Doreleijers and Jörg M Fegert

Group and individual stability of three parenting dimensions

The Parental Bonding Instrument, present self-report version, (PBI-PCh) includes three scales, Warmth, Protectiveness and Authoritarianism, which describe three dimensions of current parenting. The purposes of...

Authors: Tormod Rimehaug, Jan Wallander and Turid Suzanne Berg-Nielsen

Parent experiences questionnaire for outpatient child and adolescent mental health services (PEQ-CAMHS Outpatients): reliability and validity following a national survey

Development and evaluation of the PEQ-CAMHS Outpatients, a parent completed questionnaire to measure experiences of outpatient child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) in Norway.

Authors: Andrew M Garratt, Oyvind A Bjertnaes, Olaf Holmboe and Ketil Hanssen-Bauer

The influence of behavioural and health problems on alcohol and drug use in late adolescence - a follow up study of 2 399 young Norwegians

Both early alcohol debut, behavioural and health problems are reported to enhance adolescence substance use. This prospective study investigate the influence of behavioural and health problems on adolescents' ...

Authors: Arve Strandheim, Grete H Bratberg, Turid L Holmen, Lindsey Coombes and Niels Bentzen

Depression and physical activity in a sample of nigerian adolescents: levels, relationships and predictors

Physical inactivity is related to many morbidities but the evidence of its link with depression in adolescents needs further investigation in view of the existing conflicting reports.

Authors: Ade F Adeniyi, Nkechi C Okafor and Celia Y Adeniyi

Malignant catatonia due to anti-NMDA-receptor encephalitis in a 17-year-old girl: case report

Anti-NMDA-Receptor encephalitis is a severe form of encephalitis that was recently identified in the context of acute neuropsychiatric presentation. Here, we describe the case of a 17-year-old girl referred fo...

Authors: Angèle Consoli, Karine Ronen, Isabelle An-Gourfinkel, Martine Barbeau, Donata Marra, Nathalie Costedoat-Chalumeau, Delphine Montefiore, Philippe Maksud, Olivier Bonnot, Adrien Didelot, Zahir Amoura, Marie Vidailhet and David Cohen

Time courses of improvement and symptom remission in children treated with atomoxetine for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: analysis of Canadian open-label studies

The relatively short durations of the initial pivotal randomized placebo-controlled trials involving atomoxetine HCl for the treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) provided limited insigh...

Authors: Ruth A Dickson, Ellen Maki, Christopher Gibbins, Stephen W Gutkin, Atilla Turgay and Margaret D Weiss

ADHD presenting as recurrent epistaxis: a case report

Epistaxis is an important otorhinolaryngological emergency, which usually has an apparent etiology, frequently local trauma in children. Here we present a case report wherein the epistaxis was recalcitrant, an...

Authors: Yasir H Rather, Ajaz A Sheikh, Aalia R Sufi, Ateeq A Qureshi, Zaid A Wani and Tasneem S Shaukat

The psychological well-being of Norwegian adolescents exposed in utero to radiation from the Chernobyl accident

On 26 April 1986, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant suffered an accident. Several areas of central Norway were heavily affected by far field radioactive fallout. The present study focuses on the psychological ...

Authors: Kristin Sverdvik Heiervang, Sarnoff Mednick, Kjetil Sundet and Bjørn Rishovd Rund

Pharmacotherapeutic intervention in impulsive preschool children: The need for a comprehensive therapeutic approach

Impulsive and aggressive behaviour symptoms often are serious problems in children, even already at preschool age. Thus, effective treatment approaches are requested. In this comment pharmacotherapeutic treatm...

Authors: Christina Stadler, Margarete Bolten and Klaus Schmeck

Risperidone in the treatment of conduct disorder in preschool children without intellectual disability

The DSM-IV-TR (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4^th edition Textrevision) highlights the especially poor outcomes of early-onset conduct disorder (CD). The strong link between the patient's ...

Authors: Eyup S Ercan, Burge Kabukcu Basay, Omer Basay, Sibel Durak and Burcu Ozbaran

Validation of the Arab Youth Mental Health scale as a screening tool for depression/anxiety in Lebanese children

Early detection of common mental disorders, such as depression and anxiety, among children and adolescents requires the use of validated, culturally sensitive, and developmentally appropriate screening instrum...

Authors: Ziyad Mahfoud, Sawsan Abdulrahim, Madeleine Badaro Taha, Trudy Harpham, Taghreed El Hajj, Jihad Makhoul, Rima Nakkash, Mayada Kanj and Rema Afifi

A longitudinal follow-up of posttraumatic stress: from 9 months to 20 years after a major road traffic accident

Although road traffic accidents (RTA) are a major cause of injury and a cause of posttraumatic stress (PTS) in the aftermath, little is known about the long-term psychological effects of RTA.

Authors: Filip K Arnberg, Per-Anders Rydelius and Tom Lundin

Links between maternal postpartum depressive symptoms, maternal distress, infant gender and sensitivity in a high-risk population

Maternal postpartum depression has an impact on mother-infant interaction. Mothers with depression display less positive affect and sensitivity in interaction with their infants compared to non-depressed mothe...

Authors: Anna Sidor, Elisabeth Kunz, Daniel Schweyer, Andreas Eickhorst and Manfred Cierpka

Pathways to child and adolescent psychiatric clinics: a multilevel study of the significance of ethnicity and neighbourhood social characteristics on source of referral

In the Swedish society, as in many other societies, many children and adolescents with mental health problems do not receive the help they need. As the Swedish society becomes increasingly multicultural, and a...

Authors: Anna-Karin Ivert, Robert Svensson, Hans Adler, Sten Levander, Per-Anders Rydelius and Marie Torstensson Levander

Cognitive behavioral therapy of socially phobic children focusing on cognition: a randomised wait-list control study

Although literature provides support for cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) as an efficacious intervention for social phobia, more research is needed to improve treatments for children.

Authors: Siebke Melfsen, Martina Kühnemund, Judith Schwieger, Andreas Warnke, Christina Stadler, Fritz Poustka and Ulrich Stangier

Reporting clinical trials of psychosocial interventions in child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health

Authors: Lutz Goldbeck and Benedetto Vitiello

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy for Adolescents (DBT-A): a clinical Trial for Patients with suicidal and self-injurious Behavior and Borderline Symptoms with a one-year Follow-up

To date, there are no empirically validated treatments of good quality for adolescents showing suicidality and non-suicidal self-injurious behavior. Risk factors for suicide are impulsive and non-suicidal self...

Authors: Christian Fleischhaker, Renate Böhme, Barbara Sixt, Christiane Brück, Csilla Schneider and Eberhard Schulz

Paternal predictors of the mental health of children of Vietnamese refugees

Intergenerational transmission of trauma as a determinant of mental health has been studied in the offspring of Holocaust survivors and combat veterans, and in refugee families. Mainly negative effects on the ...

Authors: Aina B Vaage, Per H Thomsen, Cécile Rousseau, Tore Wentzel-Larsen, Thong V Ta and Edvard Hauff

Assessment of knowledge about childhood autism among paediatric and psychiatric nurses in Ebonyi state, Nigeria

There is increasing public and professional awareness of autism spectrum disorders with early recognition, diagnosis and interventions that are known to improve prognosis. Poor knowledge about childhood autism...

Authors: Monday N Igwe, Anthony C Ahanotu, Muideen O Bakare, Justin U Achor and Chinonyerem Igwe

Factors associated with internalizing or somatic symptoms in a cross-sectional study of school children in grades 1-10

School related factors that may contribute to children's subjective health have not been extensively studied. We assessed whether factors assumed to promote health and factors assumed to have adverse effects w...

Authors: Audhild Løhre, Stian Lydersen and Lars J Vatten

Efficacy and tolerability of lisdexamfetamine dimesylate in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: sex and age effects and effect size across the day

Efficacy and safety profiles by sex and age (6-9 vs 10-12 years) and magnitude and duration of effect by effect size overall and across the day of lisdexamfetamine dimesylate (LDX) vs placebo were assessed.

Authors: Sharon B Wigal, Scott H Kollins, Ann C Childress and Ben Adeyi

Economic burden and comorbidities of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder among pediatric patients hospitalized in the United States

This retrospective database analysis used data from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project's Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) to examine common primary diagnoses among children and adolescents hospitaliz...

Authors: Juliana Meyers, Peter Classi, Linda Wietecha and Sean Candrilli