Sentences with phrase «adolescent psychiatric disorders»

The DAWBA is a valid hybrid between a structured and a semi-structured interview for the diagnosis of child and adolescent psychiatric disorders according to both the ICD - 10 and DSM - IV [60, 61].

According with the recent litterature on adolescent psychiatric disorders, the internalizing symptoms seem to coincide with a repressive, and thus maladaptive, management of affects and emotions (Rieffe and De Rooij, 2012).

In fact, the criteria for many child and adolescent psychiatric disorders require problem behaviors or feelings to be present for at least a period of weeks or months.

It points out that these kinds of problems are among the most common child and adolescent psychiatric disorders and are associated with significant impairment,» Professor Sanders said.

Objective To establish which childhood and adolescent psychiatric disorders predict particular young adult disorders when accounting for comorbidities, disaggregating similar disorders, and examining childhood and adolescent predictors separately.

Not exact matches

Along with associated symptoms, there are a number of psychiatric disorders that are commonly found in children and adolescents who have been traumatized.

New research shows that adolescent binge drinking can lead to epigenetic reprogramming that predisposes an individual to later psychiatric disorders such as anxiety.

Researchers analyzed peripheral blood mononuclear cells from a total of 18 children and adolescents in three matched groups: bipolar patients, unaffected offspring of bipolar parents and children of parents with no history of psychiatric disorders.

It is known that during this teenaged phase of brain development, adolescents are particularly vulnerable to psychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia, depression and drug addiction.

Known for her pioneering work on borderline personality disorder (BPD), a severe and intractable psychiatric condition, 68 - year - old Linehan announced that as an adolescent, she had been hospitalized for BPD.

The disease, which affects about 0.5 to 0.7 percent of adolescent girls, has one of the highest suicide rates of any psychiatric disorder.

Although further research into A-CRA's efficacy in treating various combinations of substance use and psychiatric disorders is warranted, the authors argue that there's no reason for providers to wait when it comes to offering comprehensive treatment to adolescents who could benefit from their help right now.

Given clinical uncertainty over their appropriate indications, it is unclear whether their annual use rates, which ranged from 0.1 percent in younger children to 1 percent in adolescents, are above or below the rates of the psychiatric disorders they aim to treat.»

Eating disorders cost the NHS between # 50 and # 70 million, while anorexia has the highest death rate of all adolescent psychiatric conditions, they point out.

Other research has shown that long - term use of cannabis increases adolescent drug users» risk for certain psychiatric and neurological disorders, such as schizophrenia.

In her role at McLean Hospital, she works directly with children, adolescents, and young adults who have neurodevelopmental disorders, sensory processing issues, and co-occurring psychiatric disorders.

Charlestown and Belmont, MA - Teamsters Local 25 president Sean O'Brien recently presented more than $ 300,000 to local non-profits, including a $ 50,000 donation to McLean Hospital which will be used to continue groundbreaking autism research and support the McLean - Franciscan Child and Adolescent Inpatient Program at Franciscan Children's Hospital, the only Massachusetts inpatient child psychiatric program with a sub-specialty in the treatment of youth with co-occurring autism spectrum disorders in psychiatric crisis.

Data analysis of 2 long - term studies on how ADHD impacts psychiatric disorder development in adolescents confirms that ADHD on its own increases the risk of substance abuse and cigarette smoking in both girls and boys significantly.

Association between psychiatric disorders and iron deficiency anemia among children and adolescents: a nationwide population - based study.

Despite high rates of trauma exposure (46 % -96 %) and significant posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD; 21 % -29 %) symptoms in adolescent psychiatric inpatients, there is a dearth of research on effective

Supervised the adolescent unit of a large psychiatric facility, specializing in eating disorders.

Patient - centered Psychiatric Nurse experienced in treatment of bipolar disorder, ADHD, depression, anxiety and other psychiatric disorders in adolescents and adults.

Social Worker — Duties & Responsibilities Successfully serve as a psychiatric social worker and practice manager for multiple institutions Perform crisis intervention, adult, geriatric, child, and adolescent case management and therapy Counsel patients facing depression, substance abuse, bipolar disorder, dementia, and schizophrenia Serve survivors of domestic violence, rape, robbery, child abuse, suicide, and other traumatic events Responsible for 24 hour on call crisis intervention for multiple hospital emergency rooms Complete psychosocial assessments to ensure appropriate patient diagnosis and care Design and implement treatment plans including medication and individual / group / family therapy sessions Attend weekly team meetings to assess patient progress and document in the DAP system Review psychometric and psychological reports and provide feedback to patients and families Provide clients and family members with guidance and referrals to community resources Maintain contact with family members and encouraged their involvement in patient treatment Performed discharge planning including nursing home placement, home health, medication needs, transportation and Passport screening, extended in - patient and out - patient mental health services Serve as public speaker, referral development committee member, and marketing / financial advisor

Services for adolescents with psychiatric disorders: 12 - month data from the National Comorbidity Survey - Adolescent.

My professional experiences include working in a number of clinical settings such as a private residential psychiatric facility for children and adolescents, a family and children's services center, a college counseling center, a county mental health center and in a Veterans Administration Medical Center, where I specialized in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and had the honor and privilege of working individually and in groups with veterans from the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and Desert Storm.

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The SDQ has been shown to be reliable in identifying psychiatric disorders in community samples (Goodman et al., 1999; Koskelainen et al., 2000) and behavioural problems in children and adolescents (Goodman et al., 2003; Hawes & Dadds, 2001).

Studying the prevalence and predictors of psychiatric disorders among adolescent disaster survivors

Intellectual disability (ID) affects 143/10 000 children1 and is associated with a range of comorbid health conditions.2 — 4 It is heterogeneous, 5 and clustering of some medical conditions may be associated with particular disorders such as Down syndrome6 or Prader - Willi syndrome.7 While epilepsy and sensory impairments often occur in association with specific syndromes or more severe cognitive impairment, conditions such as fractures or obesity may develop as secondary to medication use, nutritional deficiency or lack of mobility.2 Consequently, children with ID may face greater health challenges than typically developing children and use healthcare systems more frequently.8, 9 Mental health problems are also common in people with ID.10 For instance, in a Canadian adolescent and adult population with ID, a high proportion of hospitalisations was attributed to the presence of psychiatric conditions.11

Main Outcome Measures Common psychiatric disorders were assessed in childhood (ages 9 - 12 years) and adolescence (ages 13 - 16 years) with the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Assessment and in young adulthood (ages 19 and 21 years) with the Young Adult Psychiatric Assessment.

The Kiddie - Schedule for Affective Disorder and Schizophrenia Epidemiological Version (K - SADS - E) is a semistructured interview scale for the systematic assessment of both past and current episodes of psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents.

A review of twenty studies on the adult lives of antisocial adolescent girls found higher mortality rates, a variety of psychiatric problems, dysfunctional and violent relationships, poor educational achievement, and less stable work histories than among non-delinquent girls.23 Chronic problem behavior during childhood has been linked with alcohol and drug abuse in adulthood, as well as with other mental health problems and disorders, such as emotional disturbance and depression.24 David Hawkins, Richard Catalano, and Janet Miller have shown a similar link between conduct disorder among girls and adult substance abuse.25 Terrie Moffitt and several colleagues found that girls diagnosed with conduct disorder were more likely as adults to suffer from a wide variety of problems than girls without such a diagnosis.26 Among the problems were poorer physical health and more symptoms of mental illness, reliance on social assistance, and victimization by, as well as violence toward, partners.

These projects study interventions aimed at reducing risk behaviors among adolescents with psychiatric disorders and sexual risk behavior.

Non-psychotic, non-major affective psychiatric disorders in adolescent boys were associated with greater schizophrenia risk

Sensitive periods for the effect of childhood interpersonal violence on psychiatric disorder onset among adolescents.

His research interests are focused on AIDS prevention and safer sex programs for adolescents with psychiatric disorders.

Dickstein leads Bradley's Pedi - MIND research program, which uses brain imaging techniques, including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and behavioral measures to identify biological markers of psychiatric illness, including bipolar disorder in children and adolescents.

CAMHS provides specialist child and adolescent mental health services for children and adolescents (up to 18 years) with serious emotional disturbance (including young people with a diagnosable psychiatric disorder that is detrimental to their growth or development and / or where there are substantial difficulties in the person's social or family environment).

Anxiety, disruptive, eating, mood, and substance use disorders were assessed during adolescence and early adulthood using the Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children.36 The parent and offspring versions of the Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children were administered during the adolescent interviews because the use of multiple informants increases the reliability and validity of psychiatric diagnoses among adolescents.37, 38 Symptoms were considered present if reported by either informant.

Substance use disorders emerged in middle adolescence and increased in frequency through the middle 20s, becoming by far the most common psychiatric problems reported by the study participants.26, 27 We have already shown that early conduct problems predicted the onset of adolescent substance use disorders in this sample, 28,29 and it is not surprising that this is the aspect of behavioral problems that showed the intervention effect in young adulthood.

Adolescents» behaviour may vary from one context to another, or from one interaction partner to another, and informants» reports may be affected by their own perspectives.13 Because there is no gold standard for psychiatric disorders, and reports from different informants tend to correlate only moderately, using information from multiple informants seems the best strategy to chart mental health.14 Among other things, adherence to this first principle is expressed in the use of child (Youth Self - report; YSR), and parent (Child Behavior Checklist; CBCL) questionnaires on child / adolescent mental health, which are part of the Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment (ASEBA), 15,16 and the use of a teacher - report (Teacher Checklist of Psychopathology), which was developed for TRAILS on the basis of the Achenbach Teachers Report Form.17 It is also expressed in the use of peer nominations to assess adolescents» social statusAdolescents» behaviour may vary from one context to another, or from one interaction partner to another, and informants» reports may be affected by their own perspectives.13 Because there is no gold standard for psychiatric disorders, and reports from different informants tend to correlate only moderately, using information from multiple informants seems the best strategy to chart mental health.14 Among other things, adherence to this first principle is expressed in the use of child (Youth Self - report; YSR), and parent (Child Behavior Checklist; CBCL) questionnaires on child / adolescent mental health, which are part of the Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment (ASEBA), 15,16 and the use of a teacher - report (Teacher Checklist of Psychopathology), which was developed for TRAILS on the basis of the Achenbach Teachers Report Form.17 It is also expressed in the use of peer nominations to assess adolescents» social statusadolescents» social status at school.

Such analyses are an important part of psychiatric epidemiology, which in contrast with general epidemiology, deals with changing content of diagnoses and continuing refinement of taxonomic constructs.23 One important finding from these studies on TRAILS data was that only few adolescents had exclusively DSM - IV anxiety or exclusively DSM - IV depressive symptoms (DSM - IV = Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of mental disorders, 4th edition).

Dr. Shapiro conducts seminars and workshops on various topics in his other areas of specialization, which include: adolescents and their families, parenting, communication principles, personality disorders, involuntary treatment (adolescents and others), psychiatric emergencies and crisis intervention.

(A professional association whose mission includes educating parents and families about psychiatric disorders affecting children and adolescents, educating child and adolescent psychiatrists, and developing guidelines for treatment of childhood and adolescent mental health disorders.)

Sessions involved discussions of information about 1) the adolescent's psychiatric disorder (s) and psychosocial difficulties, 2) the adolescent's treatment plan and rationale for recommended treatments, 3) risk factors for suicidal behavior and warning signs of possible imminent risk, 4) the availability of emergency services, and 5) strategies for communicating with adolescents.

«We know that ADHD in childhood increases the risk for later substance - related disorders, but until now, no systematic evaluation of other childhood psychiatric disorders had been conducted,» said Dr. Annabeth P. Groenman, researcher at Accare, Center for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, the Netherlands.

Comorbidity of substance use disorders and other psychiatric disorders among adolescents: evidence from an epidemiologic survey.

When prescribed appropriately by an experienced clinician and taken as directed, medication may reduce or eliminate troubling symptoms and improve daily functioning of children and adolescents with psychiatric disorders.

A study published in the July 2017 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP) suggests that a childhood psychiatric disorder increases the risk of developing addiction later in life.

Limitations include small sample size, retrospective recall may have been compromised, and unable to differentiate condition from therapist effects, may not generalize to other racial / ethnic groups or to the broader population of depressed adolescents with comorbid conduct disorder and other psychiatric disorders, and randomization process resulted in unequal gender representation in the two conditions.