On both occasions they were given questionnaires to
assess psychiatric symptoms, loneliness and life events.
Not exact matches
Although exercise has been shown to be an effective treatment for people with long - term schizophrenia, no studies have
assessed its effects on
psychiatric symptoms in young adults with early psychosis, until now.
One writer stated, «A prudent health care provider will always
assess the past and present
psychiatric medical history and
symptoms of a patient.»
Mental health was
assessed using the teacher, parent and self - report versions of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), including an impact section, used to measure
symptom dimensions and probability of
psychiatric disorders.
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.
We
assessed outcomes in target problems, general
psychiatric symptoms, and social functioning.
Contrary to the meta - analyses of Crits - Christoph5 andAnderson and Lambert, 7 studies of IPT werenot included (eg, Elkin et al30 and Wilfleyet al31), because the relation of IPT to STPPis controversial, and empirical results suggest that IPT is very close toCBT.9 Thus, this review includes only studiesfor which there is a general agreement that they represent models of STPP.As it is questionable to aggregate the results of very different outcome measuresthat refer to different areas of psychological functioning, we
assessed theefficacy of STPP separately for target
symptoms, general
psychiatric symptoms (ie, comorbid
symptoms), and social functioning.32 Thisprocedure is analogous to the meta - analysis of Crits - Christoph.5 Asoutcome measures of target problems, we included patient ratings of targetproblems and measures referring to the
symptoms that are specific to the patientgroup under study, eg, measures of anxiety for studies investigating treatmentsof anxiety disorders.33 For the efficacy ofSTPP in general
psychiatric symptoms, broad measures of
psychiatric symptomssuch as the
Symptom Checklist - 90 and specific measures that do not refer specificallyto the disorder under study were included; eg, the Beck Depression Inventoryapplied in patients with personality disorders.34, 35 Forthe assessment of social functioning, the Social Adjustment Scale and similarmeasures were included.36
For example, although we
assessed mothers»
symptoms of depression and anxiety, parental history of
psychiatric disorder is an important risk factor for depression that was not measured.
Scales and items
assessing each type of parental behavior were dichotomized at the maladaptive end of the scale, to identify specific types of statistically deviant parental behavior that were associated with parental and offspring
psychiatric symptoms.
Mindfulness questionnaires with good psychometric properties are needed to determine whether mindfulness skills do indeed increase after participation in a mindfulness - based intervention in clinical and non-clinical populations, and to
assess whether this increase mediates the subsequent decrease in psychological or
psychiatric symptoms (e.g., Baer et al. 2006; Bishop et al. 2004).
Improve skills in
assessing ADD syndrome and in differentiating ADD
symptoms from those of other
psychiatric disorders.
Causal attributions (i.e., locus, stability, globality) and responsibility attributions (i.e., bad intent, selfish motivation, blame) were
assessed in the spouses of 27 depressed
psychiatric inpatients and 30 nondepressed dyads to test predictions derived from Hooley's (1987) «
symptom - controllability» model of marital distress.
The SDQ - s is a brief
psychiatric screening instrument for children and adolescents consisting of 25 items, which make up five 5 - item subscales
assessing Conduct Problems, Hyperactivity — Inattention, Emotional
Symptoms, Peer Problems, and Prosocial Behavior.