The occurrence of psychiatric comorbidities was assessed in four
major diagnostic groups: anxiety disorders, depressive disorders, ADHD and oppositional defiant disorder / conduct disorder.
Not exact matches
Within diabetic populations, hyperglycaemia is considered the hallmark
diagnostic marker of metabolic abnormality and a
major contributor to T2DM associated macro - and micro - vascular complications.61 One study by Ash et al 36 saw 51 overweight / obese male subjects with T2DM assigned to one of three
groups; (i) IER (four days 50 % ER, three days ad libitum intake / week), (ii) CER (30 % ER / day, all meals provided) and (iii) CER (30 % ER / day, food self - selected by the participant).
Given that children are not yet through the period of risk for the development of
major depression and that so few children in the comparison
group met
diagnostic criteria for any depressive disorder, the dimensional severity measure derived from the Mood and Feelings Questionnaire was used in subsequent analyses examining predictors of depression in the children.
Childhood and adolescent
diagnostic groupings included depression (including
major depressive disorder [MDD], dysthymia, and depressive disorder, not otherwise specified), separation anxiety disorder in childhood, generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), CD, ADHD, and ODD.
Summary: (To include comparison
groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations) This study examines the effect of Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) on postpartum women meeting
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM - IV) criteria for
major depression.
The
diagnostic composition of the clinical
group was as follows: anxiety disorders, 28 %;
major depressive disorder, 27 %; eating disorders, 21 %; cluster B personality disorders, 13 %; bipolar disorder, 11 %.
Dr. Clark developed the widely used Parent - Child Early Relational Assessment (PCERA), and the Mother - Infant Therapy
Group Approach for Postpartum Depression (M - ITG), was a
major contributor to the
Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and Development Disorders of infancy and Early Childhood (DC: 0 - 3) and to the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Practice Parameters for the Psychiatric Assessment Infants and Toddlers.
Chi - square tests were run to test for a
group difference on rate of endorsement for any of the
diagnostic options (including: ADHD, anxiety, conduct disorder, disruptive disorder NOS, mood disorders (bipolar and
major depression), oppositional defiant disorder, none).
Our first hypothesis that negative transgenerational influences and pre - and perinatal adversities would act as risk factors for the
diagnostic groups was supported by our findings, since we found that parental ADHD acted as a relatively
major risk factor within our models, showing the highest explained deviance for both
diagnostic groups relative to the control
group.