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Siu, Michelle T.; Goodman, Sarah J.; Yellan, Isaac; Butcher, Darci T.; Jangjoo, Maryam; Grafodatskaya, Daria; Rajendram, Rageen; Lou, Youliang; Zhang, Rujun; Zhao, Chunhua; Nicolson, Rob; Georgiades, Stelios; Szatmari, Peter; Scherer, Stephen W.; Roberts, Wendy; Anagnostou, Evdokia; Weksberg, Rosanna – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
Many neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) share common learning and behavioural impairments, as well as features such as dysregulation of the oxytocin hormone. Here, we examined DNA methylation (DNAm) in the 1st intron of the oxytocin receptor gene, "OXTR," in patients with autism spectrum (ASD), attention deficit and hyperactivity (ADHD)…
Descriptors: Genetics, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Biochemistry
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Salomonsen-Sautel, Stacy; Sakai, Joseph T.; Thurstone, Christian; Corley, Robin; Hopfer, Christian – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2012
Objective: To assess the prevalence and frequency of medical marijuana diversion and use among adolescents in substance abuse treatment and to identify factors related to their medical marijuana use. Method: This study calculated the prevalence and frequency of diverted medical marijuana use among adolescents (n = 164), ages 14-18 years (mean age…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Marijuana, Incidence, Adolescents
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Franklin, Martin E.; Edson, Aubrey L.; Ledley, Deborah A.; Cahill, Shawn P. – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2011
Objective: To examine the efficacy and durability of a behavioral therapy (BT) protocol for pediatric TTM compared with a minimal attention control (MAC) condition. It was hypothesized that the BT condition would be superior to MAC at the end of acute treatment, and would also demonstrate durability of gains through the maintenance treatment…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Treatment, Attention Control, Behavior Modification, Patients
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Murphy, Christopher J.; Siv, Alexander M. – International Journal of Behavioral Consultation and Therapy, 2011
This case study is to evaluate the effectiveness of Mode Deactivation Therapy (MDT) implementation in a child and adolescent residential treatment unit and provide preliminary effectiveness data on MDT versus treatment as usual (TAU). This case study compared the efficacy of two treatment methodologies for adolescent males in residential treatment…
Descriptors: Personality Problems, Aggression, Suicide, Personality
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Equit, Monika; Paulus, Frank; Fuhrmann, Pia; Niemczyk, Justine; von Gontard, Alexander – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2011
The purpose of this study was to analyze and compare diagnoses of patients from a special outpatient department for infants, toddlers and preschoolers. Specifically, overlap, age and gender differences according to the two classification systems DC: 0-3R and ICD-10 were examined. 299 consecutive children aged 0-5;11 years received both ICD-10 and…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders, Psychiatry, Infants
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Draganski, Bogdan; Martino, Davide; Cavanna, Andrea E.; Hutton, Chloe; Orth, Michael; Robertson, Mary M.; Critchley, Hugo D.; Frackowiak, Richard S. – Brain, 2010
Tourette syndrome is a childhood-onset neuropsychiatric disorder with a high prevalence of attention deficit hyperactivity and obsessive-compulsive disorder co-morbidities. Structural changes have been found in frontal cortex and striatum in children and adolescents. A limited number of morphometric studies in Tourette syndrome persisting into…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Integrity, Patients, Brain
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Hurley, A. D. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2008
Background: Psychiatric evaluation of adults with intellectual disability (ID) remains complex because of limitations in verbal abilities, atypical clinical presentation and challenging behaviour. This study examines the clinical presentation of adults with depression compared with bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders and non-psychiatric control…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Crying, Patients, Verbal Communication
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Wilens, Timothy E.; Gignac, Martin; Swezey, Allison; Monuteaux, Michael C.; Biederman, Joseph – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2006
Objective: Little is known about the risks and characteristics of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) patients who misuse or divert their stimulant medications. As part of a 10-year longitudinal study of youths with ADHD, the authors evaluated medication diversion or misuse at the last follow-up period. Method: Structured psychiatric…
Descriptors: Patients, Adolescents, Young Adults, Siblings
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Walker, Jason L.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1987
Compared child outpatients with diagnoses for both conduct disorder (CD) and attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity (ADD/H) with children with CD but no ADD/H. Children with both CD and ADD/H exhibited more physical aggression and a greater variety and severity of antisocial behaviors despite their younger age at time of referral than did…
Descriptors: Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Patterns
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Crespi, Tony D. – Adolescence, 1988
Explored effectiveness of time-out intervention for adolescent psychiatric patients, adjudicated youth, and behaviorally disordered adolescents by investigating 813 occurrences of time-out with 274 youth. Results indicated that time-out had significant impact and that use of child-care specialist as time-out monitor improved overall effectiveness.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Comparative Analysis, Counseling Effectiveness
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Cohen, Edward; Snowden, Lonnie; Libby, Anne; Ma, Yifei – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2006
We analyzed the effects of the Colorado Medicaid Capitation Program on the duration and services of over 21,000 outpatient mental health episodes for young children. The study spanned a three year period before and after capitation was implemented, and compared episodes of outpatient care for children from 14 capitated Community Mental Health…
Descriptors: Anxiety Disorders, Emotional Disturbances, Mental Health, Patients
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Rothenhausler, Hans-Bernd; Stepan, Alexandra; Kapfhammer, Hans-Peter – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2006
An imbalance of the immune system and mixed personality profiles in suicide attempters have been reported. As suicidal behavior is common in patients with psychiatric disorders within the spectrum of depressive features, in this study we measured soluble interleukin-2 receptor concentrations in plasma (sIL-2R) and investigated temperament and…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Depression (Psychology), Suicide, Comparative Analysis
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Eells, Tracy D.; Lombart, Kenneth G.; Kendjelic, Edward M.; Turner, L. Carolyn; Lucas, Cynthia P. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2005
Sixty-five expert, experienced, and novice cognitive-behavioral and psychodynamic psychotherapists provided "think aloud" case formulations in response to 6 standardized patient vignettes varying in disorder and prototypicality. The 390 formulations were reliably transcribed, segmented into idea units, content coded, and rated on multiple…
Descriptors: Psychotherapy, Allied Health Personnel, Patients, Cognitive Restructuring
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Chen, Huey Jen; Boothroyd, Roger A. – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2006
Trust in healthcare providers is associated with clinical outcomes among adult patients. Children with disabilities have complex health needs that place stress on caregivers. Consequently, they are increasingly likely to rely on their children's health care providers to ensure children's health care needs are met. However, no studies have explored…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Disabilities, Physical Health, Caregivers
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Biswas, Parthasarathy; Malhotra, Savita; Malhotra, Anil; Gupta, Nitin – Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 2006
Background: Childhood onset schizophrenia (COS) is a rare disorder. Comparative data on the effect of differential age of onset on clinical profile in schizophrenia are very few. Method: Subjects with COS (n = 15), adolescence onset schizophrenia (AdOS, n = 20) and adulthood onset schizophrenia (AOS, n = 20) were compared on socio-demographic,…
Descriptors: Schizophrenia, Intelligence Quotient, Psychopathology, Children