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Hilario Blasco-Fontecilla; José Manuel Ramos; María Inés López-Ibor; Carlos Chiclana-Actis; Manuel Faraco; Joaquín González-Cabrera; Eduardo González-Fraile; Gemma Mestre-Bach; Héctor Pinargote-Celorio; Manuel Corpas; Lucía Gallego; Octavio Corral; Vicente Soriano – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2025
Background: Attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) is a leading mental disorder among adolescents globally and is associated with premature mortality. Knowing the trends and key determinants of ADHD in youth are critical for earlier diagnosis and interventions. Methods: We retrospectively examined all hospitalizations in patients aged 11 to…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Behavior Disorders, Trend Analysis, Hospitals
Tural Hesapcioglu, Selma; Ceylan, Mehmet Fatih; Kasak, Meryem; Yavas, Cansu Pinar – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2021
The aim of this study was to investigate the psychiatric disorders that accompany mild intellectual disability (ID) in school-aged children in a clinical setting. The Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children-Present and Lifetime Version interview was conducted with the children with mild ID and their…
Descriptors: Mental Disorders, Mild Intellectual Disability, Comorbidity, Attention Deficit Disorders
Amanda M. Dettmer – Online Submission, 2023
Emotional, behavioral, and mental health challenges make it difficult for many children and adolescents to engage and succeed at school. Research indicates that at least 20% of all children and adolescents have been diagnosed with one more mental health disorders. Behavioral problems, anxiety, and depression are the most diagnosed mental health…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Mental Disorders, Clinical Diagnosis, Academic Achievement
Onnela, Anna; Hurtig, Tuula; Ebeling, Hanna – Health Education Journal, 2021
Objective: Adolescence is a vulnerable age for emerging mental health problems, but also a time at which the foundations for a healthy lifestyle are established. Attitudes towards mental health problems and the ability to recognise them can be affected at this age. The aim of this study was to describe a psychoeducative intervention aimed at…
Descriptors: Psychoeducational Methods, Adolescent Development, Social Bias, Mental Disorders
Balart, Imma; Sadurní Brugué, Marta; Pérez-Burriel, Marc – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2021
The present study aims to analyse the risk and protection factors of a sample group of children and teenagers with special educational needs in primary and secondary schools, who require intensive educational support due to the fact that they are experiencing difficulties with behavioural regulation. A theoretical revision is performed of the…
Descriptors: Children, Adolescents, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students
Bakken, Trine Lise; Hoidal, Siv Helene – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2019
Background: Mental health services for patients intellectual disabilities (ID) and additional mental illnesses are only sparsely studied. Objective: The objective was to describe a representative sample of patients with ID in a specialized psychiatric department. Methods: Data were collected from case files in a 7-year period. Of 143 invited…
Descriptors: Patients, Psychiatric Hospitals, Behavior Disorders, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Hovey, Katrina A.; Zolkoski, Staci M.; Bullock, Lyndal M. – World Journal of Education, 2017
Children and youth with mental health issues and learning difficulties are common in the juvenile justice system and finding ways to effectively rehabilitate, treat, and educate them is complicated, yet imperative. In this article, we examine the prevalence rates of mental health disorders in youth involved in the juvenile justice system, discuss…
Descriptors: Children, Youth, Mental Disorders, Juvenile Justice
Beal, Sarah J.; Nause, Katie; Crosby, Imani; Greiner, Mary V. – Journal of Applied Research on Children, 2018
Children in child welfare protective custody (e.g., foster care) are known to have increased health concerns compared to children not in protective custody. The poor health documented for children in protective custody persists well into adulthood; young adults who emancipate from protective custody report poorer health, lower quality of life, and…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Foster Care, Child Health, At Risk Persons
Leadbeater, Bonnie; Thompson, Kara; Gruppuso, Vincenza – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2012
This study uses a cohort-sequential longitudinal design to examine the patterns of change and codevelopment of anxiety, depression, and oppositional defiant symptoms (ODS) from late adolescence to young adulthood. Four waves of data were collected biennially by individual interview with a random, community-based sample of 662 youth ages 12 to 18…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Late Adolescents, Anxiety, Depression (Psychology)
Neece, Cameron L.; Baker, Bruce L.; Crnic, Keith; Blacher, Jan – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2013
Children with intellectual and developmental disabilities are at heightened risk for mental disorders. Using current diagnostic criteria, disruptive behavior disorders, specifically Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), appear to be the most prevalent co-occurring disorders. However, the validity of ADHD as a diagnosis for children and…
Descriptors: Identification, Validity, Behavior Disorders, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Amr, Mostafa; Raddad, Dahoud; El-Mehesh, Fatima; Bakr, Ashraf; Sallam, Khalid; Amin, Tarek – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2012
The objective of our study is to estimate the prevalence of comorbid psychiatric disorders in a sample of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) recruited from three Arab countries. We also examine the relationship between comorbidity and children's cognitive functioning and gender. Children who received a diagnosis of ASD (n = 60) from a…
Descriptors: Anxiety Disorders, Autism, Arabs, Foreign Countries
Barrett, David E.; Katsiyannis, Antonis; Zhang, Dalun; Zhang, Dake – Behavioral Disorders, 2014
This study examined influences on delinquency and recidivism using structural equation modeling. The sample comprised 199,204 individuals: 99,602 youth whose cases had been processed by the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice and a matched control group of 99,602 youth without juvenile records. Structural equation modeling for the…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Influences, Delinquency, Recidivism
Murphey, David; Barry, Megan; Vaughn, Brigitte – Child Trends, 2013
Mental disorders are diagnosable conditions characterized by changes in thinking, mood, or behavior (or some combination of these) that can cause a person to feel stressed out and impair his or her ability to function. These disorders are common in adolescence. This "Adolescent Health Highlight" presents the warning signs of mental disorders;…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Mental Health, Adolescents, Mental Disorders
Barrett, David E.; Katsiyannis, Antonis; Zhang, Dalun; Zhang, Dake – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2014
The authors examined the role of early adverse experiences, mental health problems, and disabilities in the prediction of juvenile delinquency and recidivism, using a matched-control group design. The delinquent group comprised 99,602 youth, born between 1981 and 1988, whose cases had been processed by the South Carolina Department of Juvenile…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Recidivism, Disabilities, Mental Disorders
Wichstrom, Lars; Berg-Nielsen, Turid Suzanne; Angold, Adrian; Egger, Helen Link; Solheim, Elisabet; Sveen, Trude Hamre – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2012
Background: Many disorders in childhood and adolescence were already present in the preschool years. However, there is little empirical research on the prevalence of psychiatric disorders in young children. A true community study using structured diagnostic tools has yet to be published. Methods: All children born in 2003 or 2004 in the city of…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Anxiety Disorders, Emotional Problems, Incidence