Psychogenic Paralysis in Childhood and AdolescenceSummary:Objectives: This article presents the characteristics of psychogenic paralysis in children and adolescents. The overview covers the changes in its diagnostic classification from ICD-6 to ICD-10. ...
School wellbeing, school type and tobacco use among adolescents: Results of the SILNE-SurveyAbstract.Aims:This study investigates the role of the attended school type and school wellbeing for adolescent smoking and further examines for the first time, ...
Personality disorder traits in childhood and adolescence: Concepts, methodological approaches and empirical resultsSummary:Objective: The practical and theoretical advantages of the diagnosis and classification of personality disorder traits in ...
The role of the family in childhood and adolescent binge eating – A systematic reviewObjective: While family factors in childhood and adolescent anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are well documented and have often been reviewed in the past, less is ...
Cluster-randomized, controlled evaluation of stress management training for high school studentsAbstract.Objective: One fifth of German adolescents show elevated levels of mental health problems. The development ...
Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) of a 15-year-old female patient suffering from a severe delusional depression: a case reportAbstract.Objective: Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) is a modern therapy of severe ...
Review: Sleep and mental disorders in childhood and adolescenceAbstract. Sleep problems and disorders are common in childhood and adolescence. This review aims to throw light on the relationship between sleep ...
Experiences of Violence During Inpatient Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Treatment: An Explorative Study with Implications for Child ProtectionAbstract.Objective: Educational and medical institutions care for ...
Socio-economic differences in adolescent substance use<B>Aim:</B> To determine whether young peoples substance use varies according to their parents socioeconomic status and young peoples level of education.
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German version of the Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory for Children (SPAI-C-D): Its psychometric properties and normsAbstract. The Social Phobia and Anxiety Scale for Children (SPAI-C) was translated into German (SPAI-C-D). We presented the scale to ...
Feelings of shame in adolescents - an empirical studyAbstract. The study investigates the extent to which feelings of shame are of concern for present day adolescents. The following questions were examined: (1) Do certain realms of body shame (nakedness, ...
Antecedents and accompanying symptoms of social anxiety and social phobia reported by mothersAbstract. Forty-nine mothers of socially anxious and 25 mothers of socially non-anxious children participated in the study. Of the socially anxious children 17 ...
Abstract. Adolescents with emotional and behavioral disturbances (EBD) and adolescents attending special schools often show poor academic competence and problems with making career choices. In this context, the processes of goal-striving have not been ...
Aspects of emotional competence in socially anxious childrenAbstract.Background: There is some evidence that a disregulation of emotional development may be part of the etiology of anxiety disorders. Objective: The aim of our study was to investigate ...
To what extent do the results of the German WISC-IV depend on parental education?The present study explores the correlation between parental education and children's cognitive ability in two samples. Sample 1 consisted of 360 children aged 7 – 10 years; ...
Zu den dissoziativen Störungen vom Bewusstseinstyp werden psychogene Syndrome mit Amnesie, Stupor, Fugue, Trance- und Besessenheit, Identitätsdiffusion sowie Depersonalisation und Derealisation gerechnet. Dissoziative Symptome treten nicht nur im Rahmen ...
Efficacy of school-based group interventions for the prevention of depression: A systematic reviewBetween five and ten percent of children and adolescents have depressive disorders. Chronic depressions are frequently accompanied by first symptoms in ...
Phenomenology and assessment of obsessive-compulsive disorder in children and adolescentsPrevalence rates of juvenile obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) of around 1 – 2 % make OCD one of the more frequent psychiatric disorders in childhood and ...
Therapy of obsessive-compulsive disorderThe therapy of pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is based on a thorough assessment of the severity of OCD and the presence of comorbid disorders. The evidence-based treatment of OCD in children and ...
Treatment of Posttraumatic Symptoms in Child and Adolescent Refugees: A Systematic ReviewDespite the high number of young refugees and the high rate of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in this group, there is uncertainty as to which ...