The relevance of central auditory processing disorders in Child and Adolescent PsychiatryThe clinical relevance of central auditory processing disorders (CAPD) is highly controversial. The paper explicates different concepts of CAPD and reviews empirical ...
Computer games in childhood and adolescence: Relations to addictive behavior, ADHD, and aggressionPlaying computer games has become one of the main leisure activities in children and adolescents and increasingly replaces traditional playing and ...
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and road traffic – special considerations for the treatment of adolescents with ADHDAttention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is not only a childhood disorder but symptoms persist into adolescence and ...
The parent questionnaire “ADHD-Knowledge and Motivation for Treatment” – development and first resultsObjective: Psychoeducation of parents and caregivers is an important component of treatment for ADHD. So far, standardized instruments to indicate an ...
Early prevention program for delinquent children – home-based interventions for children with ADHD and CD and their familiesObjective: This pilot study carried out in cooperation with the Mannheim police department investigates the effectiveness of a ...
Hintergrund: Die Aufmerksamkeitsdefizit-Hyperaktivitätsstörung (ADHS) geht mit einer Vielzahl unterschiedlicher Komorbiditäten einher, die sich zum Teil als Komplikation und in Folge der Kernsymptomatik, aber auch parallel zusammen mit der Grunderkrankung ...
Bipolar disorders as co-morbidity in childhood and adolescence – underdiagnosed or overinterpreted? Therapy of a 14-year-old boy with Hyperkinetic Conduct Disorder and hypomaniaObjective: Considerable debate exists regarding differing prevalence rates of ...
Neurofeedback training in children with ADHD: behavioral and neurophysiological effectsIn a multicentre randomised controlled trial, we evaluated the clinical efficacy of neurofeedback (NF) training in children with ADHD and investigated the mechanisms ...
Personality and social responsiveness in autism spectrum disorders and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorderObjectives: This study addresses the question whether personality dimensions differ between children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and ...
Agenesis of the corpus callosum: Cognitive and neuropsychiatric symptoms in children and adolescents – a case reportAgenesis of the corpus callosum is associated with a wide range of neuropsychiatric symptoms. Cranial MRI confirms the diagnosis. We ...
ADHD and conduct disorders – trends in the German-speaking countriesSince 2009 trends in research and practice have been described for externalising disorders (ADHD and conduct disorders) in the German-speaking countries. In particular, publications of ...
Intellectual abilities in adolescents with former ADHD diagnoses – relationships to current ADHD symptoms, comorbid symptoms, and medication history: results of an 8.5-year follow-up of the Cologne Adaptive Multimodal Treatment Study (CAMT)Objective: The ...
Mental retardation and ADHDHyperactivity syndromes and disorders (ADHD and HKD) include the symptoms of overactivity, inattention, and impulsivity, which occur in many other mental disorders as well, including mental retardation (MR). It is not ...
Deficient adaptive regulation of emotion in children with ADHDObjectives: The current study investigates whether children with and without ADHD differ in their implementation of emotion-regulation strategies. In addition, it explores whether the ...
The performance of children with AD(H)D according to the HAWIK-IVThe focus of the present study were performances of N = 433 children and adolescents with AD(H)D on the German version of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for children (HAWIK-IV). ...
Effectiveness of neuropsychological training in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)Recently published studies on the effects of neuropsychological training in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) reflect ...
Associations with ADHD and parental distress with disinterest in play in early childhoodObjective: According to Papouek (2004), “disinterests in play” in early childhood is a possible early indicator of AD(H)D at school age. The phenomenon of ...
Evaluation of the Musical Concentration Training with Pepe (MusiKo mit Pepe) for children with attention deficitsObjective: This study evaluates the Musical Concentration Training with Pepe (“MusiKo mit Pepe”) for children aged 5 to 10 years with ...
Objectives: The side effects, nonresponse, and prejudices against conventional pharmacological treatments call for complementary or alternative medical treatments (CAM) for ADHD. One possible treatment, at least for cognitive problems, might be the ...
Hyperkinetic disorders in childhood and adolescence – an analysis of KinderAGATE 2009–2012Objective: This contribution evaluates the prevalence, medication use as well as age and sex distribution in inpatients with hyperkinetic disorders at the ...