This article investigates the psychometric properties of the Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS). A group of 704 adolescents completed the questionnaires in their classrooms. This study examines potential confirmatory factor analysis factor ...
Abstract. Social networks have an important effect on health, and social network analysis has become essential for understanding human behavior and vulnerability. Using exponential random graph models (ERGM), this study explores the associations between ...
Psychoeducation for Parents of Adolescents with Eating DisorderSummary: Psychoeducation is a well-established component of cognitive-behavioral therapy in adult patients with eating disorders. This paper describes a group model of psychoeducation that ...
Disorder concepts for psychic problems in youths (SPPJ)Summary:Objectives: The first Questionnaire on Disorder Concepts for Mental Problems in Adolescents (SPPJ) was developed on the basis of the attributional theory (health locus of control) and ...
«Body and Soul and Friendship broken» - Behavioural therapy of a 14 year old adolescent with alcohol dependency syndromeSummary:Objectives: About 250 000 children and adolescents in Germany are dependent upon alcohol or at severe risk of developing an ...
Obsessive-compulsive disorder in children and adolescents - A reviewSummary:Objective: Presented is a review of the literature on the medium- and long-term course of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) with onset in childhood or adolescence. Methods: ...
Quality of life in children and adolescents with psychiatric disorders - Results of the first multicenter-Study with the ILKSummary:Objective: A newly developed, disorder-nonspecific instrument to measure the quality of life in children and adolescents (...
Translation and validation approach of the German «Teenage Inventory of Social Skills»Summary:Objectives: A lot of studies show the close connection between low social competence and psychological disturbances of adolescents. Methods: To record the ...
Early intervention family therapy in drug-dependent adolescents, young adults, and their mothers - effect sizes and intraindividual change indices in completers.Summary:Objectives: An outpatient program of medication-free family therapy for ...
Social and individual determinants of tobacco consumption in early adolescenceSummary:Objectives: We examined the structure of individual and social determinants of tobacco consumption in early adolescence. Methods: Participants were drawn from a ...
Alcohol consumption in adolescence - social and individual influential factorsSummary:Objective: To examine the influence of several social and individual factors on adolescent alcohol consumption. Methods: A prospective longitudinal study was carried ...
Do different survey settings influence the prevalence of symptoms? A methodological comparison using the Youth Self-ReportSummary:Objectives: The self-reported emotional and behavioural disorders among adolescents were assessed by the Youth Self-Report (...
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy for Adolescents (DBT-A) - A Pilot Study on the Therapy of Suicidal, Parasuicidal, and Self-injurious Behaviour in Female Patients with a Borderline DisorderSummary:Objectives: In Germany suicide ranks as the second leading ...
Perception of emotional facial expressions in female adolescents with borderline personality disorderSummary:Objectives: Investigation of the perception of emotional and neutral facial expressions in female adolescents with borderline personality ...
Survey of disordered eating and behaviour in children and adolescentsSummary:Objective: To study in children and adolescents associations between body mass index and psychosocial problems including those typical for eating disorders. Method: 1057 pupils ...
Efficacy of psychiatric and psychotherapeutic interventions in children and adolescents with psychiatric disorders - A systematic evaluation of meta-analyses and reviews. Part I: Anxiety disorders and depressive disordersSummary:Objective: In recent ...
Efficacy of psychiatric and psychotherapeutic interventions in children and adolescents with psychiatric disorders - A systematic evaluation of meta-analyses and reviews. Part II: ADHD and conduct disordersSummary:Objective: In recent years, a large and ...
Psychotherapy for traumatized children and adolescents - cognitive-behavioral treatmentsSummary: According to cognitive-behavioral models, both the avoidance of trauma-associated cues, as well as cognitive distortions of the trauma and the initial ...
Treatment of an 11-year old child with elements of the dialectical behavioral therapy for adolescentsSummary: When a psychiatric disorder during childhood is on the verge of becoming chronic despite intensive early and guideline-based psychotherapy, the ...
Pharmacotherapy in bipolar disorders during childhood and adolescenceSummary:Objective: Bipolar disorders during childhood and adolescence are rare, but serious and highly recurrent disorders, often associated with negative outcome. Pharmacotherapy, ...