Summary: In the Dresden Child Anxiety Study (DKAS) we examined a representative sample of N = 826 eight-year-olds regarding their anxiety by means of children's self-report as well as ratings by parents and teachers. In addition, 230 of the children took ...
Prevalences and Lifetime Prevalences of Affective Disorders and Anxiety Disorders After StrokeThe study deals with prevalence rates of particular mental disorders in stroke in-patients during rehabilitation. Out of the 180 patients (Ps) of the sample, 38 ...
Do Even Eight-Year-Olds Suffer from Panic Disorder? Prevalence Study focussing upon Panic Disorder and AgoraphobiaSummary: A representative sample of 826 eight-year-old second-graders in Dresden was examined in a two-stage procedure to ascertain the 6-...
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 ...
Can a specific assessment of attention contribute to the differential diagnostics of psychiatric disorders?Summary:Objectives: The present study examined whether or not children and adolescents with clinical symptoms can be differentiated according to ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Spider Phobia Questionnaire for Children and Adolescents (SPQ-CA) – development and validation of a German short scaleObjective: Spider phobia is rather common in Western societies and mainly afflicts females. The disorder has a very early onset but ...
The powerlessness of thoughts – metacognitive therapy for children and adolescents Abstract. Metacognitive therapy (MCT) is a further development of cognitive therapy and was developed by Adrian Wells in the 1990s ...
Discrimination of anxiety disorders by parent ratings: A study based on the Questionnaire for Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders (FBB-ANZ)Abstract. Parent ratings are often used for screening during the ...
Somatic Complaints in Patients with Mental Disorders: Systematization and Psychotherapeutic ImplicationsSummary. Hardly any systematization aids and psychotherapeutic treatment considerations regarding somatic complaints in patients with mental disorders ...
Neurobiological Correlates of Psychotherapy in Anxiety and Personality Disorders – A Review on Structural and Functional NeuroimagingResearch on functional correlates of psychotherapeutic effects meets with great interest because this scientific approach ...
Anxiety DisordersAnxiety disorders are among the most frequent mental disorders in adulthood. During the past decades, pharmacotherapy and behaviour therapy have been established as state-of-the-art treatments. Evidence for these strategies is critically ...
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy of Anxiety Disorders in Elderly PatientsThe need for psychotherapy for elder patients is constantly rising. Reasons are the changed population composition as well as the increased readiness of older patients to take up ...
Pharmacotherapy of Anxiety DisordersThe modern pharmacotherapy of anxiety disorders is based on the observation of Donald Klein and Max Fink that the tricyclic antidepressant imipramine has antipanic properties. Subsequently, different anxiety disorders ...
Psychological Condition, Ailments and Impairments: Results from a Representative StudyAbstract. The survey of global ailments and mental states is a fundamental part of the clinical diagnostic process. It is known that anxiety disorders and depression ...
A Matter of Attention? A Systematic Review of the Effects of Computer-Delivered Modification of Attentional Bias on AnxietyAbstract.Attentional biases toward threat cues are a well-known phenomenon in anxiety disorders. Recently, computer-delivered ...
Zusammenfassung: Die Rolle der Emotionsregulation als ein bedeutsamer Einflussfaktor für psychische Störungen wird zunehmend diskutiert. Angststörungen zählen im Kindes- und Jugendalter zu den häufigsten psychischen Störungen, wobei der Einfluss der ...
Emotional learning: A naturalistic experimental paradigm for investigating fear acquisition and extinction using aversive filmsFear conditioning constitutes a well-established experimental paradigm in research on development and maintenance of anxiety ...
Metacognitive therapiesMetacognition is an umbrella term that has been adopted by different clinical theories. A common denominator of these models is that they are concerned with cognitive processes (i. e., how people think) contributing to mental ...
Es werden die Ergebnisse von Neuroimaging-Studien zu den neuronalen Korrelaten der Wirkmechanismen von Psychotherapie bei Angststörungen, Zwangsstörungen und der Borderline-Persönlichkeitsstörung präsentiert. Die Studienergebnisse unterstreichen die ...
The article presents a user-friendly overview of psychotropic drugs which are helpful for the prescription in a primary care practice. The author recommends to get familiar with just a small selection of drugs first and second line. This means to know ...
CME: Fear of Flying and Flying PhobiaAbstract. Fear of flying and flying phobia are very common in the general population and can lead to substantial distress. Symptoms and diagnosis of fear of flying and flying phobia will ...
The Coupling of Pain, Anxiety, and StressAbstract. There is considerable neurobiological, clinical and epidemiological evidence that the systemic phenomena of anxiety and pain closely interact. Both perceptions trigger ...
Anxiety Syndromes in East and West Germany: A representative studyAbstract. The prevalence, intensity and treatment of anxiety syndromes was investigated in a representative study with a sample of 2948 people using a standardized interview and a ...
Rating scales for the analysis of mother-child interaction in preadolescenceAbstract. As part of a prospective study, rating scales for the analysis of mother-child interactions in preadolescence were construed. Two semi-structured play situations were ...
The application of role-playing in training children with social anxiety disordersAbstract. Role-playing is an important method for the treatment of children's behavior disorders and is used to achieve social competences. An overview of the various forms ...
Cognitive-behavioral treatment of childhood anxiety disordersAbstract. Childhood anxiety disorders are very common and take a chronic course in a subgroup of these children. This article reviews cognitive-behavioral treatment procedures for the most ...
Zusammenfassung. Anhand eines Entscheidungsbaumes wird zunächst eine Übersicht über die diagnostische Einordnung von Angst- und Zwangsstörungen im Kindes- und Jugendalter nach ICD-10 gegeben. Die Unterschiede zwischen ICD-10 und DSM-IV werden aufgezeigt. ...
Zusammenfassung. Im ersten Teil dieser Arbeit wird ein Basismodul zur Behandlung von Kindern und Jugendlichen mit Angststörungen vorgestellt, das sich eng an das von Kendall entwickelte “Coping Cat Programm” anlehnt. Das Programm besteht aus 16 Sitzungen ...
Psychometric properties of the German version of the Anxiety Sensitivity Index 3Abstract. Anxiety sensitivity is assumed to play a prominent role in the etiology of anxiety disorders. Moreover, the construct enjoys a widespread interest with ...
Zusammenfassung. Ziel dieser Arbeit ist die Analyse der psychometrischen Qualität des Fremd- und des Selbstbeurteilungsbogens zur Erfassung von Angst- und Zwangsstörungen (FBB-ANZ/SBB-ANZ) in zwei ...
Psychoendocrinology of anxiety disordersAbstract. Existing literature on the etiology, symptomatology, and course of anxiety disorders shows a broad variety of concepts and empirical results. One major field of psychobiological research as fear and ...
A questionnaire for the assessment of disgust sensitivityAbstract.Background: Up until now there has been no questionnaire for the assessment of disgust sensitivity in the German language. Objective: Development of such an instrument. Method: A ...
Impact of relationship quality on treatment outcome in agoraphobia patientsAbstract.The empirical evidence for the impact of interpersonal factors on the course and treatment of anxiety disorders is controversial. In this study the association between ...
The Job Anxiety Scale (JAS): The development of a new instrument for the assessment of workplace-related anxietiesThe Job Anxiety Scale (JAS) is a new self-rating questionnaire for the assessment and clinical differentiation of different types of work-...
Zusammenfassung. Das Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit ist, eine Diskussion über evidenzbasierte Leitlinien zur Diagnostik und Psychotherapie von Angst- und Phobischen Störungen des Kindes- und Jugendalters zu initiieren. In den letzten Jahren kam es zu ...
Zusammenfassung. Der vorliegende Beitrag bietet eine Übersicht über randomisierte kontrollierte Studien zur Wirksamkeit familienbezogener Interventionen bei Angststörungen und depressiven Störungen im Kindes- und Jugendalter. Der Einbezug der Eltern in ...
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 ...
Anxiety Disorders in Migrant and Nonmigrant Children: Risk Factors and Treatment SuccessAbstract. In this study we examined a child and adolescent psychiatric health-care population of Bremen, focusing on children ...
Anxiety DisordersAbstract. The most common mental disorders in childhood and adolescence are anxiety disorders. Temperament in early childhood, parental psychopathology, and genetic disposition play a central role ...
Parental Participation in the Context of Anxiety Treatment for Children: A Systematic ReviewAbstract. Anxiety disorders are widespread among children. Separation anxiety, social phobia, and generalized anxiety ...
Internalizing Disorders in Children and Adolescents: An Update of German-Language Research on Anxiety and Depression in a Globalized WorldAbstract: Anxiety disorders and depression are highly prevalent in childhood and adolescence and,...
Evaluation of a German-language instrument for assessing positive and negative automatic thoughtsAbstract.Background: According to Beck negative automatic thoughts are an important cause of depression. Objective: To determine the psychometric properties ...
Sudden Gains and Losses in the treatment of patients with anxiety, depressive and comorbid disordersAbstract.Theoretical background: Psychotherapy research has shown that the identification and prediction of individual continuous and discontinuous paths ...
Classical conditioning as an explanatory model for anxiety disorders: update on a modern classicAbstract.Background: Modern diathesis-stress models of psychological disorders, in particular those of anxiety disorders, consider individual differences in ...
Zusammenfassung.Theoretischer Hintergrund: Die Persönlichkeitseigenschaft Ekelsensitivität beschreibt die Neigung einer Person, Ekelerlebnisse als negativ und unkontrollierbar zu bewerten. Fragestellung: Entwicklung einer deutschsprachigen Skala zur ...
Utilization and Barriers of Exposure in Private Practice: The Perspective of Behavioral PsychotherapistsAbstract.Background: Exposure-based interventions are one of the most effective techniques for the treatment of anxiety disorders. Previous research, ...
Intensified Exposure to Promote Inhibitory Learning in Anxiety Disorders. Therapeutic Implementation in a Clinical TrialAbstract. The efficacy of exposure therapy in anxiety disorders is firmly established. Yet, a substantial proportion of patients does ...