Obsessive-compulsive disorders in DSM-5 – what is new?Obsessive-compulsive disorders are a frequent and debilitating condition also in children and adolescents. The present paper summarizes the changes in the DSM diagnostic criteria between the IV-TR ...
Pharmacovigilance in Child and Adolescent PsychiatryRational pharmacotherapy is a challenging task in child and adolescent psychiatry. Increasing prescription numbers contrast with the uncertainties of safety and efficacy issues. The lack of clinical (...
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 ...
The treatment needs of migrant children according to child and adolescent psychiatrists from medical clinics and in private practiceObjective: How does the German child and adolescent psychiatry system respond to the increasing number of migrant children ...
Aspects of inclusion in child and adolescent psychiatryThe Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities became legally binding in Germany in March 2009. “Inclusion” is the major concept – all people with any kind of handicap must have the same ...
Hometreatment – an effective alternative to inpatient treatment in child and adolescent psychiatry?Abstract. In many countries hometreatment (HT) offers a cost-effective alternative to hospitalization for children and adolescents with mental health ...
Structural quality in inpatient and daycare child and adolescent psychiatry – indicators for planning future staff ratios for the era following the Psychiatry Personnel ActAbstract. The German Psychiatry Personnel Act, which went into effect in 1990, has ...
Need for youth welfare services following child and adolescent psychiatry treatment – a descriptive analysisAbstract.Objective: Cooperation between health and youth welfare services plays a prominent role in the psychosocial healthcare of children and ...
The foundation of the German Society for Child Psychiatry and Therapeutic Education – Paul Schroeder’s road to foundation chairmanAbstract. The reconstruction of the evolutionary history of this ...
Placement of children and adolescents following seclusion and restraint actions – a study on family-court approvals of minors in youth welfare, child and adolescent psychiatry and jail according to Para. ...
Efficacy of variable light in child and adolescent psychiatryAbstract. Objective: Studies regarding effects of light on children in regular schools show that variable light can be used to increase concentration capacity and ...
The inpatient treatment of patients with anorexia nervosa in German clinicsAbstract.Objective: The medium- and long-term effects and side effects of inpatient treatment of patients with anorexia nervosa is still a ...
Possibilities for Suicide Prevention Through Architecture in Child and Adolescent PsychiatryAbstract. In Germany, departments of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry are responsible for the treatment of young people ...
Lino Castle – An interior design concept to improve inpatient treatment in child and adolescent psychiatryAbstract. Only very few data exist concerning hospital architecture in psychiatry/child and adolescent ...
From home treatment to psychiatric ward-equivalent treatment (StäB) – A systematic review of outpatient treatment in GermanyAbstract.Objective: In the past, home treatment was not available in Germany for children ...
Intensive outpatient treatment – a therapy option for all patients in child and adolescent psychiatry or just for a few?Abstract.Objective: “Child and adolescent psychiatric ward-equivalent treatment” (= ...
Abstract.Objective: An initiative by scientific societies of psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry, psychosomatic medicine, and further associations established the Platform-Model for the development ...
Use of electroconvulsive therapy in adolescents – A retrospective survey on 12- to 17-year-old patients at three university hospitals in GermanyAbstract. Abstract. Background: Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) ...
ARCHI – Development of a questionnaire on architecture of child and adolescent psychiatric facilitiesAbstract.Objective: Studies from various disciplines have pointed to a connection between the structural ...
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 ...