Summary:Day treatment in child and adolescent psychiatryObjectives: The history of day treatment in child and adolescent psychiatry in Germany is brief. Accordingly, day treatment programs deal primarily with programming, outcome studies and indications/...
Sleep Disturbances in Psychiatric Disorders of Childhood and AdolescenceSummary: As a symptom of many psychiatric disorders of childhood and adolescence, sleep disturbances often complicate the course and treatment of the underlying disorder. A somatic ...
How Adolescents Describe their Addiction, Facing a First Inpatient Addiction TreatmentAbstract.Aim: This report describes the explanatory models of 34 adolescents using substances. The adolescents were interviewed ...
Headache in Children: A Problem for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry? Pathogenesis, Comorbidity, TherapySummary: Headache is a recurrent somatic complaint in childhood and adolescence. In recent decades headache prevalence has increased while the age of ...
Psychotherapy of obsessive-compulsive disorders in children and adolescents - A reviewSummary: The literature on evaluated methods of psychotherapy for the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorders (OCD) in children and adolescents is reviewed and the ...
Atypical antipsychotics in child and adolescent psychiatry - indications apart from schizophreniaSummary:Objectives: Given their special receptor profile, atypical antipsychotics are effective in the treatment of both positive and negative symptoms. ...
The decisions of indication for inpatient child and adolescent psychiatric treatmentSummary:Objectives: To date there has been little empirical investigation of the indications for hospitalising children in child and adolescent psychiatry wards. ...
Therapeutic Drug Monitoring in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - Practical RecommendationsSummary: The therapy of children and adolescents with psychotropic drugs differs from that of adults. Due to the differences in the pharmacokinetic behaviour of the ...
Johannes Trüper - Mediator between child and adolescent psychiatry and pedagogySummary:Objective: The development of the child and adolescent psychiatry as an independent speciality is not only a result of sub-specialisation within medicine or ...
The status of music therapy in inpatient child and adolescent psychiatrySummary:Objectives: Although music therapy is very common in child and adolescent psychiatry, no data are available that describe the working conditions for music therapists or the ...
Impact factors and publication time spans of child and adolescent psychiatry journalsSummary:Objective: The impact factor (IF) of a scientific journal plays a central role in a scientist’s decision where to publish his or her research results. Authors ...
Introduction of the module „Evidence-based Medicine“ in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry into the psychiatry block practicum at the University of UlmObjective: The essential need for the timely availability of additional relevant information has resulted ...
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (CAP) in the „Heidelberg Curriculum Medicinale“ (HeiCuMed) – Practice-oriented learning in the reformed course of studiesTo improve medical studies, the Medical School of the University of Heidelberg introduced in 2001 a ...
What do medical students learn in the elective course in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry?Objective: A course in child and adolescent psychiatry and psychotherapy is optional for medical students within the Medical Curriculum Munich (MeCuMLMU). Aims of ...
Medical teaching in the area of conflict between „Evidence-based Medicine“ and „Experience-based Medicine“As a medical discipline Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy has gained increasing importance within society since given the ...
Seizures of the occipital lobe appearing like panic attacksEleven-year-old Stephanie was admitted to a child and adolescent psychiatry day hospital with symptoms of an anxiety and panic disorder, and compulsive and self-harmful behavior. The patient ...
Teaching child and adolescent psychiatry and psychotherapy in Germany – inventory and implicationsObjective: Dissemination of knowledge concerning normal and deviant development as well as child and adolescent psychiatric (CAP) disorders with a focus on ...
Children’s Depression Rating Scale-Revised (CDRS-R): development of a German version and psychometric properties in a clinical sampleObjective: The Children’s Depression Rating Scale – Revised (CDRS-R) is a semistructured, clinician-rated interview for ...
What do medical students expect of lectures in child and adolescent psychiatry?Objective: In child and adolescent psychiatry (CAP) lectures are the most common teaching format for medical students. Besides conveying basic knowledge and skills related to ...
Addictive internet use as a comorbid disorder among clients of an adolescent psychiatry – prevalence and psychopathological symptomsObjectives: Exzessive and addictive internet use fulfilling criteria of nonsubstance related addiction disorder is ...
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 ...
The Therapeutic Potential of Prebiotics and Probiotics in Child and Adolescent Psychiatric DisordersAbstract: This short review summarizes the literature available on therapeutic interventions with prebiotics and ...
Psychiatric in-patient care for adolescents in GermanyPsychiatric disorders in adulthood often manifest themselves throughout adolescence. Adolescence itself is at the crossroads between the child and adolescent and the adult psychiatric system of ...
Child and adolescent psychiatry/psychotherapy versus child and youth welfareYouth welfare and child and adolescent psychiatry/psychotherapy are each characterized by their respective traditions and different professional groups. These differences are ...
On the borders between residential child care and mental health care: Results of an interview studyWithin the framework of the EU project RESME, mental health and residential child care professionals were interviewed about the cooperation of children and ...
Need of Help and Different Services for Children and FamiliesAbstract. There is a differentiated and complex system of psychiatric relief and welfare services for children and adolescents with mental health problems in Germany. Pediatrics, child and ...
Sexual Abuse and Misconduct Toward Children and Adolescents by Health Professionals in Inpatient and Outpatient Child and Adolescent PsychiatryAbstract.Background: Although sexual abuse and misconduct in health care have increasingly become ...
Mental Distress and Resources in Parents to Children With Mental Diagnosis: A Cluster Analysis StudyAbstract.Theoretical Background: Parents of children with psychiatric diagnoses face a range of stresses and strains, and display ...