Zusammenfassung:Hintergrund: Schon lange ist bekannt, dass ältere Menschen ein erhöhtes Risiko haben, delirant zu werden. Allgemein werden schwere körperliche Erkrankungen, insbesondere eine Multimorbidität als Risikofaktoren für ein Delir bei älteren ...
Assessment of Depressive Disorders in the ElderlyAbstract: Depressive disorders are counted among the most frequently emerging mental disorders and it is known that non treated depression has a negative impact on the course of depression and somatic ...
Assessment of Resources in the ElderlyAbstract: The assessment and utilization of strengths, competences and resources of a person draws more and more attention to itself, supplementing the psychopathological oriented assessment in psychotherapy. This ...
Quantitative and qualitative Assessment of Family Caregiver Burden and CopingAbstract: The following article is concerned with the assessment of family caregiver burden and strain, which is especially relevant in intervention research. Instead of using ...
Diagnostics of Alcohol-Related Disorders in the ElderlyAbstract: An overview is given with respect to diagnostic procedures for problematic drinking in the elderly. Screening instruments are evaluated according to their applicability in older age groups ...
Neuropsychological Diagnostic Test Battery of Averbal Dementia Screening for Immigrant PatientsScreening tests for the diagnosis of dementia, which could be applied to subjects, who cannot speak the language of the investigator good enough, are not ...
Discriminant Validity of Neuropsychological Tests in the Diagnostics of DementiaAbstract: The aim of the study was to identify the most accurate measures out of a neuropsychological test battery in differential diagnostics of dementia to compile short ...
Die Skala zur Erfassung von Aufmerksamkeitsproblemen (SEA) ist ein Selbst- und Fremdbeurteilungsverfahren zur Erfassung von Beeinträchtigungen der Aufmerksamkeit. Zur Untersuchung der psychometrischen Eigenschaften der SEA wurden 202 Patienten mit ...
Ziel dieses Beitrags ist es, die im deutschen Sprachraum verfügbaren Aufmerksamkeitstests einzelnen Aufmerksamkeitskomponenten zuzuordnen und zu charakterisieren. Zur Klärung des Konstrukts Aufmerksamkeit werden konzeptuelle Überlegungen angestellt, eine ...
Neurobiological research on pedophilia – results and their consequences for the assessment of pedophilic offendersThe difficulty with the assessment of pedophilic offenders is in the valid assessment of a pedophilic interest. The current methods lack of ...
Memory Assessment with the German Wechsler Memory Scale – Fourth EditionEvidence of validity for the new German edition of the Wechsler memory Scale-IV was investigated in three clinical samples (depression, brain injury, dementia; N = 165). Significant ...
Neuropsychological Assessment of Adult ADHDADHD can be regarded as a multidimensional disorder often accompanied by neuropsychological impairments. Not only attention intensity, attention control and executive functions are affected but also additional ...
Abstract. Due to physical limitations (e. g. difficulties in reading and writing), geriatric inpatients are often not able to complete relevant dementia screening tests. The Bamberg Dementia Screening Test (BDST) is a new dementia screening measure that ...
Test standardization: The clinical examination of a neglected quality criterion in common neuropsychological test proceduresAbstract. The quality of test standardization is of central importance to making ...
Neuropsychological Dementia Assessment: A Survey of the German Network of Memory ClinicsAbstract: Memory clinics are specialized and multidisciplinary centers for the (early) detection of dementia and share common ...
Interventions for Autism: Status quo, Evidence-based, Questionable and Dubious TechniquesSummary:Objective: We describe and critically discuss intervention methods that have been used to modify autistic behaviors. Methods: Early intervention methods, ...
A global scale to measure the family environmentSummary:Objectives: Reliability of the Global Family Environment Scale (GFES) which has been developed in Australia and translated into German. Methods: Comparison of ratings and reliability of written ...
The German form of the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS): first results on reliability and validitySummary:Objective: To examine the psychometric properties of the German version of the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS). Methods: ...
Zusammenfassung:Einleitung: Das Asperger-Syndrom (AS) ist eine Störung von unsicherer nosologischer Validität, deren Abgrenzung zum sogenannten High-functioning Autismus sehr schwierig ist. Diese Störungen werden bis heute leider erst sehr spät erkannt, ...
Zusammenfassung:Fragestellung: Es wird eine Übersicht zu international gängigen und in deutscher Sprache erhältlichen Instrumenten zur Früherkennung und allgemeinen Diagnostik autistischer Störungen gegeben. Methodik: Alle bis Mai 2004 mittels Medline, ...