Social Competence and Circumplex Model of Interpersonal Behaviors - On the Connections Between the Two ConstructsSummary: The constructs of social competence and circumplex structure of interpersonal problems were developed independently to a large ...
Teaching and Learning Assessment Strategies: Students' Evaluation of Clients' QuestionsSummary: When psychologists are given a question by a client they have to decide if they have the necessary knowledge, and if the client's question meets legal, ...
Personal Goals of Mathematicians at First Job EntrySummary: This study analyzed personal goals of 609 university graduates assessed via both open-ended questions and standardized rating scales. Three topics are addressed: (a) The content structure of ...
Summary: Cognitive deficits are a core feature of dementia. Neuropsychological assessment can detect cognitive symptoms even at early stages of disease. Moreover, neuropsychological assessment of dementia yields a detailed evaluation of cognitive ...
Factor Structure of Different Neuropsychological Tests - Results of a Retrospective Study with Brain-Damaged PatientsAbstract: The tests results of 153 brain-damaged patients were factor analyzed. Their structure was examined. The factor analysis of 33 ...
Prevalence of Depressive Disorders Among Patients After StrokeFollowing heart disease and cancer, stroke is one of the most frequent causes of death in Germany. In different studies the prevalence varies between 250.000 and 1.500.000 stroke patients per ...
Assessment of Mood Disorders in Brain Injured PatientsIn this article we provide a description of the assessment of mood disorders in patients with brain injuries (e.g., stroke, head trauma). Relevant diagnostic categories of the Diagnostic and ...
Mood Disorders and Apathy After Acquired Brain Damage in Childhood - A ReviewThis article provides an overview on mood disorders and apathy in brain damaged children (traumatic brain injuries, brain tumors). Although in general, during the last years the ...
Comparing Tests for Spatial Neglect - Which of Them Are Suitable?Summary: In a clinical context, spatial neglect is usually assessed with tests like cancellation or line bisection. Reflecting previous studies and own results, this review article compares ...
Psychological Tests between Aspirations and Reality in Intelligence DiagnosticsSummary:Objectives: The U.S.-American standards of quality for psychological diagnostics tests were published in 1998 in German translation under the title “Standards für ...
Neuropsychological Diagnostics in Childhood and AdolescenceSummary: Among a number of issues and disorder pictures neuropsychological diagnostics should occupy a solid position, both in the initial assessment, as well as in that of the course. With an ...
The Göttingen Form Reproduction Test (GFT) - Results of an Unselected SampleSummary: The Göttingen Form Reproduction Test (GFT) is a relatively old method of assessing visuo-motor coordination that is still often performed in clinical practice. Based on ...
Summary:On the diagnostics of dyslexiaThe ICD-10 calls for the use of tables that account for the correlation between intelligence and spelling or reading, respectively (regression model) in the diagnosis of dyslexia. In this paper we discuss the ...
Summary:The factor structure of the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R): A study on the dimensiional versus the categorical classification of autistic disordersObjectives: This study investigated whether empirically derived dimensions of ...
About the Specificity of a Theory of Mind Deficit in AutismSummary:Objectives: In order to test the hypothesis that a theory of mind deficit is specific for autism, the present study presents the first replication of the Sally-Anne test (Baron-Cohen, ...
Clinical standards to confirm babesiosis in dogs include the direct identification of the infectious agent in blood smears and serological assays for Babesia canis-specific antibodies. Here, we demonstrate in seven cases (with data on anamnesis, clinics, ...
Two feline hemotropic mycoplasma spp. (aka hemoplasma) have previously been recognized. We recently discovered a third novel species in a cat with hemolytic anemia, designated 'Candidatus Myco-plasma turicensis', which is closely related to rodent ...
The history of echinococcosis in Europe includes a period of over 2000 years. Already in antiquity metacestodes (hydatids) of Echinococcus granulosus, the causative agents of Cystic Echinococcosis (CE), were observed in animals and humans. Alveolar ...
Die aviäre Tuberkulose gehört zu den wichtigen Erkrankungen der Zier-, Wild- und Wirtschaftsgeflügel und wird durch die ubiquitär vorkommenden Erreger Mycobacterium avium sp. avium und Mycobacterium genavense verursacht. Krankheitssymptome wie ...
The following case report describes the diagnosis and therapy of a cat with an Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection. The cat from the canton of St. Gallen was presented because of lethargy and lack of appetite. The clinical symptoms established were fever ...
The feline leukemia virus (FeLV) is a retrovirus of the domestic cat that was described almost 50 years ago. The FeLV-infection may lead to fatal diseases in domestic and small wild cats. The use of efficacious diagnostics assays and vaccines led to a ...
Gerade weil das Mammakarzinom beim Mann eine so seltene Erkrankung ist, besteht gelegentlich Unsicherheit bzgl. der Art und Agressivität der Abklärung beim Tastbefund in der männlichen Brust. Generell sollte jeder solide Herdbefund einer bildgebenden ...
Ein 61-jähriger Diabetiker mit metabolischem Syndrom beklagt eine progrediente Anstrengungsdyspnoe. Auf Grund des Risikofaktorenprofils wird eine kardiale Abklärung mittes Myokardperfusionsszintigraphie durchgeführt, worin sich eine ausgedehnte Ischämie ...
The virus responsible for hepatitis A –hepatitis A virus (HAV) – is a small, spherical, and exceptionally resistant RNA-virus. It is transmitted preferentially by the faecal-oral route and apparently replicates exclusively in the liver. The damage of the ...
Bei chronischer Diarrhoe ist ein rasches diagnostisches Vorgehen wichtig, um einer Malnutrition und Elektrolytstörungen vorzubeugen. Anhand zweier klinischer Fälle – Kollagenkolitis und sekretorische Diarrhoe – zeigen wir zwei unterschiedliche ...
Negative Affectivity and Deficient Stress Coping in Persons with Internet AddictionObjectives: Addictive Internet Use is understood as a phenomenon that increasingly is to be found in adolescents and young adults. Nevertheless, clinical description and ...
Cannabis – Consumption Patterns and Cannabis-Related Disorders in Adolescents and Young Adults – Epidemiology, Diagnostics, Comorbidity, and TreatmentPrevalences: After strong increases in the past years, lifetime prevalence numbers for cannabis as well ...
Current topics on biomarkers in the forensic and clinical context of alcohol use disordersAbstract.Background: In the contexct of forensic and clinical issues , direct and indirect markers of alcohol use are ...
Diagnosis and Treatment of Patients with Shopping Disorder: A CasuistryAbstract:Background: Although buying-shopping disorder was described as oniomania by Kraepelin (1909) more than 100 years ...
Prevention and Treatment of Substance Use Disorders in Refugees: The PREPARE NetworkAbstract:Aims: Refugee populations are particularly vulnerable to substance use disorders. At the same time, they are less likely ...
Reading Comprehension Without Reading? On the Construct Validity of Multiple-Choice Reading Comprehension Test ItemsAbstract. The construct-validity of multiple-choice test items of reading comprehension was repeatedly criticized. These multiple-choice ...
Construct Validity of a Universal Screener to Economically Assess Students' Behavior in the Classroom – a Multitrait-Multimethod-AnalysisAbstract. This study examines the construct validity of a 16-item version of ...
Diagnosis of specific learning disorders – time to rethinkAbstract. For about one third of all primary school children learning difficulties in acquiring reading, writing, or mathematical competencies are part of their ...
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, ...
Autism and metabolic disorders - a rational approachSummary: The causes of autism are heterogeneous and predominantly genetically determined. An exact aetiology is found in less than 10% of affected patients. The disappointment about low rates of success ...
Encopresis - Predictive factors and outcomeSummary:Objectives: comparison of diagnostic, clinical and therapeutic features and their predictive value for the outcome of encopresis in children and adolescents. Methods: 85 children and adolescents (aged ...
Socio-emotional Problems among Hearing-Impaired Children - Initial Results of the German Version of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ-D)Summary:Objectives: Many studies demonstrate the precariousness of hearing-impaired children's socio-...
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorders among three-to-six-year-olds treated in medical practices - a national surveySummary:Objective: The aim of the study is to calculate prevalence rates of symptoms and diagnoses of Attention Deficit-/Hyperactivity ...
Zusammenfassung: 10% der Kinder und Jugendlichen mit intellektueller Beeinträchtigung entwickeln im Lebensverlauf selbstverletzendes Verhalten. Die Ursachen hierfür sind weitestgehend erforscht, oftmals vielfältig und reichen von lerntheoretischen bis hin ...
Parent ratings of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorders in children and adolescents – an analysis in a field sample with the Diagnostic System for Mental Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence (DISYPS-II)Objectives: The Parent Rating Scale for ...
The assessment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) by teacher ratings – validity and reliability of the FBB-HKSObjectives: This study analyzes the German version of the teacher rated Symptom Checklist for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity ...
Does the Fragmented Images Test measure locally oriented visual processing in autism spectrum disorders?Objective: The cognitive phenotype of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) is characterized among other things by local processing (weak central coherence)...
Quality of life of mainstreamed hearing-impaired children – results of a study with the Inventory of Life Quality of Children and Youth (ILC)Problem: Because in future more and more hearing-impaired children will go to school in inclusive settings, the ...
Diagnosis and classification of personality disorders in adolescence – How can current research findings contribute to an understanding of this construct?Objective: The diagnosis and classification of personality disorders in adolescence remains a ...
The Essen Trauma-Inventory for Children and Adolescents (ETI-CA)Objective: In light of the clinical and scientific relevance of traumatic events and posttraumatic disorders our study aimed to develop and validate the Essen Trauma-Inventory for Children ...
Symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of dyscalculiaChildren with dyscalculia show deficits in basic numerical processing which cause difficulties in the acquisition of mathematical skills. This article provides an overview of current research findings ...
Changes to Schizophrenia Spectrum and other psychotic disorders in DSM-5This article provides an overview of the main changes in the chapter “Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders” from DSM-IV-TR to DSM-5, which, once again, does not make ...
The dimensional-categorical hybrid model of personality disorders in DSM-5 from an adolescent psychiatric perspective – criticism and critical outlookBy applying the dimensional-categorical hybrid model, Chapter III of the DSM-5 proposes a central ...
Specific learning disabilities – from DSM-IV to DSM-5The publication of the DSM-5 means changes in the classification and recommendations for diagnosis of specific learning disabilities. Dyslexia and dyscalculia have been reintroduced into the DSM. Three ...
The AWMF-Guidelines for Hyperkinetic Disorders in Therapeutic Practice – knowledge, familiarity, utilization, and attitude of psychotherapists and physiciansObjective: The AWMF-Guidelines for Hyperkinetic Disorders (ADHD) provide psychotherapists and ...
Screening interview for early detection of high-functioning autism spectrum disordersObjective: Various different questionnaires are available for the screening of autism spectrum disorders (ASD). These screening instruments show high sensitivity and are ...
The methodological assessment and qualitative evaluation of psychometric performance tests based on the example of modern tests that assess reading and spelling skillsAbstract. This article looks at a means of objectively evaluating the quality of ...
Parenting stress and the reliability of parental information in the diagnostics of children and adolescents with symptoms of psychiatric and behavioral disordersAbstract.Objective: Information from parents is ...
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 ...