Summary: The caregivers of a consecutive sample of outpatients suffering from Alzheimer's disease (AD) were asked by mail for their attitudes towards eventual advantages and drawbacks of an early or late diagnosis of dementia or AD. The rate of returned ...
Assessment of Deficits in Subjects with “Mild Cognitive Impairment” (MCI) Using CERADAbstract: This study addresses the usefulness of the CERAD cognitive screening battery as an early diagnostic tool to assess mild cognitive impairment (MCI, Petersen et ...
Determination of the concurrent validity of the CRAFT-d – a screening instrument for problematic alcohol consumptionAim: The aim of this study was to determine the concurrent validity of the CRAFFT-d alcohol abuse screening test for adolescents. Method: ...
Early detection of psychosis in children and adolescents – have developmental particularities been sufficiently considered?The early detection and treatment of persons at risk for psychosis is currently regarded as a promising strategy in fighting the ...
Challenges and Influencial Factors in Autism-Specific Diagnostics in ToddlersAbstract.Objective: What are the particular challenges that make early diagnosis of young children difficult in the clinical routine? ...
Dermatooncology – What Can Be Offered in the GP Practice?Abstract. Skin cancer is very common and takes a benign course if detected and treated early. The family doctor, as first contact and trusted person, matters particularly. If diagnosed correctly, ...
Insomnia – a Symptom with Multifactorial Genesis. Diagnosis of Primary and Secondary InsomniaAbstract. Insomnia is a relevant symptom with a multifactorial genesis and affects up to 30 % of the general population. 80 % of ...
CME: Depression in Primary CareAbstract. Depressions belong to the most common illnesses at all and to the five most common illnesses in the primary care. The primary care is the first point of contact for depressive ...
Abstract: The asymmetry of diagnostic and therapeutic options in dementia raises difficult ethical questions about primary and secondary dementia prevention. For example, is it ethically appropriate to tell asymptomatic individuals that they are very ...
Fundamental principles of social welfare legislation and health law in early childhood interventionAbstract. The legal basis for early diagnosis and early intervention in the FRG is laid out in various different statute books, resulting in different ...
Zusammenfassung. Informiert wird über empirische Untersuchungsbefunde zur Reliabilität und Validität des “Verhaltensbeurteilungsbogens für Vorschulkinder“ (VBV 3-6), die auf den Einsatz des VBV 3-6 unter den Routinebedingungen der klinisch-psychologischen ...
Predictive validity of the Dortmunder Entwicklungsscreening für den Kindergarten (DESK 3-6)Abstract. To examine the predictive validity of the Dortmunder Entwicklungsscreening für den Kindergarten (Dortmunder Development Screening for Kindergarten; DESK ...
The Dortmund Preschool Developmental Screening (DESK 3-6)Abstract. The Dortmund Preschool Developmental Screening (DESK 3-6) has been developed for the early diagnosis of developmental risk in 3- to 6-year-olds. Two main goals in its construction were to ...
Abstract. Early intervention in autism has become possible with the identification of this disorder at earlier ages, but the scientific production on this subject is still very incipient. The present study aimed to characterize scientific ...