Abstract: Recent research has increasingly emphasized the function of the microbiome in human health. The gut microbiome is essential for digesting food and seems to play a vital role in mental health as well. This ...
Summary: Until now test quality criteria have not been determined and only gross norms have been ascertained for the Mottier-Test, a test measuring phonetic discrimination ability and auditory memory. The present study with 272 children (133 second and ...
Summary: In the Dresden Child Anxiety Study (DKAS) we examined a representative sample of N = 826 eight-year-olds regarding their anxiety by means of children's self-report as well as ratings by parents and teachers. In addition, 230 of the children took ...
Summary: Results of (in most cases) quasi-experimental studies concerning mixed-sex or single-sex schooling are inconsistent. Many reported «effects» of coeducation vs. single-sex education are probably due to self-selection of school types (by pupils or ...
Zusammenfassung: 52 Kinder im Alter von 7 bis 15 Jahren mit rechts- und linksseitiger, angeborener und erworbener Hemiplegie wurden mit je fünf Untertests des computergestützten Testsystems VS-Visuospatial-Performance untersucht. Die Stichprobe wurde ...
WISC-III: Selection of a Short Form for Pediatric Patients with EpilepsyAbstract: Our study evaluated the applicability of different WISC-III short forms for pediatric patients with epilepsy by use of theoretical, statistical, and empirical criteria. We ...
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 ...
Do Even Eight-Year-Olds Suffer from Panic Disorder? Prevalence Study focussing upon Panic Disorder and AgoraphobiaSummary: A representative sample of 826 eight-year-old second-graders in Dresden was examined in a two-stage procedure to ascertain the 6-...
Platelet Serotonin Concentration in Depressive Children and AdolescentsSummary:Objectives: This study pursued the question to what extent a correlation exists between the platelet serotonin concentration and depressive and/or suicidal behaviour in ...
Four hours after the consumption of raw goat milk, three Swiss children came down with emesis and diarrhea in July 2008. First investigations showed that the milk originated from a goat suffering from clinical mastitis (Staphylococcus aureus). In the milk ...
Road traffic accidents are a major cause for severe injury in children and adolescents. Many victims also suffer from psychological consequences, such as posttraumatic stress disorder, traffic-related fears or mood disturbances. High levels of distress ...
Perianal streptococcal dermatitis (PSD), caused by group A beta-haemolytic streptococci (GABHS), is a frequently overlooked medical entity. We investigated the prevalence of PSD at the University Children's Hospital Basel, Switzerland, from October 2000 ...
Fragestellung: Das erhöhte Risiko von Kindern und Jugendlichen aus alkoholbelasteten Familien psychische Auffälligkeiten zu entwickeln, kann unter anderem durch dysfunktionale Kognitionen mit bedingt sein. Ob sich betroffene Kinder und Jugendliche ...
Trampoline – Developing a Programme for Children Affected by Parental Substance MisuseBackground: Children in substance-abusing families have a high risk to develop substance-related or other psychological disorders later in life. Hence, there is a great ...
Consensual Statement Regarding the Profile of Requirements Relevant to Child and Adolescent Withdrawal TreatmentsAbstract.Objectives: The joint committee of the Association of Addiction Research and Treatment and the professional associations of the ...
Children's Comprehension of Metaphoric LanguageSummary: The aim of the present study was to evaluate children's metaphor comprehension as an important aspect of language development and its importance for pedagogical psychology. A total of 124 children (...
Heimweh ist in der Pflege und Betreuung von kranken Kindern und Jugendlichen ein häufiges Thema. Der Verlauf von Heimweh ist unterschiedlich und individuell. Heimweh kann sich in körperlichen oder psychischen Symptomen sowie Verhaltensauffälligkeiten ...
Zusammenfassung. Hintergrund: Die Hospitalisation eines Kindes mit Behinderung belastet deren Eltern zusätzlich zur gewohnten täglichen Belastung. Obwohl sie meist die Pflege ihres Kindes im Spital übernehmen, fehlt für den deutschsprachigen Raum Wissen ...
Experiences and support needs of parents of hospitalised children with multiple disabilities: A qualitative studyAbstract. Background: The hospitalisation of a multiple disabled child is stressful for parents because they continue to carry out demanding ...
Nutritional management in malnourished children and adolescents in home care – recommendations from a setting-specific evidence-based guidelineAbstract.Background: Malnutrition in children is an underestimated ...
Spatial Abilities in Children with spina bifidaAbstract: In this study the cognitive and spatial abilities of children with spina bifida were extensively investigated. Due to this systematic investigation of the spatial cognitive abilities we could show ...
Executive Functions Among Boys with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Pilot StudyAbstract: Recent studies reported inconsistent findings on child and adolescent Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) whether it is characterized by a ...
Disorder concepts for psychic problems in youths (SPPJ)Summary:Objectives: The first Questionnaire on Disorder Concepts for Mental Problems in Adolescents (SPPJ) was developed on the basis of the attributional theory (health locus of control) and ...
Obsessive-compulsive disorder in children and adolescents - A reviewSummary:Objective: Presented is a review of the literature on the medium- and long-term course of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) with onset in childhood or adolescence. Methods: ...
Quality of life in children and adolescents with psychiatric disorders - Results of the first multicenter-Study with the ILKSummary:Objective: A newly developed, disorder-nonspecific instrument to measure the quality of life in children and adolescents (...
Treatment of conduct disordered children and adolescents in a clinical setting: How effective are they?Summary:Objective: Anti-social behavior in childhood and adolescence represents a frequent behavior disorder in this age group and its prognosis is ...
Rating and Standardisation of Pictures from the International Affective Picture System Appropriated for children. Examination of children in a field sample aged six to twelve years.Summary:Objective: The aim of this study was to validate and standardise ...
The effects of the 12th and 14th amendments to the AMG (Medical Preparations Act) on paediatric pharmaceutical research - A Survey of the New RegulationsSummary:Objective: The 12th amendment to the German Medical Preparations Act (Arzneimittelgesetz, ...
Do subclinical epileptiform discharges really affect short-term memory in children?Summary:Objective: Deficits in concentration, specific developmental disorders, and behaviour problems often impair the educational abilities of children and adolescents ...
Methylphenidate-induced cytogenetic alterations?Summary:Objectives: Due to concerns that methylphenidate (MPH) might induce cytogenetic alterations in children, treatment with this drug is a controversial issue. The controversy arose following a report ...
Zusammenfassung:Fragestellung: Gegenstand der Studie waren die Symptomatologie und die Komorbidität der Zwangsstörung mit Beginn im Kindes- und Jugendalter. Methodik: Untersucht wurde eine Inanspruchnahmestichprobe von 55 kinder- und ...
Sleep behavior in children with tic disorders - a polysomnographic studySummary:Objectives: Study objectives included the characterization of the sleep pattern in a large sample of children with chronic tic disorder (TD), as well if whether or not sleep ...
Zusammenfassung:Fragestellung: Zahlreiche Elternbefragungen belegen, dass übergewichtige Kinder neben somatischen Folgen vielfältigen psychosozialen Belastungen ausgesetzt sind. Standardisierte Interviews zur Erhebung klinischer Diagnosen nach DSM-IV an ...The mental status of overweight childrenSummary:Objective: Numerous studies based on parent questionnaires reveal that obese children are subject to both physical and psychosocial strains. Children are not included as informants in the assessment ...
Survey of disordered eating and behaviour in children and adolescentsSummary:Objective: To study in children and adolescents associations between body mass index and psychosocial problems including those typical for eating disorders. Method: 1057 pupils ...
Efficacy of psychiatric and psychotherapeutic interventions in children and adolescents with psychiatric disorders - A systematic evaluation of meta-analyses and reviews. Part I: Anxiety disorders and depressive disordersSummary:Objective: In recent ...
Efficacy of psychiatric and psychotherapeutic interventions in children and adolescents with psychiatric disorders - A systematic evaluation of meta-analyses and reviews. Part II: ADHD and conduct disordersSummary:Objective: In recent years, a large and ...
Psychotherapy for traumatized children and adolescents - cognitive-behavioral treatmentsSummary: According to cognitive-behavioral models, both the avoidance of trauma-associated cues, as well as cognitive distortions of the trauma and the initial ...
Treatment of an 11-year old child with elements of the dialectical behavioral therapy for adolescentsSummary: When a psychiatric disorder during childhood is on the verge of becoming chronic despite intensive early and guideline-based psychotherapy, the ...
Pharmacotherapy in bipolar disorders during childhood and adolescenceSummary:Objective: Bipolar disorders during childhood and adolescence are rare, but serious and highly recurrent disorders, often associated with negative outcome. Pharmacotherapy, ...
Psychotropic drugs for children - a brief historical reviewSummary: Already in the ancient world psychiatric disorders of children have been reported. However, only in the last decades the effectiveness of specific psychotropic drugs for the affected ...
Relationship between phonological awareness and behavioral problems in preschool childrenObjective: Phonological awareness is a key precursor of reading and writing skills in preschool children. Many children with reading and spelling problems have ...
Objective: Time-trend studies are required to learn about children’s mental health status in changing societies. Some international studies have already analyzed secular trends over periods of 10 to 25 years, but the results are inconsistent. Our study ...
Objective: This study evaluates self- and proxy-reported health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The study also compares HRQOL in ASD patients with a healthy control sample and a psychiatric ...
The training of social skills in children with ADHD – results of a pilot studyObjective: Insufficient social competence belongs to the most frequent concomitants of ADHD. This is the first therapeutic concept for the training of social skills adapted to ...
Das Pervasive Refusal Syndrome – drei KasuistikenDas “pervasive refusal syndrome” (PRS) wird in der englischsprachigen Literatur als ein eigenständiges Störungsbild bei Kindern und Jugendlichen diskutiert. Charakteristisch ist eine potenziell ...
Psychotherapeutic and pharmacological treatment of pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorderCognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and pharmacological treatments are often applied in cases of pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Especially in ...
Therapy of tic disordersTremendous progress has taken place in the last 8 years since the publication of our review on «Therapy of Tic Disorders» in the Zeitschrift für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie. Several steps in treatment have been specified. For ...
Parent version of the German Children’s Depression Inventory (DIKJ) – reliability and validity in a clinical sampleObjective: The psychometric properties and crossinformant agreement of the adapted parent version of the German Child Depression Inventory (...
The psychopharmacological treatment of depressive disorders in childhood and adolescence – developments and standards since the «black box» warningDepending on symptom severity, psychopharmacological treatment can be a valuable option in the treatment of ...
Fragestellung: Alpträume können bei Kindern, wie auch bei Erwachsenen, als Symptom für eine Traumatisierung gelten. Daher ist zu vermuten, dass bei traumatisierten Kindern und Jugendlichen die Alptraumbelastung höher ist als bei nicht traumatisierten ...
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in children and adolescents – study design of a feasibility study concerning examination related emotionsNumerous research centres apply magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for research purposes in children. In view of this ...
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 ...
Living with achondroplasia – how do young persons with disproportional short stature rate their quality of life and which factors are associated with quality of life?Abstract.Objective: Presently, little is known about the quality of life (QoL) as well ...
Power to the children? – Machiavellianism in children and adolescentsAbstract. The desire for power and social dominance plays a significant role in the development of social aggression. Although the ...
Schema therapy with children and adolescents – a conceptual and evidence-based overview Abstract. The paper highlights the essential pillars of schema therapy as well as outlining the basic concepts of early ...
Modular psychotherapy with children and adolescents Abstract. The implementation of evidence-based psychotherapy with children and adolescents has been limited so far. This is mainly due to the fact that patients ...
Minor Victims of Violent Acts in the Context of the Victim Reparation LawAbstract.Objective: A descriptive analysis of victim compensation applications for children and adolescents as well as sociodemographic and ...
Pharmacotherapy for children and adolescents with sleep disorders: an overviewAbstract. Sleep difficulties are a relevant symptom in childhood and adolescence with a prevalence of approximately 20 %. Because of the ...
Therapy of insomnia and nightmares in childhood and adolescenceAbstract. Sleep problems and sleep disorders have a high prevalence in childhood and adolescence. Normally, such conditions persist and often become ...
Abstract.Objective: The purpose of the present study was the analysis of the association between consumption of candy and fruit gums, diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and behavioural ...
Sleep and cognition in children and adolescentsAbstract. In this review, one of the most important functions of sleep was described: Its role in promoting cognitive processes in children and adolescents. ...
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 ...
Abstract.Introduction: Researchers have repeatedly discovered an association between depression and autonomic cardiac dysregulation in adults. However, corresponding data concerning minors are still rare. ...
Abstract.Background: This study investigates how children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) make use of computer gaming and computer-mediated communication (CMC) in comparison to their nonautistic ...
Dental anxiety in preschool children: How helpful are behavioral control management strategies?Abstract.Objective: Dental anxiety is a frequent problem in the dental treatment of young children. Control management ...
Transition in autism spectrum disordersAbstract. Children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are regularly seen by child and adolescent psychiatrists. Many diagnostic and therapeutic interventions ...
Bullying experiences in outpatients of a child and adolescent psychotherapy centre – A particularly vulnerable group?Abstract.Objective: Bullying has both short- and long-term effects on physical and mental ...
Misophonia in Childhood and Adolescence: A Narrative ReviewAbstract. Misophonia describes a phenomenon in which the affected children and adolescents show a strong negative physiological and emotional reaction when ...
Functional Constipation and Nonretentive Fecal Incontinence in Children and Adolescents: Clinical Guideline for Assessment and TreatmentAbstract.Objective: Constipation and fecal incontinence are common disorders ...
Functional (Nonorganic) Enuresis and Daytime Urinary Incontinence in Children and Adolescents: Clinical Guideline for Assessment and TreatmentAbstract: Objective: Enuresis and daytime urinary incontinence are common ...
Development and prevention of eating disorders and obesity among children and adolecentsAbstract. Eating disorders (EDs) and obesity constitute important health disorders, which may result in severe and persistent ...
Trauma Treatment for Children and AdolescentsAbstract. In the past 30 years, significant advances were made in the research of trauma outcomes and treatment in childhood and adolescence. This article introduces ...
The inclusion of caregivers in the trauma-therapeutic treatment of children and adolescents with Tf-CBTAbstract. In this article, the therapeutic involvement of adult caregivers in the trauma therapeutic treatment ...
It is recognized that humans are participants in complex ecosystems and that their potential for health is proportional to the health function of those ecosystems («ecosystem health»). From the medical viewpoint this close connection between environment ...
Spontaneous pneumothorax in children is an emergency. A rapid and structured treatment is necessary. Indicating clinical signs are dyspnoea with unilateral reduced breath sounds and hypersonic percussion note. Chest x-ray confirms diagnosis. CT scan shows ...
Perianal streptococcal dermatitis is a common disease. The typical clinical picture includes perianal erythema, pruritus, painful defaecation and bloody stools. The diagnosis is made by a swab taken from the affected skin with bacterial culture. Therapy ...
Although Edward Jenner applied the first vaccines by scratching cow pox material into the skin, the profound immunological properties of the skin have become evident through research and discoveries only in the last 20 years. The immunological cells in ...
Pros and Cons of Antipsychotics in Children and AdolescentsAbstract. In the last decade the indication of antipsychotics has been expanded from the treatment of psychoses to the treatment of impulsive-aggressive behaviors in mentally retarded children ...
The Febrile Child in Respiratory DistressAbstract. The management of a febrile child with respiratory symptoms warrants an accurate assessment of the severity of the underlying infectious disease and the evaluation of the respiratory stability. The «...
Comprehensive Treatment of Obesity in Childhood and AdolescenceAbstract. Obesity in childhood and adolescence presents a complex challenge. Early recognition by general practitioners is now important. In Switzerland, the ...
Pediatric Metaphyseal and Shaft Fractures of the Lower LegAbstract. Fractures of the lower leg are among the most frequent shaft fractures in children. The majority of these fractures is treated non-operatively. A thorough ...
Tongue Lacerations in Children. The Zurich Tongue SchemeAbstract. Treating injured children is part of everyday life at a pediatrician’s office or in an emergency department. Among the most common injuries are lacerations, ...
Excise tax on children’s use of cigarettes paid by the selling cigarettes firmsBackground: According to estimates of the World Health Organization, during the last century products produced by the tobacco industry were responsible for the deaths of 100 ...
Extended abstractChildren with Developmental Dyscalculia Focus Spontaneously Less on NumerositiesChildren differ in how much they spontaneously pay attention to quantitative aspects in their surroundings. The tendency to Spontaneously Focus On ...
Extended abstractThe Importance of Sleep and Sleep Disorders for Learning and Memory in Children – a ReviewBackground: Sleep plays a decisive role for learning, memory processing, and cognitive functioning. However, sleep can be disturbed in various ...
Young children’s autobiographical memory: methods to improve their free narratives and limitationsAbstract. The present study evaluates an innovative interview technique that is based on Fivush’s (1993) model of the development of autobiographical ...
Pain-related cognitions, pain complaints and somatic distress in children of chronic pain patients and children of healthy parentsAbstract. The study sought to extend earlier findings suggesting that children of chronic pain patients are at a higher risk ...
How do eight-year-olds experience panic attacks?Abstract. In a representative sample of 826 eight-year-olds we examined the frequency of spontaneous and situationally predisposed panic attacks and their association with anxiety sensitivity, physical ...
Prevalence, comorbidity, and gender differences of mental disorders from childhood to early adulthoodAbstract. Background: The Mannheim ACCA study was designed to provide data on the etiology and course of mental disorders from childhood to adulthood. ...
Efficiency of neuropsychological therapy for children with visuo-spatial disorders: Psychometrical and psychosocial effectsAbstract. Visuo-spatial deficits are among the most common neurodevelopmental disorders in children and adolescents. Earlier ...