Factor Structure and Psychometric Properties of a Brief German Version of the Alcohol Expectancy Questionnaire (Brief AEQ-G)Summary: Factor structure, reliability and validity of a German version of the Alcohol Expectancy Questionnaire (AEQ) are ...
Long-Term Effects of Training Phonological Awareness and Letter-Knowledge on Literacy AcquisitionSummary: This paper reports on long-term effects of a training study (Schneider, Roth & Ennemoser, 2000). Children at risk for dyslexia underwent different ...
Zusammenfassung: In der vorliegenden Studie werden Implementation und Wirksamkeit eines soziales Problemlösetrainings bei Vorschulkindern mit kognitiven und sozialen Entwicklungsdefiziten untersucht. 32 Kinder (je 16 in Trainings- und Kontrollgruppe) ...
Behavior Therapy in Children with Conduct DisorderSummary: Conduct disorder in children and adolescents is prevalent and has a poor prognosis: it is now considered to be a chronic condition that requires treatment as well as life-long monitoring. Two ...
Zusammenfassung. Bullying stellt eine Form von Gewalt dar, die zum Schulalltag vieler Schülerinnen und Schüler gehört und sowohl körperliche und verbale Gewalt, aber auch Hänseleien oder Viktimisierung durch systematische Ausgrenzung einzelner ...
Die Antibiotika-assoziierte Diarrhoe (AAD) ist insbesondere bei ambulanten Patienten eine häufig auftretende unerwünschte Arzneimittelwirkung bei der Behandlung mit Antibiotika. Prinzipiell kann eine solche Diarrhoe durch jedes Antibiotikum ausgelöst ...
Die Osteoporose, deren Prävalenz mit zunehmendem Alter steigt, stellt ein grosses Problem für die Volksgesundheit dar. Mit der Zunahme der Lebenserwartung und den damit verbundenen demographischen Veränderungen werden die Auswirkungen der Osteoporose ...
Fragestellung: Wie wirkt sich das Grundschulprogramm Klasse2000 auf den Einstieg in den Zigaretten- und/oder heimlichen Alkoholkonsum aus? Methodik: Aufgeteilt auf die beiden Bedingungen „Teilnahme an Klasse2000“ vs. „Keine Teilnahme an Klasse2000“ wurden ...
Alcohol Prevention Programs for College Students: How to Shape Alcohol Prevention Programs for College Students? Findings from an Empirical StudyBackground and aims: Students show consumption patterns specifically relating to alcohol, which are ...
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 ...
Fragestellung: Die Aktionswoche Alkohol, die seit 2007 in einem zweijährigen Rhythmus von der Deutschen Hauptstelle für Suchtfragen e. V. (DHS) veranstaltet wird, zielt auf einen bewussteren und maßvolleren Umgang mit Alkohol in der Bevölkerung. Im Jahr ...
Position Paper on Screen Media Use: Problem Dimensions and Prevention StrategiesAim: In this position paper we identify, compare and discuss different strategies for preventing problematic and addictive use of screen media in children and adolescents ...
Fragestellung: Nur ein kleiner Teil der Personen mit einem problematischen Glücksspielverhalten wendet sich an eine spezialisierte Beratungsstelle. Es kann jedoch davon ausgegangen werden, dass ein Teil der betroffenen Personen Unterstützung von ...
Hintergrund: „Lieber schlau als blau“ wurde als Alkohol-Präventions-Programm für Schulen entwickelt. Im Mittelpunkt steht ein Trinkexperiment, in dem Jugendliche unter sicheren Rahmenbedingungen eine vorab vereinbarte Alkoholmenge konsumieren. In drei ...
Family-Based Prevention in Children and Adolescents – Implementation of the Strengthening Families Program in GermanyAims: To what extent are family-based programs for the prevention of substance use disorder (SUD) in children and adolescents evidence-...
Cognitive distortions among pathological sports bettors compared with slot machine gamblers – an analysis based on the Gamblers’ Beliefs QuestionnaireAbstract.Objective: International gambling research has ...
Prevention of gambling addiction: Why measures of protection by gambling providers are insufficientAbstract.Background: With the amendment of the Gambling Treaty, a further expansion of the gambling market is ...
Recommendation on Gambling Advertising during the Corona PandemicAbstract.Theoretical background: Gambling advertising appears to be inherently conflicting with the particularly important goals of addiction ...
Demands for Protection against SARS-CoV-2 in PrisonsAbstract.Background: The World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe has published interim guidance material on how to deal with the coronavirus ...
Approaches to Preventing Early Adolescent Alcohol Use: Early Childhood Risk Factors, Drinking Motives, and Mother-Adolescent AgreementAbstract.Purpose: In the present study, both early childhood- as well as ...
Prevention of Hazardous Substance Use Among Refugees: A Systematic ReviewAbstract.Introduction: Due to their experiences in their country of origin and during their flight and the stressors in the country of ...
Effects of Consumer Protection Measures in Online Gambling: A Systematic ReviewAbstract: Aim: With the increasing popularity of internet-based gambling offers, the question of prevention measures to effectively ...
Harm Reduction and Cannabis: What Changes with Legalization?Abstract: The legalisation of cannabis offers several opportunities but also uncertainties regarding harm reduction. There are opportunities in improved ...
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 ...
Learning disorders: An unavoidable fate?Abstract. Approximately a third of all children in Germany experience particular learning difficulties during primary schooling, with respect to the acquisition of reading, ...
Suicide Among the Elderly in Italy: An Epidemiological Focus in the Light of International TrendsAbstract: Suicide rates of the elderly in Italy have remained high but stable over preceding decades. A steady increase has been observed among elderly ...
Care of the Suicidal Elderly in SwitzerlandAbstract: Although the living conditions of the elderly in Switzerland seem to be favourable, they do not prevent them from having a high rate of suicide. There is observed a progressive increase between in the ...
Abstract: In 1996 the “Erzbistum Bamberg”, the “Bistum Eichstätt” and the catholic “Bildungswerk” of the “Diözese Linz” in Austria started to train SimA coaches based on the original SimA training materials. Since then some thousand senior citizens ...
What Protects Against Dementia?Abstract: Regarding the increasing number of people with dementia in the next decades and the limited possibilities in the treatment of this disease, prevention of dementia will get an increasing importance for the medicine ...
Hintergrund: Der plötzliche Kindstod ist eine Ausschlussdiagnose und gilt als multifaktorielles Geschehen. Frühgeborene sind hochgefährdet. Sie müssen besonders vor additiven Risikofaktoren geschützt werden. Präventionskampagnen helfen, die Todesrate zu ...
Cross-sectional study on skin tears in fragile, aging skin: nursing deficits in a common problem in GermanyAbstract.Background: Skin tears are internationally classified as a common phenomenon in elderly people. ...
Delirium prevention and management: Development and implementation of a non-pharmacological catalog of measures in the acute settingAbstract.Background: In October 2018, a new delirium management concept was developed in a ...
Evaluation of the implementation of non-pharmacological measures for the prevention and treatment of delirium: A retrospective cohort studyAbstract. Background: Delirium is burdensome for the affected patients, their ...
Abstract. Musicians suffering from music performance anxiety (MPA) fear and/or avoid performing situations. While performing, they often experience physiological (like increased heart rate or sweating), cognitive (...
First effects of training phonological awareness in two age cohorts of kindergarten childrenSummary:Objective: This study investigated to what extent young kindergarten children already benefit from training phonological awareness. Methods: The training ...
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-...
Early prevention program for delinquent children – home-based interventions for children with ADHD and CD and their familiesObjective: This pilot study carried out in cooperation with the Mannheim police department investigates the effectiveness of a ...
Prevention of dyslexia – effects of a home-based training to promote early literacy. A pilot studyObjective: The importance of preschool programs to enhance children’s phonological abilities in order to prevent dyslexia has been proved often. In contrast,...
Evaluation of a preschool program to promote phonological awareness and letter-sound correspondence – long-term effects in the prevention of dyslexia at the end of the 3rd and 4th gradesObjective: The present study evaluates the long-term effects of a ...
Social information processing in physically and relationally aggressive preschool childrenObjective: It was examined whether physically and relationally aggressive children exhibit deficits in social information processing. Method: 193 preschool children ...
Efficacy of universal and selective prevention on depression in children and adolescents. A systematic reviewObjective: Unipolar depressive disorder often begins in childhood, making it essential to prevent the development of depressive disorders early ...
Abstract. Zusammenfassung: Fragestellung: Das Präventionsprogramm für Expansives Problemverhalten (PEP), entwickelt für Eltern (EL) und ErzieherInnen (ER) von Vorschulkindern, zeigte in beiden Modulen ...
Prevention of dyslexia – short-term and intermediate effects of promoting phonological awareness and letter-sound correspondence with at-risk preschool children Abstract.Objective: This study assesses the short-...
Prevention of eating disorder: a reviewAbstract. Eating disorders are severe mental illnesses that are challenging to treat and often follow a chronic course. They are associated with immense impairment on the ...
Progress and challenges in the analysis of big data in social media of adolescentsAbstract. Social media are ubiquitous today, and adolescents use them to express their thoughts, feelings, and behaviours. New ...
Prevention of substance use disordersAbstract.Introduction: Adolescence is a vulnerable period for the development of Substance Use Disorders and preventive intervention is a public health priority. In this ...
The prevention of externalizing disturbancesAbstract. Objectives: Externalizing disturbances (attention deficit-hyperactivity disorders, oppositional defiant disorders, conduct disorders) in children and ...
Abstract.Objective: Research on the dissemination of e-mental health interventions is in an early stage, so that little is known about the reach, costs, participant characteristics, and patterns of program ...
Intervention programs for psychological stress in children of military personnel in the USA – Results of a systematic literature review with regard to transferability to GermanyAbstract. Military personnel who have ...
Preventive and therapeutic interventions for children of mentally ill parentsAbstract. The risk of developing mental disorders increases markedly in children of mentally ill parents. Several risk factors have been ...
Examining the effects of dissonance-based primary prevention of Internet and computer-game addiction on attitudes toward gaming among grade 5 pupils: A pilot studyAbstract.Objective: To date, childhood has hardly ...
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 ...
Galt die ADHS vor einigen Jahren noch als eine Erkrankung des Kindes- und Jugendalters, so versteht man heute darunter ein Störungsbild über die Lebensspanne. Mit Beginn im Vorschulalter divergieren die Symptome in Abhängigkeit des Alters. Daraus lässt ...
Es wird das Trainingsprogramm zur Förderung der phonologischen Bewusstheit für Erstklässler, Lobo vom Globo, vorgestellt. Das Training richtet sich an den gesamten Klassenverband und erstreckt sich über einen Zeitraum von zwölf Wochen. Es wird untersucht, ...
Zusammenfassung.Die vorliegende Studie untersucht die Effekte des JobFit-Trainings für Jugendliche (JFT, Petermann & Petermann, 2010) anhand einer Stichprobe von 87 Schülern. Es wurden zwei Prämessungen (2 Monate vor Trainingsbeginn und unmittelbar vor ...
Die Studie (n = 273) vergleicht die Wirksamkeit des JobFit-Trainings bei Jugendlichen mit und ohne Migrationshintergrund. 130 Schüler haben einen Migrationshintergrund und 143 Schüler sind deutschstämmig. Alle Schüler verbessern sich in ihren sozialen ...
Eating disorders – new challengesAbstract. The present issue focuses on new challenges in the domain of eating disorder research. Eating disorders do not only lead to severe impairment of mental and physical health,...
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 ...
Prevention in childhood and adolescenceAbstract. Prevention approaches aim to implement scientifically sound concepts, especially in day care centers, schools, at the workplace and in nursing homes. On the basis of ...
Review of risk factors for cyberbullying victimization in childhood and adolescence and recommendations for preventionAbstract. Cyberbullying leads to serious psychological and social consequences for the victims. ...
Emotional development during the transition to adolescence: Long-term-effects of the prevention program “Emotion Training with Students”Abstract. The aim of the study was to examine the long-term effects of the ...
Knowledge and action – parenting needs of mothers with young children: A qualitative studyAbstract. Parental parenting skills, such as those taught in parenting training courses, are an important approach to ...
Now, more than ever, everyone is talking about burnout syndrome. As was previously the case with neurasthenia, the aim is to characterize a job-related stress and non-stigmatized clinical picture. However, burnout is neither a psychiatric diagnosis nor a ...
Der plötzliche Herztod von jungen Athleten ist ein einschneidendes und tragisches Ereignis, welches viel mediale Aufmerksamkeit auf sich zieht, obwohl die Inzidenz niedrig ist (1–2/100000 pro Jahr). Die häufigste Ursache ist die hypertrophe ...
The treatment of wounds is a challenge that caregivers of all specialities encounter daily in the care of an ageing population and chronically ill patients. An interdisciplinary group has been created in recent years within the Hospices-CHUV to assist ...
Check-up is a frequent motivation for patients to see their general practitioner. The challenge lies in the choice of screening tools to accomplish an efficient, individual and age-adapted approach. In this article we review evidence-based screening ...
The available data on adolescent health, weather statistics of mortality, hospital-based information or the one originating from health survey identify five main sources of concern: mental health problems, intentional and unintentional violence, chronic ...
Nephrolithiasis is a common disease with a high recurrence rate. It is associated with a significant morbidity for an individual patient, but also an immense socioeconomic burden. A better understanding and recognition of underlying risk factors and ...
Solid organ transplant recipients are highly susceptible to skin cancer. The major driving factors are immunosuppressive medication and ultraviolet light. Appropriate sun protection markedly reduces the development of skin cancer. Skin cancer recognized ...
Urological Diseases in Men and their PreventionAbstract. The late-onset hypogonadism is defined as a reduction of blood testosterone values in aging males in combination with sexual symptoms. A hormone substitution is only necessary if desired by the ...
xxxAbstract. PFO-closure for secondary stroke prevention proved to be superior over medical therapy. This was shown in several meta-analyses of the three large randomized trials. According to the current evidence, PFO-closure should be the preferred ...
Prevention and Screening of Colorectal Cancer – an OverviewAbstract. Colorectal cancer is the third most frequent cause of death in Switzerland, approximately 4,000 people are diagnosed annually. Most colon carcinomas occur ...
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 ...
Abstract. Risk modification through lifestyle is a key element in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular and cerebral diseases. By optimally controlling the classical, modifiable cardiovascular risk factors the risk ...
Infections during ImmunosuppressionAbstract. Immunomodulating and immunosuppressive therapies are being used more and more frequently. Depending on the mechanism of action and the underlying disease, there is an increased ...
Sustainably Anchoring Exercise as a Therapy in Health CareAbstract. Regular exercise reduces the risk of suffering from noncommunicable diseases such as cancer or diabetes. Within the framework of the National Strategy for ...
Physical Activity and CancerAbstract. This article aims to summarize the literature on the role of physical activity in cancer patients and to propose exercise programs based on studies and ...
Tooth Erosions Associated with Gastroesophageal Reflux: Cause, Prevention and Restorative TherapyAbstract. Dental erosions are caused by the recurring contact of solutions which are unsaturated in tooth minerals,...
HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa: Where Are We Today?Abstract. In sub-Saharan Africa the HIV epidemic has changed remarkedly due to expanded testing and easier access to antiretroviral medication. The rate of new ...
Medical Daily Routine in the Tropics: A Case-Based OverviewAbstract. When we speak about «medicine in the tropics» it is malaria epidemics, diarrheal diseases and worm infections that come to mind. A lesser-known ...
CoLaus: Diet, the Forgotten Key to Preventing Cardiovascular DiseasesAbstract. Healthy eating is paramount for the prevention and management of cardiovascular diseases. Still, data from the CoLaus study show that ...
Physical Activity in the Prevention and Treatment of Eating DisordersAbstract. On the one hand, excessive or insufficient physical activity is a phenomenological feature and an important etiological factor in eating ...
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come evaluation that compared Ger-
man and Italian adolescents in a sub-
stance-misuse prevention programme.
<span class?"fett">Method:</span> Data analyses were based on two evaluation studies (a pre-and post-...
Effects of repeated participation in the
non-smoking competition »Be Smart – Don’t Start«<span class="fett">Aim:</span> To study the effects of repeated participation in the competition »Be Smart – Don’t Start«. </p><p> <span class="fett">Method:</span> ...
New approaches to the prevention and treatment of cannabis-use disorders<span class="fett">Aims:</span> To report the results of and conclusions drawn from a meeting on the topic, »Cannabis: New Developments in Prevention and Treatment,« which was ...
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 ...