Abstract:Mother-child interaction and externalizing disorders in elementary school childrenObjectives: The behavior of eight-year-old children with externalizing disorders (ADHD and CD) in interaction with their mothers was examined. Methods/Results: ...
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 ...
Can a specific assessment of attention contribute to the differential diagnostics of psychiatric disorders?Summary:Objectives: The present study examined whether or not children and adolescents with clinical symptoms can be differentiated according to ...
Genetic findings in Attention-Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)Summary: Attention-Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a common child and adolescent psychiatric disorder with a prevalence rate of 3-7%. Formal genetic studies provided an ...
Socio-moral reasoning in boys with conduct disorder - the influence of cognitive, educational and psychosocial factorsSummary:Objectives: The study explores whether conduct-disordered children differ from healthy children in reference to their moral ...
Behaviour therapy and child welfare – results of an approach to improve mental health care of aggressive childrenObjective: The Training with Aggressive Children (Petermann & Petermann, 2008) was integrated into the setting of a child welfare service. ...
VIA – an intensive therapeutic treatment program for conduct disordersObjectives: Behavioral multimodal therapeutic approaches have proven effective in the treatment of conduct disorders. Yet there are hardly any findings regarding the effectiveness of ...
Multisystemic Therapy (MST) for adolescents with severe conduct disorders in German-speaking Switzerland – implementation and first resultsObjective: To determine the extent to which MST can be applied in German-speaking Switzerland, and the extent to ...
Multisystemic Therapy (MST) for youths with severe conduct disorders – economic evaluation of the implementation in a German-speaking environmentObjective: Multisystemic Therapy (MST) was adapted for implementation in a German-speaking environment. The ...
The meaning of anxiety in the phenotyping of children and adolescents with conduct disorder – a path toward more consistent neurobiological findings?In recent years, neurobiological markers of antisocial behavior have frequently been identified in ...
ADHD and conduct disorders – trends in the German-speaking countriesSince 2009 trends in research and practice have been described for externalising disorders (ADHD and conduct disorders) in the German-speaking countries. In particular, publications of ...
Conduct disorder – is there an evidence base for classification and treatment?This article concerns whether present psychiatric criteria for conduct disorder have sufficient predictive validity. Recent neurobiological findings are briefly summarized ...
The relationship of therapeutic alliance with symptom reduction and treatment satisfaction in the therapeutic treatment of children and adolescents with ADHD and/or conduct disorderObjective: The relationship of therapeutic alliance and outcome is ...
Conduct disordersThe diagnosis conduct disorder (CD) is characterized by aggressive (e.g., physical aggression) as well as nonaggressive symptoms (e.g., violation of rules, truancy). Conclusions regarding the course and prognosis, or recommendations for ...
Abstract. Risperidone is a widely used, second-generation antipsychotic approved for treating schizophrenia as well as for treating aggression in children and adolescents with mental retardation. The substance ...
Abstract. Pre- and perinatal risk factors in autism spectrum disorder and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorderObjective: Epidemiological studies indicate the relevance of pre- and perinatal risk factors for ...
Rejection of closed placement in youth welfare: Two case reports and a discussion of needs and effectivenessAbstract. Locked-door residential care in the custody of adolescents with severe behavioral problems has ...
Die Aufmerksamkeitsdefizit-/Hyperaktivitätsstörung (ADHS) kann im Erwachsenenalter mit erheblichen Einschränkungen im Lebensalltag vergesellschaftet sein. In Straftäterpopulationen kommt ADHS sowohl bei Männern wie auch Frauen überdurchschnittlich häufig ...
Entwicklungspsychopathologie vergleicht normale und abweichende Entwicklungsverläufe und beschäftigt sich vor allem mit den Ursachen und dem Verlauf psychischer Störungen. Am Beispiel der Resilienz (= günstiges Entwicklungsergebnis trotz Exposition an ...
Bei der Erforschung aggressiv-dissozialen Verhaltens wurde die Bedeutung von neuropsychologischen Funktionen bisher vergleichsweise selten berücksichtigt – zudem sind die Ergebnisse heterogen. Mit einer umfangreichen Literatursuche wurden Studien ...