Abstract: Research on anxiety in later life has advanced significantly in the last two decades. Within the extant literature, there are both gaps and opportunities for further cross-disciplinary linkages in terms of the assessment, ...
Usefulness of the Child Behavior Checklist in assessing behavior problems in childrenSummary:Objectives: The Child Behavior Checklist is used to assess behavioral problems in a large unselected sample of children. In the present study we assess the ...
Summary:Max Isserlin - Founder of Child Psychiatry in Munich.The early days of child and adolescent psychiatry and psychotherapy at the beginning of the 20th century were governed by the schools of thought of that era and by personalities, who as ...
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-...
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:Day treatment in child and adolescent psychiatryObjectives: The history of day treatment in child and adolescent psychiatry in Germany is brief. Accordingly, day treatment programs deal primarily with programming, outcome studies and indications/...
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, ...
Viral encephalitis presents with fever, headache, focal and generalized neurologic symptoms and signs, seizures, and CSF pleocytosis. Herpes simplex Virus (HSV) 1 and arboviruses (flaviruses) are the most common causes of encephalitis in Switzerland. The ...
Noninvasive mechanical ventilation is provided without establishing an endotracheal airway. In acute respiratory failure due to chronic obstructive lung disease, noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation delivered through a nasal or face mask may ...
The increased exposure to UV-radiation as well as the longer life expectation are the main reasons for photo-aging of the skin, which becomes more and more important in dermatology. Chemical peels represent potent agents, which meets not only the ...
Photodamage starts early in childhood due to repeated and unprotected sun exposure. It is observed almost exclusively in individuals with white skin, especially skin phototypes I and II. Clinical studies show that 50 to 80% of an individual’s life time ...
There is no cure for advanced melanoma. Chemo- or chemo-immunotherapy may lead to tumor regression in a minority of patients. New perspectives for treatment derive from recent efforts to develop vaccination strategies for melanoma. Insights into the ...
In this article were described opioids with different analgesic efficacy, their dosage, application, elimination and side effects. On the basis of WHO step ladder rules are opioids important analgesic substances not only for cancer related pain therapy, ...
The patient with mild head injury is the most frequently hospitalised trauma patient. The costs for this treatment are enormous. Guidelines for managing the patients are changing for the last 20 years.
Haematoma rates of 10% have been shown with CT scans ...