Showing papers in "Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America in 1994"

TL;DR: Family, twin, and adoption studies provide compelling evidence that genes play a strong role in mediating susceptibility to ADHD and the need for future candidate gene studies to implement strategies that will provide enough statistical power to detect such small effects.

TL;DR: The neurotransmitter, neuroendocrine, and immune system responses likely to be activated by childhood maltreatment are reviewed to inform future therapists of the many victims of child abuse.

TL;DR: The only statewide university-affiliated program for the treatment and education of autistic and communication handicapped children as discussed by the authors has been in existence for 28 years and has been described in detail.

TL;DR: The role of the child and adolescent psychiatrist in the consultation and liaison to pediatric organ transplant teams and their patients is reviewed and recommendations for psychiatric intervention and possible avenues for research are made.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present guidelines for diagnostic features of childhood disintegrative disorder, a condition that is similar to autism in its behavioral features but differs from autism in terms of its onset, course, and outcome.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used principles from the field of developmental psychopathology to provide a conceptual framework for understanding ontogenetic processes in maltreated children and suggested intervention strategies guided by developmental theory.

TL;DR: Epidemiologic studies of psychiatric childhood disorders have differed broadly in the geographic areas sample, the age ranges sampled, the assessment methods used to ascertain cases, and the correlates and potential risk factors studied.

TL;DR: Preliminary evidence suggests that drugs that increase serotonin neurotransmission may be useful in reducing interfering repetitive behavior and aggression and in improving social relatedness in some children and adults.

TL;DR: The "quality of life" construct represents both an advance in the development of newer tools of diagnosis and treatment for this unique population, and a recognition in the area of clinical investigation that the emotional life of a child is as important a measure of the success of medical treatment as the response of a tumor mass to chemotherapy or the reduction in blood urea nitrogen following dialysis.

TL;DR: A comprehensive review of the literature that documents comorbidity with the disruptive behavior disorders and develops a conceptual frame of reference for understanding this phenomenon is provided in this paper, where the authors provide a comprehensive review.

TL;DR: The literature on the psychosocial correlates of witnessing spouse abuse is reviewed, and assessment and treatment strategies targeting this population are presented in this paper, where the authors identify that witnessing marital aggression between parents is a risk factor for the intergenerational transmission of violence as well as for a wide range of behavioral and emotional difficulties.

TL;DR: In this article, recent research on children's memory, suggestibility, and communicative competence is discussed, and suggestions for interviewing children about sexual abuse are provided, with the goal of obtaining valid memories from abused children.

TL;DR: Autism is an early-onset disorder characterized by disruption in basic social-communicative processes and a host of treatments have been proposed, but many have not been systematically well evaluated.

TL;DR: Specific considerations, approaches, and interventions that are important to the care of children and their families after acute traumatic injury are discussed.

TL;DR: Data consistent with conduct disorder being associated with lower verbal IQ and decreased noradrenergic and serotonergic function is summarized.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors explored the continuity of aggression, violence, and antisocial behavior from childhood through adolescence to adulthood, and the effects of various treatments on such outcomes, and described the current studies involving a multimodal treatment approach for attentiondeficit hyperactive disorder.

TL;DR: The majority of classroom interventions are based on contingency management approaches, which include systematic application of consequences by teachers and the use of peer-mediated strategies as discussed by the authors, which are often very effective.

TL;DR: A basic, general approach to child and adolescent psychiatric consultation on a pediatric ward, including issues of availability, relationships, levels of consultation, preparation, procedure, report, confidentiality, and follow-up are described.

TL;DR: Childhood-onset schizophrenia presents an opportunity to study the interaction between development and the schizophrenic process and the determinants of early onset remain unknown and unaccounted for by current neuromaturational theories of schizophrenia.

TL;DR: A scheme is presented to identify the relationship between disorders for which impairment cannot be explained by medical symptoms and disorders that are organic, psychological, or mixed, which include delirium, malingering, factitious disorders, hypochondriasis, and conversion or somatization disorders.

TL;DR: The design of the DSM-IV Disruptive Behavior Disorder Field Trials was discussed in this paper, where the analytic methods were elaborated on in detail, particularly in iterative multiple bootstrapping strategy.

TL;DR: Although the clinician is advised to begin from the premise that every child is "testable," this conviction must be tempered with the realization that the clinical assessment of autistic children is often the "art of the impossible."

TL;DR: If the extensive needs of these abused, neglected, emotionally or psychiatrically ill children were addressed, society could be spared a proportion of antisocial adults in the not-too-distant future.

TL;DR: An overview of the major clinical approaches and representative research investigations within the area of behavioral assessment and treatment of pediatric pain puts a particular emphasis on multidimensional models of pain expression, assessment, and intervention.

TL;DR: Stimulants and attention-deficit hyperactive disorder dominate the field with the role of other drugs and the management of other disruptive behavior disorders being much less stimulated.

TL;DR: The consultant can help the school provide support to other children when a child or adolescent in the school has died.

TL;DR: The history and evolution of systems theory and its ongoing application to consultation-liaison psychiatry are reviewed.

TL;DR: A summary of the research on the prevalence, demographics, associated mental health problems, and treatment strategies for abused adolescents is presented.

TL;DR: Some of the physical and psychological aspects of AIDS and HIV infection in children and families are described, some of the challenges that are presented to those who develop intervention on their behalf are outlined, and an innovative program is details.

TL;DR: This article discusses several of the problems with respect to four common treatments for attention deficit disorder: medication, parent training, cognitive and behavioral therapy, and educational intervention.