Showing papers in "Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America in 1999"

TL;DR: Although the prevalence of OC symptoms and of OCD are not different for boys and girls, there may be gender differences in the symptom types and the boundary of the diagnosis of OCD is not always easy to determine.

TL;DR: Given the prevalence of these problems in the child and adolescent population and its likely impact on cognitive and behavioral functioning, health professionals need to become increasingly aware of and knowledgeable about sleep and sleep disorders.

TL;DR: The literature on the short and long term sequelae of physically and sexually abused and neglected children, along with controversies generated by the studies themselves are explored.

TL;DR: The hypothesis that the early phases of romantic love and early parental love share phenomenologically an overlapping set of mental states and behaviors and the hypothesis that these highly conserved behavioral and neural systems and the genetic messages that guide their development are intimately involved in the pathogenesis of OCD is examined.

TL;DR: The currently approved medications for the treatment of children and adolescents with OCD, their side effect profiles, approaches to refractory OCD, and a discussion of drug interactions are described.

TL;DR: The influence of genetic factors has been suggested from the earliest descriptions of obsessive-compulsive disorder, and a number of studies have been conducted to determine to what extent OCD is heritable.

TL;DR: It is suggested that adjunctive interventions including family involvement in treatment, anxiety management training, cognitive restructuring, contingency management, and supportive therapy may enhance the efficacy of ERP through the enhancement of treatment compliance and motivation.

TL;DR: Evidence for the deleterious effects of lithium and the anticonvulsants carbamazepine and depakote is well-established and compelling, and more prospective studies are required before the safety of the atypical antipsychotics and the newer antidepressants is established.

TL;DR: The authors review current neuroanatomic models of OCD and examine neuroimaging and neuropsychologic studies designed to test those models and examine irregularities of neurotransmitter systems though to be involved in OCD.

TL;DR: If this line of research reveals definable, and relatively specific, immune abnormalities in at least some cases of TS and OCD, it will likely have important implications for the diagnosis and treatment of these common neuropsychiatric disorders, particularly in children who respond poorly to conventional therapies.

TL;DR: Combining neuro-psychological assessment with neuroimaging methods is a particularly powerful approach that promises to delineate the pathobiology of these disorders more precisely and to determine the degree of overlap between child and adult onset forms of OCD.

TL;DR: Careful longitudinal clinical descriptive studies, as well as the ongoing application of genetic, neuroimaging, and immunologic techniques, promise to advance the understanding of how genotype and environmental factors interact to produce the diverse clinical forms of OCD.

TL;DR: A developmental model that integrates genetic and neurobiologic vulnerability, cognitive models of information processing, behavioral coping strategies, and familial and peer relationships is posited.

TL;DR: The recovery phase and functional sequelae following traumatic brain injury are addressed, which include shearing injury, which might be seen in a shaken infant, and penetrating injury from a foreign body, such as a bullet.

TL;DR: Common roadblocks to effective teamwork are reviewed, especially among educational and medical professionals, as solutions to the typical problems in collaboration.

TL;DR: A thorough history, examination, and a neurologic evaluation with charting of the temporal pattern of the headache and evaluation of psychosocial factors will allow the correct diagnosis to be made.

TL;DR: The first section of this article focuses on epidemiology, cause, diagnosis, and treatment of brain tumors in children and adolescents, and a special emphasis is paid to cognitive and psychological outcomes.

TL;DR: Assessments based on dynamic systems theory allow therapists to quantify abilities, document subtle changes over time, and provide information on the qualitative aspects of movement.

TL;DR: Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is reviewed from the perspective of speech-language pathology, and various characteristics of the communicative process that co-occur with ADHD are presented.

TL;DR: Comorbidity and communication problems that accompany a variety of childhood psychiatric conditions are outlined and empirical studies and clinical impressions of these co-occurring problems are described.

TL;DR: Assessment, differential diagnosis, and treatment planning for children and adolescents with obsessions and compulsions, comorbid difficulties, and overall developmental and adaptive functioning are discussed.

TL;DR: A systems perspective was used to emphasize the interrelatedness of different disciplines as well as the complex nature of relationships in early childhood assessment teams.

TL;DR: This article provided an introduction to AAC systems for children and adolescents with severe spoken-language disorders and recommended assessment and intervention practices are continuing to develop.

TL;DR: Within both the pragmatics orientation and the revised definition of MR, the discussion of communication disorders for children with MR has begun to de-emphasize a developmental content-form protocol for assessment and intervention.

TL;DR: Many medications are used to treat epilepsy and psychiatric disease, all of which interact with each other pharmacodynamically, as well as acting on the clinical manifestations of the disorders.

TL;DR: Phenomenology of the disorders as well as clinical presentation, basic pathophysiology, genetics, and treatment are discussed.

TL;DR: Central nervous system infections in children and adolescents involve a wide spectrum of illnesses, ranging from acute self-limited diseases, such as enteroviral meningitis, to severe diffuse or focal infections resulting in devastating neurologic sequelae.

TL;DR: The agenda for the next decade of work is to bring together multiple viewpoints around critical areas for the development of the field, including improved diagnostic nosology, a better understanding of the number of young children needing services, pathways for accessing those services, and more explicit descriptions of the important features of a mental health intervention for very young children and their families.

TL;DR: The integration of various aspects of the child's development, particularly the development of language and communication, and the way in which these developments interact to enable the child to construct a coherent sense of self are discussed.

TL;DR: Some principles useful in identifying children with neuropsychiatric symptoms who will prove to have metabolic disease are presented.