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Lauritsen, Marlene B.; Jorgensen, Meta; Madsen, Kreesten M.; Lemcke, Sanne; Toft, Susanne; Grove, Jakob; Schendel, Diana E.; Thorsen, Poul – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2010
The purpose of this study was to assess the validity of the diagnosis of childhood autism in the Danish Psychiatric Central Register (DPCR) by reviewing medical records from 499 of 504 total children with childhood autism born 1990-1999. Based on review of abstracted behaviors recorded in case records from child psychiatric hospitals, case status…
Descriptors: Case Records, Autism, Psychiatric Hospitals, Validity
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Egelund, Tine; Jakobsen, Turf Bocker – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 2009
This article explores a paradox that was identified during an ethnographic study of two Danish therapeutic residential institutions for children with emotional and behavioural problems. The key objective of these institutions is to provide specialized treatment for the individual child. However, the task of organizing everyday life for a group of…
Descriptors: Residential Care, Residential Institutions, Ethnography, Behavior Disorders