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American Journal on Mental Retardation, 2000
Six tables provide a breakdown of the answers to a survey responded to by 93 experts in the treatment of psychiatric and behavioral problems in people with mental retardation. Questions address confidence in diagnosing such disorders in this population, methods of evaluation, value of various rating scales, appropriateness of medication for…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Clinical Diagnosis, Drug Therapy, Emotional Disturbances
Peer reviewedBaum, Susan M.; Olenchak, F. Richard – Exceptionality, 2002
This article explores the problems that occur when gifted children are misdiagnosed with additional exceptionalities. This dilemma is illustrated through a case study of a gifted child diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Guidelines are suggested for careful diagnosis and a diagnostic matrix for interpreting behavior is…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Case Studies
Peer reviewedMcLaughlin-Cheng, Elissa – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 1998
A meta-analysis of 10 studies on Asperger Syndrome (ASP) and autism suggests that children with ASP perform better on intelligence and cognitive measures and on adaptive behavior functioning measures. The results suggest that ASP can be viewed as a distinct diagnostic category and can be separated from children with autism. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Adolescents, Asperger Syndrome, Autism
Direct linkIdler, Ellen; Leventhal, Howard; McLaughlin, Julie; Leventhal, Elaine – Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 2004
Self-rated health as a predictor of mortality has been studied primarily in large, representative populations, with relatively little progress toward understanding the information processing that individuals use to arrive at these ratings. With subsamples of National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Epidemiologic Follow-up Study…
Descriptors: Diseases, Anatomy, Human Body, Followup Studies
Poehlmann, Julie; Clements, Melissa; Abbeduto, Len; Farsad, Venous – Mental Retardation: A Journal of Practices, Policy and Perspectives, 2005
Although previous findings have shown that parents react intensely to the initial diagnosis of their child's disability, studies focused on long-term outcomes and adjustment are needed. We interviewed 21 mothers whose adolescent or young adult was diagnosed with Down syndrome or fragile X syndrome. Qualitative analysis of data focused on the…
Descriptors: Family Attitudes, Mother Attitudes, Mothers, Clinical Diagnosis
Rowe, Richard; Maughan, Barbara; Costello, E. Jane; Angold, Adrian – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2005
Background: ICD-10 and DSM-IV include similar criterial symptom lists for conduct disorder (CD) and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), but while DSM-IV treats each list separately, ICD-10 considers them jointly. One consequence is that ICD-10 identifies a group of children with ODD subtype who do not receive a diagnosis under DSM-IV. Methods: We…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Identification, Behavior Disorders, Definitions
Malm, D.; Pantel, J.; Linaker, O. M. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2005
Alpha-mannosidosis is characterized by mild to moderate intellectual disability (ID), moderate to severe neurosensory hearing loss, frequent infections, psychomotor disturbances and skeletal dysmorphism. For the first time, a panel of nine alpha-mannosidosis patients with psychiatric symptoms is presented. The clinical picture has several…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Patients, Puberty, Depression (Psychology)
Miranda, Alexis O.; Molina, Bogusia; MacVane, Sandi L. – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 2003
The survival of the murder of a loved one is a psychologically taxing process. Survivors of murder victims experience stressors that originate from the exigencies of the interpersonal, situational, and the criminal justice system domains. Group facilitators must be aware of the experiences and the mental health dynamics common to survivors, the…
Descriptors: Justice, Grief, Homicide, Coping
Graetz, Brian W.; Sawyer, Michael G.; Baghurst, Peter; Ettridge, Kerry – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2006
Objective: To examine whether ADHD gender patterns with respect to social-demographic characteristics, comorbidity, and impairment vary as a function of service use for emotional or behavioral problems. Method: Two hundred and seventy-nine males and 119 females meeting ADHD symptom criteria identified in a nationally representative sample of…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Attention Deficit Disorders, Hyperactivity, Social Influences
Andrade, Naleen N.; Hishinuma, Earl S.; McDermott, John F., Jr.; Johnson, Ronald C.; Goebert, Deborah A.; Makini, George K., Jr.; Nahulu, Linda B.; Yuen, Noelle Y. C.; McArdle, John J.; Bell, Cathy K.; Carlton, Barry S.; Miyamoto, Robin H.; Nishimura, Stephanie T.; Else, Iwalani R. N.; Guerrero, Anthony P. S.; Darmal, Arsalan; Yates, Alayne; Waldron, Jane A. – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2006
Objectives: The prevalence rates of disorders among a community-based sample of Hawaiian youths were determined and compared to previously published epidemiological studies. Method: Using a two-phase design, 7,317 adolescents were surveyed (60% participation rate), from which 619 were selected in a modified random sample during the 1992-1993 to…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Identification, Incidence, Anxiety
Download full textAxelrod, Lee H.; Zvi, Jennifer C. – 1997
Thirty-three college students with learning disabilities responded to a request to identify their learning disability. The responses were then coded and a summary of the professional diagnoses of the learning disabilities was added to the students' self-descriptions. Five authorities in the field of learning disabilities were asked to use a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Advocacy, Clinical Diagnosis, Cognitive Processes
Bullock, Wesley A.; And Others – 1995
A multidimensional clinical assessment project was conducted on an at-risk adolescent population (n=78) in a public school setting. The focus of the project was on the identification of specific learning disabilities (LD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) as they relate to mental health problems and scholastic difficulties.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Problems
Blumberg, Phyllis; And Others – 1994
Altering the age of a patient in a problem-based curriculum should encourage students to explore ethical issues related to human development. To assess the influence of a patient's age on problem-based tutorial discussion, the relevant discussion categories and the numbers of age-related discussions were compared. Subjects were four groups of six…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Clinical Diagnosis, Context Effect, Cues
Brown, M. Kathryn; Obermiller, Phillip J. – 1990
This study compares the health status of Appalachian children living in Cincinnati neighborhoods to that of children living in five predominantly low-income black neighborhoods and children living in the rest of Cincinnati. Age-specific, standardized morbidity ratio analyses were performed to compare the frequency of admissions to hospital and…
Descriptors: Black Youth, Child Health, Children, Clinical Diagnosis
Hobus, Pie P. M.; And Others – 1990
This study examined reasons why novice physicians, even after 6 years of medical education, are apparently unable to utilize a patient's contextual information (age, sex, profession, previous diseases, operations, and medical therapy) in the same accurate manner in disease diagnosis as their more experienced colleagues. Sixteen family physicians,…
Descriptors: Case Records, Clinical Diagnosis, Clinical Experience, Comparative Analysis
