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Alexander Häge; Kenneth K. C. Man; Sarah K. Inglis; Jan Buitelaar; Sara Carucci; Marina Danckaerts; Ralf W. Dittmann; Bruno Falissard; Peter Garas; Chris Hollis; Kerstin Konrad; Hanna Kovshoff; Elizabeth Liddle; Suzanne McCarthy; Antje Neubert; Peter Nagy; Eric Rosenthal; Edmund J. S. Sonuga-Barke; Alessandro Zuddas; Ian C. K. Wong; David Coghill; Tobias Banaschewski; ADDUCE Consortium – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2024
Objective: Short-term RCTs have demonstrated that MPH-treatment significantly reduces ADHD-symptoms, but is also associated with adverse events, including sleep problems. However, data on long-term effects of MPH on sleep remain limited. Methods: We performed a 2-year naturalistic prospective pharmacovigilance multicentre study. Participants were…
Descriptors: Sleep, Barriers, Children, Adolescents
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Chok, Lorraine; Suris, Joan-Carles; Barrense-Dias, Yara – Qualitative Research Journal, 2023
Purpose: Adolescence is an important life stage including physical, emotional and social changes that make adolescents vulnerable to mental health issues. To face these emotional and behavioral problems, adolescents may use various coping strategies. This exploratory qualitative study aimed to better understand the coping strategies when…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Young Adults, Mental Health
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Pullen Sansfaçon, Annie; Medico, Denise; Riggs, Damien; Carlile, Anna; Suerich-Gulick, Frank – Journal of LGBT Youth, 2023
Trans and non-binary youth (TNBY) face high levels of interpersonal and social adversity as well as disproportionate rates of mental health issues such as depression, self-harm and suicidal ideation. Among protective factors, context plays a key role. In addition to parental support, access to gender-affirming medical care begins to emerge as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, LGBTQ People, Access to Health Care, Cultural Differences
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Raible-Destan, Nesrin; Stulz, Niklaus; Hepp, Urs; Ribeaud, Denis; Eisner, Manuel; Steinhoff, Annekatrin; Shanahan, Lilly; Sell, Aaron; Kupferschmid, Stephan – European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2022
The goal of the current analyses was to explore associations of self-rated physical attractiveness with facets of psychological well-being across adolescence. Participants provided information on their perceived physical attractiveness, internalized distress, suicidal ideation, and self-harm at 15, 17 and 20 years of age. Male adolescents…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Aesthetics, Mental Health, Well Being
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Lang, Christin; Brand, Serge; Colledge, Flora; Holsboer-Trachsler, Edith; Pühse, Uwe; Gerber, Markus – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2019
The aim was to develop, implement, and evaluate a physical education-based coping training program for vocational students. Two vocational schools participated in the quasi-experimental pilot study (EPHECT I). One school received the intervention (intervention group: n = 434), while the other school maintained regular physical education classes…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Stress Management, Physical Education, Vocational Schools
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Holzer, Laurent; Pihet, Sandrine; Passini, Christina Moses; Feijo, Isabelle; Camus, Didier; Eap, Chin – Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2014
Purpose: To determine the prevalence of substance use among adolescent psychiatric outpatients using a variety of data sources. Method: Using a questionnaire, 3-month prevalence of substance use data were obtained from 50 adolescents and their health care providers. Adolescents' self-reports and providers' clinical impressions were compared with…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Psychiatric Services, Patients, Drug Use Testing
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Endrass, Jerome; Rossegger, Astrid; Urbaniok, Frank; Laubacher, Arja; Pierce, Christine Schnyder; Moskvitin, Konstantin – New Directions for Youth Development, 2011
The Swiss legal system places strong emphasis on risk assessment and treatment of potentially violent offenders. Especially after the 2001 Zug massacre, there is close cooperation between the judicial and mental health systems to prevent violence through early detection and intervention. A case study of a risk management program for a dangerous…
Descriptors: Violence, Risk Management, Identification, Foreign Countries
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Malti, Tina; Ribeaud, Denis; Eisner, Manuel P. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2011
This article reports the effectiveness of two universal prevention programs in reducing externalizing behavior in elementary school children. A sample of 1,675 first graders in 56 Swiss elementary schools was randomly assigned to a school-based social competence intervention, a parental training intervention, both, or control. Externalizing…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Intervention, Prevention, Caregivers
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Steinhausen, Hans-Christoph; Metzke, Christa Winkler – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2001
Studied the relative contribution to and function of general risk factors for mental disorders and compensatory, vulnerability, and protective factors in a sample of 1,110 preadolescents and adolescents in Switzerland. Identified general risk factors for both sexes and general compensatory factors, which included self-esteem and acceptance by…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Mental Health, Parent Child Relationship
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Plancherel, Bernard; Bolognini, Monique – Journal of Adolescence, 1995
Focused on mental health and protective factors in early adolescence. Significant relations between coping strategies and mental health were found, which are different according to gender: girls invest in more social relations, negative feelings, and consumption habits; boys often use sense of humor, or practice a hobby or sport. (JBJ)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Coping, Elementary Education
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Bolognini, Monique; And Others – Journal of Adolescence, 1996
A longitudinal study of a general population (n=219; M age 12, 13, and 14), was carried out between 1990 and 1993 over 3 years in Lausanne (Switzerland). Sought information on global changes in self-esteem during early adolescence, ways in which young people perceive themselves, differences between boys and girls regarding self-esteem, and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Development, Early Adolescents, Foreign Countries
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Husler, Gebhard; Werlen, Egon; Blakeney, Ronny – Journal of Community Psychology, 2005
As there have been few science-based evaluations of secondary prevention programs, the Federal Office of Public Health in Switzerland carried out a national program evaluation at 12 sites in the French- and German-speaking parts of Switzerland to study the question, "What works in secondary prevention?" These 12 centers offer different…
Descriptors: Intervention, Program Evaluation, National Programs, Prevention