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Khan, Anowra; Malik, Tamkeen Ashraf; Ahmed, Shaf; Riaz, Ayesha – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2020
Background: Pakistan is a Lower and Middle Income Country with a scarcity of resources for mental health services but high prevalence of mental health problems particularly anxiety and depression. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) has been deemed an empirically supported treatment for anxiety disorders among children, but evidence is lacking from…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Health Services, Coping, Anxiety
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Halei Benefield; Amie Bettencourt; Melissa Lee; Carol Vidal – School Mental Health, 2024
School-based mental health programs (SBMHP) are vital to providing youth access to mental health services. This study aims to characterize changes in therapy encounters and psychotropic medication prescriptions in an urban SBMHP during the COVID-19 pandemic. We used electronic medical records to extract demographic, clinical, and utilization data…
Descriptors: Drug Therapy, School Health Services, Mental Health, Access to Health Care
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Bernard, Ria; Hofslundsengen, Hilde; Norbury, Courtenay Frazier – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2022
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate whether there are elevated symptoms of anxiety or depression in children and adolescents (aged 2-18 years) who stutter, and to identify potential moderators of increased symptom severity. Method: We conducted a preregistered systematic review of databases and gray literature; 13 articles met…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Depression (Psychology), Stuttering, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
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Edmunds, Chrisse; Alcaraz, Melissa – Youth & Society, 2021
Adolescent mental health has implications for current and future wellbeing. While a link exists between poverty and mental health, little is known about how experiencing material hardship, such as insecurity of food, housing, utilities, and medical care, throughout early childhood affects adolescent mental health. We examine the relationship…
Descriptors: Poverty, Mental Health, Well Being, Correlation
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Maleka Pervin; York Hagmayer – Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 2022
Like in many lower-middle-income countries (LMIC), progress in implementing evidence-based practices (EBPs) for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has been slow in Bangladesh. This cross-sectional study examined professionals' attitudes towards evidence-based practice (EBP) for children and adolescents with ASD and explored how…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Evidence Based Practice, Intervention, Foreign Countries
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Toseeb, Umar; Oginni, Olakunle Ayokunmi; Dale, Philip S. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2022
There is considerable variability in the extent to which young people with developmental language disorder (DLD) experience mental health difficulties. What drives these individual differences remains unclear. In the current article, data from the Twin Early Development Study were used to investigate the genetic and environmental influences on…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Correlation, Psychopathology, Mental Health
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Mehtap Eroglu; Gokce Yagmur Efendi; Rahime Duygu Temelturk; Nese Yaksi – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2024
Introduction: The current study aimed to investigate the psychological impact of the Turkey 2023 earthquakes on children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and their parents residing in Hatay, Sanliurfa, and Ankara provinces, encompassing the periods both before and after the Turkey 2023 earthquakes. Method: This cross-sectional, multicenter…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Natural Disasters, Mothers, Mental Disorders
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Lang, Markus; Sarimski, Klaus – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2018
Several studies reported a higher prevalence of maladaptive behaviors in children and adolescents with visual impairments (that is, those who are blind or have low vision) compared with typically developing youths. Early studies reported that up to 57% of youths with visual impairments also have mental health problems. These include problems with…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Measures (Individuals), Children, Adolescents
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Kimura, Miyako; Yamazaki, Yoshihiko – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2019
To investigate how having a child without a disability is related to maternal mental health and its predictors, we compared mothers of a single child with intellectual disabilities (single-child group, n = 117) and mothers of children with and without intellectual disabilities (multiple-children group, n = 457), in Japan. Compared to the…
Descriptors: Mothers, Comparative Analysis, Predictor Variables, Disabilities
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Andrés, María Laura; Galli, Juan Ignacio; del Valle, Macarena; Vernucci, Santiago; López-Morales, Hernán; Gelpi-Trudo, Rosario; Canet-Juric, Lorena – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2022
Background: As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, governments have implemented preventive measures towards reducing infections. These conditions can affect the mental health of children and adolescents; however, this has not yet been fully explored. Objective: The aim of the study was to analyze changes in symptomatology and positive emotions in…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Mental Health, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Parent Child Relationship
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Teague, Samantha J.; Newman, Louise K.; Tonge, Bruce J.; Gray, Kylie M.; Aery, Anaha; Andersson, Ellaina; Arciuli, Jo; Arora, Sheena; Bezzina, Louise; Blackmore, Rebecca; Borland, Ross; Caruana, Jodie; Cawood, Danyelle; Clarke, Kristina; Day, Jamin; Dossetor, David; Einfeld, Stewart; Emerson, Eric; Evans, Holly; Fernandez, Ana; Goodall, Stephen; Gray, Kylie; Haas, Kaaren; Henderson, Kevin; Henry, Tania; Hinton, Sharon; Hoath, Fiona; Hodges, Julie; Horstead, Sian; Howlin, Pat; Hu, Nan; Keating, Caroline; Kelly, Eliza; Knott, Rachael; Kotselas, Pauline; Louie, Eva; McAuliffe, Zyra; O'Hagan, Gemma; Panahi, Babak; Phillis, Kathryne; Rice, Lauren; Rose, Oriel; Rotolone, Cassandra; Salvador-Carulla, Luis; Sanders, Matt; Schoch, Martha; Shortt, Fionnuala; Silove, Natalie; Sofronoff, Kate; Stace, Lucille; Taffe, John; Teague, Samantha; Tonge, Bruce; Thompson, Donna-Marie; Wallman, Emily; Viney, Rosalie – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
This paper investigates the role of caregiver mental health and parenting practices as predictors of attachment in children with intellectual disability/developmental delay, comparing between children with ASD (n = 29) and children with other developmental disabilities (n = 20). Parents reported that children with ASD had high levels of anxiety…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Mental Health, Caregivers
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Günal, Ayla; Bumin, Gonca; Huri, Meral – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2019
Autistic children have problems in cognitive and motor skills areas. This study investigated the effects of motor and cognitive problems on daily living activities and quality of life in autistic children. Thirty-two autistic children were included in the study. Thirty typically developing children were selected as the control group. The Bruininks…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Motor Development, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Patterson, David A.; Dulmus, Catherine N.; Maguin, Eugene; Perkins, Jacob – Research on Social Work Practice, 2016
Background: Childhood mental health problems represent a significant public health concern globally. There is a converging discussion among researchers and practitioners alike that the research results of effectiveness studies are not fully generalizable and applicable to ethnoracial minority groups in real-world practice settings. Methods:…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Health Services, Minority Groups, Comparative Analysis
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Jalali, Rheanne; Morgan, Gavin – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2018
Concerns have been expressed about the long term inclusion of students with social, emotional and mental health difficulties in mainstream education. Often, this results in continuous referrals with alternative provision. Whilst student views have been explored, there has been a lack of research focusing on perspectives within Primary education.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Student Attitudes, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students
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Eloranta, Anna-Kaija; Närhi, Vesa; Ahonen, Timo; Aro, Tuija – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2019
This follow-up study aimed at a better understanding of the associations of reading disability (RD) with adult-age psychosocial well-being. We compared adult-age psychosocial well-being in 48 individuals (20-39 years) with documented childhood RD but without comorbid disabilities to 37 matched controls. The associations of psychosocial well-being…
Descriptors: Correlation, Reading Difficulties, Well Being, Mental Health
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