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Persistence of Sleep Problems in Children with Anxiety and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders
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Hansen, Berit Hjelde; Skirbekk, Benedicte; Oerbeck, Beate; Wentzel-Larsen, Tore; Kristensen, Hanne – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2013
This study examines the persistence of sleep problems over 18 months in 76 referred children with anxiety disorders and/or attention deficit hyperactivity disorders (ADHD) and 31 nonreferred controls, and explores predictors of sleep problems at follow-up (T2) in the referred children. Diagnoses were assessed at initial assessment (T1) using the…
Descriptors: Persistence, Educational Attainment, Anxiety Disorders, Anxiety
Substance Use Disorder and ADHD: Is ADHD a Particularly "Specific" Risk Factor?
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Kousha, Maryam; Shahrivar, Zahra; Alaghband-rad, Javad – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2012
Objective: To assess the pattern of substance use disorder (SUD) in adolescents with and without history of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) using an Iranian sample in the context of a cultural background and drug availability is differing from Western countries. Method: In this case-control study, the participants were interviewed…
Descriptors: Identification, Risk, Smoking, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Assessing Perspective Taking in Schizophrenia Using Relational Frame Theory
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Villatte, Matthieu; Monestes, Jean-Louis; McHugh, Louise; Freixa i Baque, Esteve; Loas, Gwenole – Psychological Record, 2010
The current study assessed deictic relational responding in people with schizophrenia. A perspective-taking task and a mental states attribution task were employed with a sample of 15 patients diagnosed with schizophrenia and 15 age-matched controls. Results revealed poorer performance of participants with schizophrenia in responding in accordance…
Descriptors: Schizophrenia, Perspective Taking, Patients, Cognitive Development
Culturally Based Intervention Development: The Case of Latino Families Dealing with Schizophrenia
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Barrio, Concepcion; Yamada, Ann-Marie – Research on Social Work Practice, 2010
Objectives: This article describes the process of developing a culturally based family intervention for Spanish-speaking Latino families with a relative diagnosed with schizophrenia. Method: Our iterative intervention development process was guided by a cultural exchange framework and based on findings from an ethnographic study. We piloted this…
Descriptors: Intervention, Schizophrenia, Focus Groups, Ethnography
N400 Deficits from Semantic Matching of Pictures in Probands and First-Degree Relatives from Multiplex Schizophrenia Families
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Guerra, Seidel; Ibanez, Agustin; Martin, Migdyrai; Bobes, Maria Antonieta; Reyes, Adnelys; Mendoza, Raul; Bravo, Tania; Dominguez, Mayelin; Sosa, Mitchell Valdes – Brain and Cognition, 2009
Endophenotypes is one emerging strategy in schizophrenia research that is being used to identify the functional importance of genetically transmitted, brain-based deficits present in this disease. Currently, event-related potentials (ERPs) are timely used in this search. Several ERPs, including N400, present deficits in relation to schizophrenia.…
Descriptors: Semantics, Schizophrenia, Language Impairments, Patients
The Association of Child Abuse and Neglect with Adult Disability in Schizophrenia and the Prominent Role of Physical Neglect
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Gil, Alexei; Gama, Clarissa S.; de Jesus, Danilo Rocha; Lobato, Maria Ines; Zimmer, Marilene; Belmonte-de-Abreu, Paulo – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2009
Objective: To assess long-lasting effects of childhood trauma on the functional outcome of adult patients diagnosed with schizophrenia. Method: Ninety-nine stable patients with schizophrenia followed in an outpatient program at a public university hospital in Porto Alegre, southern Brazil, were investigated for childhood traumatic experiences by…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Schizophrenia, Questionnaires, Patients