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Direct linkForeman, David; Morton, Stephanie; Ford, Tamsin – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2009
Background: The clinical diagnosis of ADHD is time-consuming and error-prone. Secondary care referral results in long waiting times, but primary care staff may not provide reliable diagnoses. The Development And Well-Being Assessment (DAWBA) is a standardised assessment for common child mental health problems, including attention…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Clinical Diagnosis, Evaluation Methods, Well Being
Dierick, Ines; Baets, Jonathan; Irobi, Joy; Jacobs, An; De Vriendt, Els; Deconinck, Tine; Merlini, Luciano; Van den Bergh, Peter; Rasic, Vedrana Milic; Robberecht, Wim; Fischer, Dirk; Morales, Raul Juntas; Mitrovic, Zoran; Seeman, Pavel; Mazanec, Radim; Kochanski, Andrzej; Jordanova, Albena; Auer-Grumbach, Michaela; Helderman-van den Enden, A. T. J. M.; Wokke, John H. J.; Nelis, Eva; De Jonghe, Peter; Timmerman, Vincent – Brain, 2008
Distal hereditary motor neuropathy (HMN) is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of disorders affecting spinal alpha-motor neurons. Since 2001, mutations in six different genes have been identified for autosomal dominant distal HMN; "glycyl-tRNA synthetase (GARS)," "dynactin 1 (DCTN1)," "small heat shock 27 kDa…
Descriptors: Diseases, Patients, Genetics, Psychomotor Skills
Coderre, Sylvain; Jenkins, Deirdre; Mclaughlin, Kevin – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2009
Diagnosing is a knowledge-based skill: to diagnose one must retrieve knowledge from long-term memory and then apply this to a new clinical problem. Prior research on expertise found differences in knowledge structure between experts and novices, and it is assumed that the superior diagnostic performance of experts is somehow related to their…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Medical Students, Cognitive Structures, Long Term Memory
Danner, Stephanie; Fristad, Mary A.; Arnold, L. Eugene; Youngstrom, Eric A.; Birmaher, Boris; Horwitz, Sarah M.; Demeter, Christine; Findling, Robert L.; Kowatch, Robert A. – Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 2009
Since the mid 1990s, early-onset bipolar spectrum disorders (BPSDs) have received increased attention in both the popular press and scholarly press. Rates of diagnosis of BPSD in children and adolescents have increased in inpatient, outpatient, and primary care settings. BPSDs remain difficult to diagnose, particularly in youth. The current…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Adolescents, Puberty, Depression (Psychology)
Luby, Joan; Belden, Andy; Sullivan, Jill; Hayen, Robin; McCadney, Amber; Spitznagel, Ed – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2009
Background: Empirical findings from two divergent bodies of literature illustrate that depression can arise in the preschool period and that the complex self-conscious emotions of guilt and shame may develop normatively as early as age 3. Despite these related findings, few studies have examined whether the emotions of shame and guilt are salient…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Preschool Children, Psychopathology, Parent Attitudes
Niklasson, Lena; Rasmussen, Peder; Oskarsdottir, Solveig; Gillberg, Christopher – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2009
This study assessed the prevalence and type of associated neuropsychiatric problems in children and adults with 22q11 deletion syndrome. One-hundred consecutively referred individuals with 22q11 deletion syndrome were given in-depth neuropsychiatric assessments and questionnaires screens. Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) and/or attention…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Behavior Problems, Mental Retardation, Autism
Download full textUS Department of Education, 2008
This resource guide designed for families and educators provides information on how attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is identified and treated. The resource includes sections on legal requirements, treatment options educational and medical evaluations, how ADHD affects school performance, and helpful evidence-based hints on how to…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Hyperactivity, Children, Disability Identification
Cunningham-Williams, Renee M.; Zayas, Luis E.; Books, Samantha J.; Cottler, Linda B. – International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 2008
Pathological Gambling Disorder (PGD) is internationally prevalent and contributes to significant disruption and impairment in a gambler's life. For accurate diagnosis and treatment planning, clinicians require standardized criteria as in commonly used DSM and ICD-10 taxonomies, which are conceptually clear, valid, and culturally appropriate. We…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Clinical Diagnosis, Classification, Psychometrics
White, Kamila S.; Raffa, Susan D.; Jakle, Katherine R.; Stoddard, Jill A.; Barlow, David H.; Brown, Timothy A.; Covino, Nicholas A.; Ullman, Edward; Gervino, Ernest V. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2008
The present study examined current and lifetime psychiatric morbidity, chest pain, and health care utilization in 229 patients with noncardiac chest pain (NCCP), angina-like pain in the absence of cardiac etiology. Diagnostic interview findings based on the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders" (4th ed.; "DSM-IV"; American…
Descriptors: Mental Disorders, Clinical Diagnosis, Patients, Etiology
Vidmar, Gaj; Novak, Primoz – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 2009
Plantar pressures measurement is a frequently used method in rehabilitation and related research. Metric characteristics of the F-Scan system have been assessed from different standpoints and in different patients, but not its reliability in rheumatoid arthritis patients. Therefore, our objective was to assess reliability of the F-Scan plantar…
Descriptors: Patients, Statistical Analysis, Measurement, Diseases
Hale, William W., III; Raaijmakers, Quinten A. W.; Muris, Peter; van Hoof, Anne; Meeus, Wim H. J. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2009
Background: This study investigates whether anxiety and depressive disorder symptoms of adolescents from the general community are best described by a model that assumes they are indicative of one general factor or by a model that assumes they are two distinct disorders with parallel growth processes. Additional analyses were conducted to explore…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Severity (of Disability), Depression (Psychology), Anxiety
Edmunds, Alan; Martsch-Litt, Shelley – Exceptionality Education International, 2008
Canadian teachers in inclusive classrooms are encountering more students with ADHD-like behaviours and making more referrals for formal diagnosis of the condition. Previous research suggests that ADHD diagnoses are susceptible to highly inconsistent and arbitrary assessment processes/criteria (Sanford & Ridley, 1995), thus probably…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Evaluation Criteria, Referral, Identification
Rudy, Heidi L.; Levinson, Edward M. – Journal of Counseling & Development, 2008
Emotional and behavioral difficulties often interfere with children's acquisition of academic, career, and social skills. Counselors assume an important role in the mandated multidisciplinary evaluation of children with emotional disturbance (ED), but the field lacks a standard battery of assessment procedures for working with children who have…
Descriptors: Counselor Role, Counseling, Counseling Techniques, Emotional Disturbances
Andersson, Gerhard; Ritterband, Lee M.; Carlbring, Per – Clinical Psychologist, 2008
With the advent of the Internet, delivered assessment applications are likely to make a difference in clinical psychology and in health care in general. The purpose of the present paper was to present an overview of the authors' experience regarding Internet administration of diagnostic interviews, questionnaires, and information processing tests.…
Descriptors: Clinical Psychology, Clinical Diagnosis, Evaluation Methods, Anxiety
Gierl, Mark J.; Cui, Ying – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2008
One promising application of diagnostic classification models (DCM) is in the area of cognitive diagnostic assessment in education. However, the successful application of DCM in educational testing will likely come with a price--and this price may be in the form of new test development procedures and practices required to yield data that satisfy…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Classification, Psychometrics, Test Construction
