Investigates the consistency of psychiatric, psychological, and discharge diagnoses for a sample of 97 adolescent inpatients at a private psychiatric and substance abuse hospital. Percentage agreement between initial evaluations, psychological evaluations, and the exit evaluation ranged from 61.7 to 81.6%. Encourages specialists to carefully…

This paper responds to a critique (EC 601 489) of a paper on the possible involuntary nature of self-injurious movements in persons with mental retardation, resulting from undiagnosed frontal lobe seizures. The response discusses electroencephalographic techniques, the importance of observable ictal phenomena, the need for other corroborating…

It has been clearly established that there is an increased incidence of early onset dementia of the Alzheimer type (DAT) in people who have Down syndrome. There are variations in the age of onset of the clinical signs of DAT, which may be accounted for by different risk factors. In this review we examined the evidence that different biological and…

Background: Delay aversion, the motivation to escape or avoid delay, results in preference for small immediate over large delayed rewards. Delay aversion has been proposed as one distinctive psychological process that may underlie the behavioural symptoms and cognitive deficits of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Furthermore, the…

This paper explores issues and implications for diagnosis and treatment, stemming from the growing number of children identified with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). Recent developments and innovations in special education and Medicaid programs are emphasized. Eligibility determination policies, innovations in diagnostic practices, the cost and…

This annual report, a process evaluation, describes the development of an elective course to teach medical school residents and practicing physicians how to detect and protect children from child abuse. A section on the project background considers why physicians underreport suspicion of child abuse and how to address the problem through…

Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Michigan College Health Assn., Ann Arbor, Mich., April 1967 and before the Forty-sixth Annual Meeting of the American College Health Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 2, 1968.

The paper reports findings from evaluations of 262 children (3 to 15 years old) with suspected perceptual motor dysfunction. In the first section, a clinical perspective of the history and perceptual-motor functioning of the learning disabled Ss is presented. Section II concentrates on discriminate function of a screening procedure to…

Available from: Williams & Wilkins Company 428 East Preston Street Baltimore, Maryland 21202 Histories of hyperactive symptoms were evaluated for 91 Ss receiving impatient psychiatric services (mean age = 17 years) and 100 Ss in a drug treatment program (mean age = 25 years). (Author/IM)

The findings of a recent study of the approach taken by Sweden to a perceived problem in that nation's child health care system are reviewed. (Author)

Three groups of kindergarten-age children referred for hyperactivity, who varied with regard to symptom pervasiveness, were compared with each other and with a group of normal controls on a variety of biological, psychological, and behavioral variables. Direct observation, rather than biological and psychological test data, most clearly…

A teacher's personal account of her discovery of her six-year-old daughter's hearing loss. Emphasizes the need for early screening for young children. (CM)

Operational criteria for childhood depression, specific learning disability, developmental hyperactivity, and Gilles de la Tourette syndrome were used to establish the correct diagnosis in 55 of 100 school age Ss. Forty-five Ss were diagnosed as having one of three classical neurological syndromes (epilepsy, sensorineural deafness, and childhood…