Child and adolescent mental healthSelf-evaluationSkillsTrainingBackground and Objectives: General Practitioners (GPs) are generally the first point of contact for children and adolescents with mental health problems. This study investigates the confidence, beliefs, and knowledge of GPs regarding common ...
Itis recommended many times that children try differentforms of psychotherapy before considering medication.The most commonly appointed medications for childrenwho have a diagnosis of major depressive disorder areantidepressants. Some children need a combination oftherapy and medication to reduce the symptoms...
About the book Common Mental Disorders in Primary Care provides a thorough overview of the diagnosis, treatment and management of the most common mental disorders encountered in primary care. In this book, published to mark the retirement of Professor Sir David Goldberg, distinguished contributors brin...
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Children with ADHD find it more difficult to focus and to complete their schoolwork. Credit: public domain image A team of Toronto scientists has found similarities in brain impairments in children with autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity dis...
(HealthDay)—About 20 percent of Medicaid-insured children receive a psychiatric diagnosis by age 8 years, according to a study published online April 30 in JAMA Pediatrics.
ChildrenMental healthPsychiatric diagnosisQuestionnairePredictionThis cross-sectional analytic study, conducted in the Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) Clinic of Sultan Qaboos University Hospital (SQUH) for 12 months, aimed to evaluate the precision of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire ...
Little is known about the effectiveness of, and implementation complexities associated with, service delivery models for children and young people (CYP) experiencing ‘common’ mental health problems such as anxiety, depression, behavioural difficulties and self-harm. This paper outlines how a model for...
Good health in childhood predicts better educational attainment1,2,3 but associations may not be causal. Less advantaged children have worse health4, so associations could be confounded by socioeconomic conditions5 or, especially for mental health, reflect reverse causation6. But if childhood health...
Little is known about the effectiveness of, and implementation complexities associated with, service delivery models for children and young people (CYP) experiencing ‘common’ mental health problems such as anxiety, depression, behavioural difficulties and self-harm. This paper outlines how a model for...
effect of these diseases on dentition. This article highlights these diseases and their impacts on malocclusion in sequence. Prevention, treatment, and management of these conditions are also illustrated in order to achieve successful oral health for children and adolescents, even for their adult stage...