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Robert F. Ferdinand
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Open AccessPredictors of Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents with Psychiatric Disorders
This study aimed to identify factors that predict quality of life (QoL), over and above potential improvements in QoL related to a decrease in psychopathology, in children and adolescents with psychiatric prob...
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Open AccessMaternal depressive symptoms, and not anxiety symptoms, are associated with positive mother–child reporting discrepancies of internalizing problems in children: a report on the TRAILS Study
Maternal internalizing problems affect reporting of child’s problem behavior. This study addresses the relative effects of maternal depressive symptoms versus anxiety symptoms and the association with differen...
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Open AccessEarly Childhood Adversities and Trajectories of Psychiatric Problems in Adoptees: Evidence for Long Lasting Effects
The aim of the present study is to investigate whether early childhood adversities determine the longitudinal course of psychiatric problems from childhood to adulthood; in particular if the impact of early ma...
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Homotypic Versus Heterotypic Continuity of Anxiety Symptoms in Young Adolescents: Evidence for Distinctions Between DSM-IV Subtypes
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Open AccessFace and Emotion Recognition in MCDD Versus PDD-NOS
Previous studies indicate that Multiple Complex Developmental Disorder (MCDD) children differ from PDD-NOS and autistic children on a symptom level and on psychophysiological functioning. Children with MCDD (n = ...
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Multiple Complex Developmental Disorder Delineated from PDD-NOS
The objective of this study was to identify behavioral differences between children with multiple complex developmental disorder (MCDD) and those with pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified (...
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Open AccessHomotypic Versus Heterotypic Continuity of Anxiety Symptoms in Young Adolescents: Evidence for Distinctions Between DSM-IV Subtypes
Objective: to investigate homotypic and heterotypic longitudinal patterns of symptoms of separation anxiety disorder (SAD), generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), social phobia (SoPh), panic disorder (PD), and obses...
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High Rates of Psychiatric Co-Morbidity in PDD-NOS
Rates of co-morbid psychiatric conditions in children with Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS) are hardly available, although these conditions are often considered as more respon...
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No hyperactive–impulsive subtype in teacher-rated attention-deficit/hyperactivity problems
The aim of this study was to investigate which homogeneous groups, according to teacher reports of attention-deficit/hyperactivity (ADH) Problems on the Teacher’s Report Form (TRF), can be identified in a refe...
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Prognostic value of parent–adolescent disagreement in a referred sample
To investigate whether parent–adolescent disagreement regarding reports on adolescents’ psychopathology indicates a poor prognosis.
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WISC-R Subtest But No Overall VIQ–PIQ Difference in Dutch Children with PDD-NOS
VIQ–PIQ differences have been studied in children with autism and Asperger syndrome but have not been studied in a separate group of children with PDD-NO, although, PDD-NOS has a much higher prevalence rate th...
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Open AccessNo aggression in a 4-year-old boy with an androgen-producing tumour: Case Report
The androgen testosterone plays a critical role in many aspects of sexual differentiation. Also, it is thought to induce aggressive behaviours or to play a role in social dominance.
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Psychopathology in children: Improvement of quality of life without psychiatric symptom reduction?
The aim of this study was to assess the association between change in psychopathology and Quality of Life (QoL) across time in children with high levels of psychopathology.
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Phenotypic Subtypes in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in an Isolated Population
We address the use of two informants in genetic studies and whether familial aggregation is similar for the three phenotypic subtypes of ADHD. Lifetime ADHD was diagnosed in a Dutch isolated population using p...
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Determinants of quality of life in children with psychiatric disorders
Objective: To assess factors that, in addition to childhood psychopathology, are associated with Quality of Life (QoL) in children with psychiatric problems. Methods: In a referred sample of 252 8 to 18-year-olds...
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Bruikbaarheid verkorte versie wisc-rn in de kinderpsychiatrie
Om een snelle schatting van het intelligentieniveau van een kind te verkrijgen, worden de subtests Woordenschat en Blokpatronen van de Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (wisc-r) vaak gebruikt. Het ...
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Associations between visual and auditory hallucinations in children and adolescents, and tobacco use in adulthood
The cross-sectional association between tobacco use and psychotic features has been well established. If psychotic features precede tobacco use, then tobacco may be used to self-medicate psychotic symptoms. Th...
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Angststoornissen bij kinderen en jeugdigen
Uit epidemiologisch onderzoek weten we dat angststoornissen tot de meest voorkomende psychische stoornissen bij kinderen en jeugdigen behoren (Fergusson, Horwood, & Lynskey, 1993; Mesman & Koot, 2001; Verhulst...
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Interventie- en preventieve programma’s voor angst en depressie
De prevalentie van angst en depressie bij kinderen is hoog, wat kennis van efficiënte interventiestrategieën en preventie cruciaal maakt. De meeste interventiemethoden zijn gebaseerd op cognitieve gedragsthera...
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Medicamenteuze behandeling van angststoornissen bij kinderen en adolescenten
in dit artikel wordt een overzicht gegeven van de effectiviteit van medicatie bij negen gerandomiseerde dubbelblind placebogecontroleerde studies bij gegeneraliseerde angststoornis, separatieangststoornis en s...
