Challenges of caring for children with mental disorders: Experiences and views of caregivers attending the outpatient clinic at Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es Salaam - Tanzania [PDF]
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 2012 Background It is estimated that world-wide up to 20 % of children suffer from debilitating mental illness. Mental disorders that pose a significant concern include learning disorders, hyperkinetic disorders (ADHD), depression, psychosis, pervasive ...
Ambikile Joel, Outwater Anne
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Does routine child health surveillance contribute to the early detection of children with pervasive developmental disorders? – An epidemiological study in Kent, U.K. [PDF]
BMC Pediatrics, 2004 Background Recently changed guidelines for child health surveillance in the United Kingdom (U.K.) suggest targeted checks only, instead of the previously conducted routine or universal screening at 2 years and 3.5 years.
Ritchie Jane +2 more
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Sleep physiology and sleep disorders in childhood [PDF]
Nature and Science of Sleep, 2011 Hanan M El ShakankiryKing Fahd University Hospital, Al Dammam University, Al Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaAbstract: Sleep has long been considered as a passive phenomenon, but it is now clear that it is a period of intense brain activity involving ...
El Shakankiry HM
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Validation of the diagnosis of autism in general practitioner records [PDF]
, 2004 Background: We report on the validity of the computerized diagnoses of autism in a large case-control study investigating the possible association between autism and the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine in the UK using the General Practitioner Research
Eric Fombonne +34 more
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A multimodal approach to emotion recognition ability in autism spectrum disorders [PDF]
, 2010 Background: Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are characterised by social and communication difficulties in day‐to‐day life, including problems in recognising emotions.
Tregay, Jeni +66 more
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Parent–infant vocalisations at 12 months predict psychopathology at 7 years [PDF]
, 2013 This study investigated the utility of adult and infant vocalisation in the prediction of child psychopathology. Families were sampled from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) birth cohort.
Gillberg, Christopher +34 more
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Hand leading and hand taking gestures in autism and typically developing children [PDF]
, 2015 This paper was partly funded by a Grant from the Baverstock Bequest to the School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of St. Andrews.Children with autism use hand taking and hand leading gestures to interact with others.
Gomez, Juan-Carlos
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Enhancement of Short-Term Memory by Methyl-6-(Phenylethynyl)-Pyridine in the BTBR T+tf/J Mouse Model of Autism Spectrum Disorder [PDF]
Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2015 BackgroundAutism spectrum disorder (ASD) encompasses a range of disorders that are characterized by social and communication deficits and repetitive behaviors.
Haijie Yang, Sung-Oh Huh, Jae Seung Hong
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Maladaptive cognitive appraisals in children with high-functioning autism : associations with fear, anxiety and theory of mind [PDF]
, 2014 Despite the well-documented success of cognitive restructuring techniques in the treatment of anxiety disorders, there is still little clarity on which cognitions underpin fear and anxiety in children with high-functioning spectrum disorders (HFASD ...
Simon C Hunter +7 more
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Symptoms of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder,a clinical sample [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Psychiatry, 2009 "n Objective: "n "nThe aim of this report was to study the gender role on autismsymptoms distribution and severity in a clinical sample from Iran.
Ali Alavi Shooshtari +4 more
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