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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]

open access: yesBMC 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
doaj   +3 more sources

Sleep physiology and sleep disorders in childhood

open access: yesNature 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
doaj   +1 more source

A Snapshot of Child Care Center Quality and Child Development in Mexico for Children Under Three [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
From 2018 to 2020, we conducted a groundbreaking, nationwide study in Mexico to assess the quality of service at public childcare centers for children under age three.
Inter-American Development Bank
core   +1 more source

Co-morbidity and patterns of care in stimulant-treated children with ADHD in the Netherlands [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This study aimed at investigating the use of psychosocial interventions and psychotropic co-medication among stimulant-treated children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in relation to the presence of psychiatric co-morbidity ...
Hugtenburg, J.G.   +18 more
core   +1 more source

Parent–infant vocalisations at 12 months predict psychopathology at 7 years [PDF]

open access: yes, 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
core   +1 more source

Validation of the diagnosis of autism in general practitioner records [PDF]

open access: yes, 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
core   +2 more sources

Child and Adolescent Psychosocial Care Center service use profile in Brazil: 2008 to 2012

open access: yesBrazilian Journal of Psychiatry, 2018
Objective: To describe the service use profile of Child and Adolescent Psychosocial Care Centers (Centro de Atenção Psicossocial Infanto-Juvenil [CAPSi]) in Brazil regarding diagnostic categories, sociodemographic aspects, and care modalities between ...
Grey Y. Ceballos   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Setting priorities for global mental health research. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
OBJECTIVE: To set investment priorities in global mental health research and to propose a more rational use of funds in this under-resourced and under-investigated area.
Mark Tomlinson   +12 more
core   +1 more source

Delayed face recognition in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders.

open access: yesIranian Journal of Psychiatry, 2012
Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) have great problems in social interactions including face recognition. There are many studies reporting deficits in face memory in individuals with ASDs.
Mehdi Tehrani-Doost   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Psychological interventions in pervasive developmental disorder: An overview

open access: yesIndustrial Psychiatry Journal, 2014
Pervasive developmental disorders (PDDs) are characterized by several impairments in the domains of social communication, social interaction and expression of social attachment, and other aspects of development like symbolic play. As the role of drugs in
Shuvabrata Poddar   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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