Child and Adolescent Psychosocial Care Center service use profile in Brazil: 2008 to 2012
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
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Screening for autism in preterm children : diagnostic utility of the Social Communication Questionnaire [PDF]
Objective Preterm survivors are at high risk for autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The diagnostic utility of the Social Communication Questionnaire (SCQ) in screening for ASD was assessed in extremely preterm children at 11 years of age.
Hennessy, Enid M. +5 more
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Delayed face recognition in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders.
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
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Psychological interventions in pervasive developmental disorder: An overview
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
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Health visitors' assessments of parent–child relationships: a focus group study [PDF]
<i>Background</i>: Health visitors (HVs), also known as public health nurses, in the UK provide a universal community-based service to preschool children and their parents.
Graham, Clair +17 more
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Clinical Effect of Vitamin D on Children with Global Developmental Delay [PDF]
Background Except for global developmental delay (GDD) caused by certain metabolic diseases with clear causes, rehabilitation treatment is the main treatment for GDD.
NIU Guohui, XIE Jiayang, ZHU Dengna, CUI Bo, ZHAO Huiling, WANG Mingmei, FENG Huanhuan, ZHANG Mengmeng, LI Tingting
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Policies Affecting Pregnant Women with Substance Use Disorder
Photo by 14825144 © Alita Xander | Dreamstime.com ABSTRACT The US government's approach to the War on Drugs has created laws to deter people from using illicit drugs through negative punishment.
Colburn Yu
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Fetal testosterone and autistic traits [PDF]
Studies of amniotic testosterone in humans suggest that fetal testosterone (fT) is related to specific (but not all) sexually dimorphic aspects of cognition and behaviour.
Kevin Taylor +11 more
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Autism Spectrum Disorders as Seen by a Clinical Psychologist: Case Report
Autism Spectrum Disorders are pervasive developmental disorders. This means that they influence almost all areas of early development. Parents can see differences mainly in the social area.
Eva Horáčková
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Effectiveness of the ADEC as a level 2 screening test for young children with suspected autism spectrum disorders in a clinical setting [PDF]
Background The Autism Detection in Early Childhood (ADEC) is a clinician-administered, Level 2 screening tool. A retrospective file audit was used to investigate its clinical effectiveness. Method Toddlers referred to an Australian child development
Fallows, R., Murphy, Glynis H., Dix, L.
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