Family-based treatment at home in adolescents with eating disorders and co-occurring mental health conditions: rationale and study design of a mixed methods trial [PDF]
Background The significant impact of eating disorders on adolescents necessitates the evaluation of current treatments. Family-based Treatment (FBT) is the standard treatment but has modest remission rates, highlighting the need for improvements ...
Andrea H. Schapink +7 more
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The relationship between sleep difficulties and externalizing and internalizing problems in children and adolescents with mental illness. [PDF]
Summary Sleep difficulties are presumably a transdiagnostic factor in the complex aetiology of psychiatric disorders in youth. This study assessed the prevalence of sleep difficulties in children and adolescents seeking specialized psychiatric care, examined the relationships of internalizing and externalizing problems, and considered the moderating ...
van Tetering EMA +8 more
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"No Words Needed": Results of a Survey on How Parents of Children With Neurodevelopmental Disorders Perceive (In)formal Peer Support. [PDF]
ABSTRACT Background Parents caring for children with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD) face unique and ongoing challenges that impact family well‐being. Peer support from individuals with shared lived experiences can offer recognition, shared understanding and empowerment.
Verkooijen M +5 more
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The short and long-term effects of a lifestyle intervention in children with mental illnesses: a randomized controlled trial (Movementss study) [PDF]
Background A lifestyle including poor diet, physical inactivity, excessive gaming and inadequate sleep hygiene is frequently seen among Dutch children. These lifestyle behaviors can cause long-term health problems later in life.
Emilie M. A. van Tetering +9 more
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The stability of the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule-2 in children aged 14-36 months with elevated likelihood for autism. [PDF]
Background This study investigated the stability of Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, Second Edition (ADOS‐2) classifications in a cohort of 304 siblings at elevated likelihood for autism (EL‐siblings). Methods ADOS‐2 assessments were conducted at 14, 24 and 36 months, with Clinical Best Estimate (CBE) autism diagnoses determined at 36 months ...
Schaubroeck S +16 more
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Labour of Love: A Sequential Exploratory Mixed-Methods Study on the Impact of Caring for a Child With Dravet Syndrome. [PDF]
ABSTRACT Background Dravet syndrome (DS) is a rare genetic epilepsy syndrome, characterized by refractory seizures, delayed development, intellectual disability and behavioural difficulties. Caring for a child with DS can negatively affect parents' mental well‐being.
Postma A +4 more
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Study Protocol: Pegasus: psychotherapy incorporating horses for ‘therapy-resistant’ adolescents with autism spectrum disorders, a study with series of randomised, baseline controlled n-of-1 trials [PDF]
Background For people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), daily life can be highly stressful with many unpredictable events that can evoke emotion dysregulation (ED): a strong difficulty with appropriately negative affect regulation.
Jenny C. den Boer +10 more
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Background An Elimination Diet (ED) or Healthy Diet (HD) may be effective in reducing symptoms of Attention‐Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), but long‐term maintenance effects and feasibility have never been examined.
Annick Huberts‐Bosch +10 more
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More pressure, more release? When compulsory care fails: an autonomy-supportive treatment policy as an alternative to failed compulsory care in inpatient care for youth with anorexia nervosa [PDF]
IntroductionAnorexia nervosa (AN) in young people is, in its most severe form, a life-threatening problem for which compulsory care may be indicated.
Lisanne L. Stone +8 more
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Psychotherapeutic Change in Intensive Day Treatment for Personality Disorders: A Single Case Study of Quantitative and Qualitative Change in Agency and Communion. [PDF]
ABSTRACT A better understanding of psychotherapeutic change is seen as essential for further development of treatment for personality disorders. The objective of this study is to describe the psychotherapeutic change process of a client with personality disorder to develop more insight in psychotherapeutic change processes.
Pol SM, Brok E, Westerhof GJ.
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