Health and behaviour problems at 8 weeks as predictors of behaviour problems at 8 months

Externalizing and internalizing problems at school as signs of health-damaging behaviour and incipient marginalization.

This study aimed to investigate whether behavioural or emotional problems in adolescents detected by their teachers are signs of a common psychosocial maladjustment and of the beginning of social marginalization. Altogether, 171 pupils (15 years of age) from the eastern part of Finland participated in the survey. Behavioural and emotional problems and academic achievements were assessed separat...

Temperament and behaviour problems in young children with Down syndrome at 12, 30, and 45 months.

Though cross-sectional studies have yielded important information regarding the trajectory of psychopathology in middle childhood and adolescence in Down syndrome, there has been little exploration of maladaptive behaviour in the earliest years of development. In this study, we explore the emergence of maladaptive behaviour in young children with Down syndrome (n=24) and a mental age-matched co...

Vision screening at 8 and 18 months

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Ethnicity, socioeconomic position and severity of problems as predictors of mental health care use in 5- to 8-year-old children with problem behaviour

A Review of Health Seeking Behaviour: Problems and Prospects 1 Understanding Health Seeking Behaviour

(DFID) supports policies, programmes and projects to promote international development. DFID provides funds for this study as part of that objective but the views and options expressed are those of the author(s) alone. Summary This review of health seeking behaviour outlines the main approaches within the field, and summarises some of the key findings from recent work around the probes. However...