Recognizing and treating childhood anxiety disorders: These disorders are treatable but often are neglected by practitioners

Pervasive Developmental Disorders and Autism Spectrum Disorders: Are These Disorders One and the Same?

The concept of pervasive developmental disorders (PDD) and autism spectrum disorders (ASD) closely resemble each other. Both ICD-10 and DSM-IV use the term PDD. The authors surveyed the perception of PDD/ASD and attitudes toward terminology. The subjects of this study were 205 medical/social-welfare professionals working in fields relating to developmental disorders. Questionnaires were mailed ...

Prevention of childhood anxiety disorders.

Anxiety disorders represent one of the most common and debilitating forms of psychopathology in children. While empirical research, mental health funding, and mental health professionals continue to focus on the treatment rather than prevention of anxiety disorders in children, preliminary research presents an optimistic picture for preventative strategies in the future. Knowledge of the risk f...

Prevention of Childhood Anxiety Disorders

Sleep related breathing disorders are common contributing factors to the production of essential hypertension but are neglected, underdiagnosed, and undertreated.

There is now strong evidence from animal studies and, in humans, from epidemiological studies as well as from retrospective and prospective intervention studies, that obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) can cause persistent hypertension not only during sleep but during waking hours as well. There is also some evidence that habitual snoring alone, even without OSA, can do the same. Many of the hithert...

General Practitioners are poor at identifying the eating disorders

The very first thing I should say is that I think that General Practitioners (GPs, or family physicians, in case the term baffles) are a fine bunch of people, as a whole. This is the same thing that I would say about most groups of healthcare workers (including my own profession). The work that GPs do is demanding and takes a much broader knowledge and skills base than most professionals will e...