OBJECTIVE To assess the influence of psychiatric comorbidity on social skill treatment outcomes for children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). METHODS A community sample of 83 children (74 males, 9 females) with an ASD (mean age = 9.5 yr; SD = 1.2) and common comorbid disorders participated in 10-week social skills training groups. The first 5 weeks of the group focused on conversation s...

There have always been orphaned, abandoned and working children in the world. Historically, however, adequate systems to deal with these children existed. In the more industrialized societies, they were placed as apprentices, into foster care or in institutions. In the more traditional societies, they were absorbed into the extended family network. Many of these same tactics are still used in i...

BACKGROUND The true prevalence of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases among street children in Nepal is virtually unknown while information on related behavioural risk factors in this population is non-existent. The risk of HIV infection among street children and adolescents may be especially high due to their marginalized social and economic conditions. This study was conducted to dete...

Little is known about patterns of cognitive impairment in depression comorbid with conduct disorder. The study included clinically depressed children with (N = 23) or without conduct disorder (N = 29), and controls without psychiatric disorder (N = 37). Cognitive biases typical of depression and patterns of social information processing were assessed. Both depressed groups had substantially hig...

Street children in India were found to be a group of distinct character and they are said the consequent products extreme poverty illiteracy. The study had analyzed living conditions survival strategies street children. examined livelihood profile respondents area namely Guntur district it health area. present further estimated relationship between socio-economic their social security aspects r...

Objective: Autism Spectrum Disorder(ASD) causes severe damage to children’s social skills, cognitive functions, and emotional self-regulation. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of drama therapy on the social skills of children with high functioning autism. Methods: The research design was experimental with a pre-test, post-test, and a control group. The statistical p...

background: the common psychiatric disorder of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd) and the knowledge of teachers about it are well discussed in literature. while teachers can play an important role for the management of adhd, it is not clear whether informing of teachers about children with adhd affects their behavior and attitude toward the children. in the present study, we studie...

objective: major depressive disorder is a severe disorder that has a significant impact on the psychological and social functioning of children and adolescents. considering current limitations in the treatment of this disorder, the present study was performed to evaluate the efficacy of fluvoxamine in the treatment of children and adolescents with major depressive disorder. method: in an open t...