This issue of Pediatric Annals is devoted to the worrisome disorders of depression and other serious mental health conditions in children and adolescents. All practitioners are aware that these are common disorders in this age group, with estimates of 2% to 6% being affected at any point in time and an overall prevalence of 20% by the late adolescent period. Many or most families (including my ...

Patients with major endocrine disorders frequently experience significant changes in mood and mentation. Similarly, many individuals presenting as psychiatric patients have pathologic alterations in neuroendocrine function. Although pathognomic behavioral changes are rare, increased recognition of characteristic symptom complexes may lead to earlier diagnosis and improved treatment planning.

INTRODUCTION The purpose of this paper is to review the literature on the behavioral treatment of voice disorders in teachers. The focus is on phonogenic disorders, that is voice disorders thought to be caused by voice use. METHODS Review of the literature and commentary. RESULTS The review exposes distinct holes in the literature on the treatment of voice problems in teachers. However, eme...

Eating disorders include anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. The former is characterized by failure to maintain a minimum normal body weight, while the latter is typified by recurrent binge eating followed by inappropriate compensating behavior, which may include self-inducing vomiting; abuse of laxatives, diuretics or other medications; fasting; and over-exercise. Because eating disorders ar...

Patients presenting with somatoform disorders often incur excessive health care charges and fail to respond to standard treatment. The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of the diagnostic criteria and demographic and clinical characteristics of each somatoform disorder and to examine the research assessing the efficacy of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for each disorder. The ...

OBJECTIVE To review the literature on the cognitive-behavioral treatment of children and adolescents with anxiety and depressive disorders within the conceptual framework of evidence-based medicine. METHOD The psychiatric and psychological literature was systematically searched for controlled trials applying cognitive-behavioral treatment to pediatric anxiety and depressive disorders. RESUL...

Objectives: The present study aimed to determine the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy on internalizing problems of children with externalizing disorders Methods: It was an experimental study with a pre-test/post-test control group design. Among the students of elementary schools of Tehran City, Iran, 90 boys were selected based on the motherschr('39') report and the Child Behavior...

OBJECTIVE To discuss the early diagnosis of behavioral disorders in childhood and adolescence and to provide the pediatrician with practical knowledge about the first symptoms of the main behavioral disorders at this age. SOURCES OF DATA PubMed (emphasis on the past decade). SUMMARY OF THE FINDINGS Pediatricians should be prepared to detect behavioral disorders as early as possible. Early d...

due to the importance of correct posture for preventing musculoskeletal disorders, the purpose of this study was to evaluate theory of planned behavior in predicting correct body posture in operating room nurses.in this cross-sectional study, participants (n=100) were nurses from five hospitals located in northern iran. participants completed demographic data and theory of planned behavior cons...

This meta-synthesis focuses on the literature pertaining to students with emotional and behavioral disorders in inclusive preschool through third grade classrooms. The first purpose of this study was to discover the feelings and ideas that teachers, parents and community members have. Teachers, parents and community members have varying views about inclusion of students with emotional and behav...