PURPOSE The authors' purpose was to explore the nature of the link between hearing loss (HL) and language impairment in adolescents with mild-to-moderate hearing loss (MMHL). Does language performance (generally or in certain areas) normalize at adolescence? METHOD The language skills of 19 French-speaking adolescents (ages 11-15) with moderate or mild sensorineural HL were evaluated via a se...

The diagnosis of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) was formally recognized as a psychiatric diagnosis in 1980. At that time, little was known about what PTSD looked like in children and adolescents. Today, we know children and adolescents are susceptible to developing PTSD, and we know that PTSD has different age-specific features. In addition, we are beginning to develop child-focused inter...

This article has as its objective the issue of devolution in adoption and effects on children and/or adolescents who have been returned their rights. We will address role State cases return adolescents, are foster care institutions, going through process. also include this scientific concept adoption, according to some scholars; we bring Brazil; explain about qualification process your motivati...

BACKGROUND/AIM Child abuse may be related to adverse psychological outcomes in adult life. However, little is known about specific clinical, family and resilience profiles of adolescents that have experienced child abuse. The aim of this study was to investigate clinical symptoms, family functioning and resilience characteristics of adolescents with the experience of abuse, first referred to ps...

Background: Dental traumas are common among children and adolescents in many societies posing health and social problems. The aim of this study was to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis on prevalence, etiology, types, and other epidemiologic aspects of dental trauma in children and adolescents (0-18 years old).   Methods: In this systematic meta-analytical review, data were collec...

BIOLOGIC CHANGES LEADING TO SLEEP CHANGES About the time that puberty starts, adolescents develop a 2-hour sleep-wake “phase delay.” This means that if your child usually went to bed at 8 PM and woke up at 6 AM, then during adolescence he or she may feel more awake in the evening so that he or she does not feel like he or she has to go to bed until around 10 PM. Since most adolescents still hav...

These are not meant to be exhaustive; nor are they meant to be used as a “checklist” to be asked in a certain order. Rather, these questions illustrate approaches that providers can use to explore issues that aff ect the health of newcomer children and adolescents. These questions can be asked of the child and/or parent as appropriate. The issues can be explored directly with the older child or...

Background: Cardiovascular risk factors begin in childhood and adolescence. This study aimed at assessing serum lipids and prevalence of Dyslipidemia in 11-18 year old students of Birjand.Method: The present cross-sectional, descriptive, and analytical study was done on 2,643 middle and high school students of Birjand aged 11-18 years (1,396 girls and 1,247 boys). Blood samples were collected f...

Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of emotional stimulus-based working memory training in improving the cognitive emotion regulation strategies in adolescents with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders (PTSD). Methods: Based on the framework of single case and using multiple –baselines, 3 adolescents (2 females, 1 male) were ...

background: behavioral disorders are common in the pediatric age group. this study aims to assess the relationship between the frequency of behavioral and mental disorders and counseling with family members and friends in a representative sample of iranian children and adolescents. methods: in this nationwide study, 14880 school students, aged 6–18 years, were selected by cluster and stratified...