The aim of the work was to describe clinical manifestation and severity cognitive impair- ment its predictors in adolescents with depression. Forty depression forty healthy controls were recruited conduct study. All screened using Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders Schizophrenia (Current Lifetime) (K-SADS-PL), Traumatic Events Checklist (TESI-C), a battery neu- rocognitive tests assess fun...

BACKGROUND Semi-structural clinical interviews are very important in the area of mental health research and services. There were no studies of the reliability and validity of the Farsi (Persian) version of Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia-Present and Lifetime Version (K-SADS-PL) in Iran. This study compares the results of face-to-face, semi-structural interview and clin...

Background Specific phobia (SP) is one of the most common mental disorders among general population. In this national survey in Iran, we aimed to identify lifetime prevalence, predictors, and co-morbidities SP children adolescents. Methods A face-to-face household interview was applied by 250 skilled clinical psychologists using Persian version kiddie schedule for affective schizophrenia school...

Objective: We aimed at designing a cross sectional study to investigate the prevalence of psychiatric disorders in Iranian children and adolescents (IRCAP) and to determine its relationship with social capital, life style, and parents' personality disorders. Method: This cross sectional study was a national project implemented in all provinces of Iran. In this community-based study, using ‎mult...

BACKGROUND Child abuse is a phenomenon that confronts the child, family, and society with irretrievable physical and mental injuries, and its negative effects continue until adulthood. OBJECTIVES The present study was conducted to identify and evaluate cases of abused children at a medical center. PATIENTS AND METHODS This is a descriptive-analytic study. The subjects were all children and ...

BACKGROUND Accurate assessment of suicidality is of major importance. We aimed to evaluate trained clinicians' ability to assess suicidality against a structured assessment made by trained raters. METHOD Treating clinicians classified 218 adolescent psychiatric outpatients suffering from a depressive mood disorder into three classes: 1-no suicidal ideation, 2-suicidal ideation, no suicidal ac...

This study investigates motor skill performance and self-perceived competence in children with anxiety disorders compared with children without psychiatric disorders. Motor skills and self-perception were assessed in 329 children aged 8 to 11 years, from the Bergen Child Study. The Kiddie-SADS PL diagnostic interview was employed to define a group of children with an anxiety disorder without co...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to compare psychiatric comorbid disorders and psychological outcomes in children and adolescents with Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). METHODS Subjects were divided into a child group (aged under 12 years) and an adolescent group (aged 12 years and above). All subjects were diagnosed with ADHD based on the DSM IV diagnostic criteria usin...