Globally, the average number of children per household is expected to drop 1.0 by 2020. Single-child families are increasingly norm, with nearly half British classified as single-child. Despite this, research on only-children and their scant. Using a convergent mixed-methods design, this study explores parenting adolescents in single-child families. (31 adolescents, 47 mothers, 25 fathers) mult...

BACKGROUND Few studies indicate that most behavioral problems are due to family dysfunction and inappropriate family environment. It seems that the family of the delinquent adolescent is unbalanced in the power structure and parenting style. OBJECTIVES The present study compares the family power structure and parent-child relationship quality in delinquent and non-delinquent young subjects in...

since the report from the national high blood pressure (bp) education program working group on bp in children and adolescents and the introduction of a new description called prehypertension many data have been provided on its rate of progression to hypertension, its prevalence and association with other cardiovascular (cv) risk factors and its therapy. making a diagnosis of prehypertension in ...

BACKGROUND Studies have shown that adolescents with a history of both suicide attempts and non-suicidal self-harm report more mental health problems and other psychosocial problems than adolescents who report only one or none of these types of self-harm. The current study aimed to examine the use of child and adolescent psychiatric services by adolescents with both suicide attempts and non-suic...

how to cite this article: fayyazi a, salari e, khajeh a, ghajarpour a. a comparison of risperidone and buspirone for treatment of behavior disorders in children with phenylketonuria. iran j child neurol. 2014 autumn; 8(4):33-38. abstract objective many patients with late-diagnosed phenylketonuria (pku) suffer from severe behavior problems. this study compares the effects of buspirone and risper...