Background: There is limited data on the burden of mental disorders among ‘healthy’ children in Africa. We examined prevalence and correlates neurocognitive psychiatric schoolchildren Uganda. Methods: This cross-sectional study enrolled 322 aged 5-17years Wakiso, Uganda. assessed for impairment using Kaufmann-Assessment-Battery, (m...

In Swedish child welfare, there are no mandatory guidelines on what interventions to use. Local authorities able set their own criteria for implementing or designing interventions. We carried out a survey identify in use Children's Social Services and Child Adolescent Psychiatric Care Sweden. A total of 102 were stated have been use, with between 31 45 different each the four welfare population...

PURPOSE To investigate the association among types of breastfeeding, presence of child development risk, socioeconomic and obstetric variables. METHODS The sample was composed of 182 mother-child dyades. Data were collected through an initial interview about breastfeeding; obstetric, socioeconomic, demographic and psychosocial aspects; and mother-child interaction analysis by the Child Develo...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether family response to asthma symptoms mediates the relationship between child symptom perception and morbidity. METHODS A total of 122 children with asthma, aged between 7 and 17 years (47% females; 25% ethnic minorities), were recruited from three sites. Participants completed a family asthma management interview and 5-6 weeks of symptom perception assessment. R...

Tourette syndrome (TS) is a disorder that involves at least one vocal tic and two or more motor tics; however, associated symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and attention-deficit disorder or attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are common. Many children with TS exhibit educational difficulties and one possible explanation may be deficits in executive functioning. The foc...

Postnatal maternal depression is associated with poorer child emotional and behavioral functioning, but it is unclear whether this occurs following brief episodes or only with persistent depression. Little research has examined the relation between postnatal anxiety and child outcomes. The present study examined the role of postnatal major depressive disorder (MDD) and generalized anxiety disor...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Abbreviations: PAI: Personality Assessment Inventory; CCE: Child Custody Evaluation; MMPI-2: Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2; MMPI-2-RF: Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form; MCMI-III: Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-Third Edition; PIM: Positive Impression Management; DOM: Dominance; WRM: Warmth; NEOPI: ...