This study examined relationships among maltreatment experience, therapeutic alliance formation, and treatment outcome in a sample of 38 psychiatrically hospitalized adolescents. It was hypothesized that the experience of maltreatment would interfere with alliance formation, thereby compromising the effectiveness of therapy. Results indicated that maltreatment, multiplicity of maltreatment, and...

This paper commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Platt Report in the United Kingdom and traces the history of parental hospital visiting in relation to its recommendation that, 'Parents should be allowed to visit whenever they can, and to help as much as possible with the care of the child' (Ministry of Health, 1959: 38). It tracks how this goal was achieved and identifies how parents moved ...

In this study, the authors investigated the efficacy of the Youth-Nominated Support Team-Version 1 (YST-1), a psychoeducational social network intervention, with 289 suicidal, psychiatrically hospitalized adolescents (197 girls, 92 boys). Adolescents were randomly assigned to treatment-as-usual plus YST-1 or treatment-as-usual only. Assessments were completed pre- and postintervention (6 months...

The aim of research was to investigate: the need for health care information of Croatian adolescents aged from 13 to 18 years; the difference in evaluation of the frequency of receiving information between hospitalized and healthy children; if the hospitalized children expectations about the frequency of receiving health care information differed significantly from information they have actuall...

conclusions the results showed that the level of respect for informational privacy was relatively acceptable. however, the level of respect for physical privacy was poor. therefore, it is essential to provide appropriate training on the issue of children’s privacy, especially physical privacy (e.g., using separate rooms and ensuring that medical staff knock before entering a room), and to ensur...

currently there is little information regarding septic arthritis and osteomyelitis in iran. this retrospective study has been conducted to assess the clinical features and determine the pathogens responsible for septic arthritis and osteomyelitis in patients admitted to our hospital over a 10 year period between 1995 and 2005. a total of 145 cases of septic arthritis and osteomyelitis were stud...

cancer patients are more susceptible to adverse drug-drug interactions (ddis) due to receiving multiple medications especially chemotherapy medications, hormonal agents and supportive care drugs. the aim of this study is to describe the prevalence of potential ddis and to identify risk factors for these potential interactions in hospitalized cancer patients in a developing country.a cross-secti...

OBJECTIVE To describe practices affecting parents' overnight stays, provisions for parents sleeping overnight and parents' involvement in overnight care of their hospitalized child. METHODS A cross-sectional telephone survey of Canadian and American hospitals with more or equal to 50 acute pediatric beds and more or equal to two pediatric wards was conducted. RESULTS Surveys were completed ...

In this research, juvenile offenses and associated behaviors among adolescent inhalant users in Istanbul were investigated and inhalant users living in the street were compared to inhalant users living with their families. An interview questionnaire developed by the researchers was administered to 200 male adolescent inhalant users who were hospitalized during 2002-2003. More than half of the s...