Abstract:
OBJECTIVES:Following the end of the Gulf War that resulted in the liberation of Kuwait, there are no reports on the impact of veterans' traumatic exposure and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on their children. We compared the severity of anxiety, depression, deviant behavior and poor family adjustment among the children of a stratified random sample of four groups of Kuwaiti military men, viz: the retired; an active -in-the-army group (AIA) (involved in duties at the rear); an in-battle group (IB) (involved in combat); and a prisoners -of- war (POWs) group. Also, we assessed the association of father's PTSD/combat status and mother's characteristics with child psychosocial outcomes. METHOD:Subjects were interviewed at home, 6 years after the war, using: the Child Behavior Index to assess anxiety, depression, and adaptive behavior; Rutter Scale A2 for deviant behavior; and Family Adjustment Device for adjustment at home. Both parents were assessed for PTSD. RESULTS:The 489 offspring (250 m, 239 f; mean age 13.8 yrs) belonged to 166 father-mother pairs. Children of POWs tended to have higher anxiety, depression, and abnormal behavior scores. Those whose fathers had PTSD had significantly higher depression scores. However, children of fathers with both PTSD and POW status (N = 43) did not have significantly different outcome scores than the other father PTSD/combat status groups. Mother's PTSD, anxiety, depression and social status were significantly associated with all the child outcome variables. Parental age, child's age and child's level of education were significant covariates. Although children with both parents having PTSD had significantly higher anxiety/depression scores, the mother's anxiety was the most frequent and important predictor of child outcome variables. The frequency of abnormal test scores was: 14% for anxiety/depression, and 17% for deviant behavior. CONCLUSION:Our findings support the impression that child emotional experiences in vulnerable family situations transcend culture and are associated with the particular behavior of significant adults in the child's life. The primacy of the mother's influence has implications for interventions to improve the psychological functioning of children in such families. Mental health education for these families has the potential to help those in difficulty.
journal_name
Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Healthjournal_title
Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental healthauthors
Al-Turkait FA,Ohaeri JUdoi
10.1186/1753-2000-2-12subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2008-05-29 00:00:00pages
12issue
1issn
1753-2000pii
1753-2000-2-12journal_volume
2pub_type
杂志文章abstract:BACKGROUND:Mental health problems (MHPs) in preschoolers are precursors of mental disorders which have shown to be associated with suffering, functional impairment, exposure to stigma and discrimination, as well as enhanced risk of premature death. A better understanding of factors associated with MHPs in preschoolers ...
journal_title:Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/s13034-017-0149-4
更新日期:2017-03-08 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Loneliness is associated with peer victimization, and the two adverse experiences are both related to ill health in childhood and adolescence. There is, however, a lack of knowledge on the importance of loneliness among victimized children. Therefore, possible modifying effects of loneliness on victimized sc...
journal_title:Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/1753-2000-6-20
更新日期:2012-05-29 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The aim of this study is to investigate the psychometric properties and the perceived usefulness of the BARO (Dutch: BAsisRaadsOnderzoek; Protection Board Preliminary Examination of Juvenile Suspects). The BARO is a first-line screening instrument for the identification of psychiatric disorders, adverse envi...
journal_title:Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/1753-2000-5-24
更新日期:2011-06-29 00:00:00
abstract:Background:Studies throughout Europe have shown that asylum-seeking children and adolescents (ASC) are at risk of developing mental disorders. The most common mental-health problems in ASC include posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS), internalizing symptoms such as depression and anxiety, and externalizing behaviour. B...
journal_title:Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/s13034-019-0268-1
更新日期:2019-01-30 00:00:00
abstract:UNLABELLED: BACKGROUND:The most effective way to provide support to caregivers with infants in order to promote good health, social, emotional and developmental outcomes is the subject of numerous debates in the literature. In Canada, each province adopts a different approach which range from universal to targeted pro...
journal_title:Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/1753-2000-7-4
更新日期:2013-02-13 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:To evaluate health-related quality of life (HRQL) and medication satisfaction after switching from a stable dose of oral extended-release methylphenidate (ER-MPH) to methylphenidate transdermal system (MTS) via a dose-transition schedule in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). METH...
journal_title:Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/1753-2000-3-39
更新日期:2009-12-10 00:00:00
abstract::The situation of crisis produced by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic poses major challenges to societies all over the world. While efforts to contain the virus are vital to protect global health, these same efforts are exposing children and adolescents to an increased risk of family violence. Various criminological...
journal_title:Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1186/s13034-020-00347-1
更新日期:2020-10-20 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to examine the rate and distribution of comorbidities, severity of childhood maltreatment, and clinical characteristics of adolescents with conduct disorder detained in a juvenile detention center in South Korea. METHODS:In total, 173 juvenile detainees were recruited. We analy...
journal_title:Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/s13034-017-0182-3
更新日期:2017-09-15 00:00:00
abstract:Background:Diagnostic interviews and questionnaires are commonly used in the assessment of adolescents referred to child and adolescent mental health services. Many of these rating scales are constructed for adults and focus on symptoms related to diagnosis. Psychodynamic Functioning Scales (PFS) focus on relational as...
journal_title:Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/s13034-018-0246-z
更新日期:2018-07-30 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:'Almajiris' are children and adolescents sent far away from their homes to study in Islamic schools under the care of Muslim scholars. Over the years, there has been a decline in the capacity of the scholars to cater to these pupils. Consequently, Almajiris spend significant periods of time on the streets be...
journal_title:Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/s13034-017-0166-3
更新日期:2017-06-08 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Adolescents rarely seek psychiatric help; they even hesitate to disclose their feelings to their parents. However; the adolescents especially the females experience depressive symptoms more frequently than general population. Do they experience classic depressive symptoms? Are there symptoms specific to this...
journal_title:Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/1753-2000-4-26
更新日期:2010-10-10 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:In many developed countries, the treatment of hyperkinetic disorder (or ADHD) consumes a considerable amount of resources. The primary aim of this study was to determine change in the direct cost of treatment for children and adolescents with hyperkinetic disorder in Germany over time, and compare the cost w...
journal_title:Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/1753-2000-3-3
更新日期:2009-01-28 00:00:00
abstract::The Hastings Center, a bioethics research institute, is holding a series of 5 workshops to examine the controversies surrounding the use of medication to treat emotional and behavioral disturbances in children. These workshops bring together clinicians, researchers, scholars, and advocates with diverse perspectives an...
journal_title:Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/1753-2000-3-1
更新日期:2009-01-19 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Both early alcohol debut, behavioural and health problems are reported to enhance adolescence substance use. This prospective study investigate the influence of behavioural and health problems on adolescents' alcohol and drug use. METHOD:Prospective population based cohort study of 2 399 adolescents attendi...
journal_title:Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/1753-2000-5-17
更新日期:2011-05-20 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Consumption of alcohol is associated with acute and chronic adverse health outcomes. There is a paucity of studies that explore the determinants of alcohol use among adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa and, in particular, that examine the effects of adverse childhood experiences on alcohol use. METHODS:The pa...
journal_title:Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/1753-2000-4-17
更新日期:2010-06-22 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To present the design, methods, and rationale of the Child/Adolescent Anxiety Multimodal Study (CAMS), a recently completed federally-funded, multi-site, randomized placebo-controlled trial that examined the relative efficacy of cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT), sertraline (SRT), and their combination (COMB) ...
journal_title:Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/1753-2000-4-1
更新日期:2010-01-05 00:00:00
abstract::Using the objectification theory, scholars have theorized the sense of detachment and disregard for the body that results from continued body objectification are believed to put a person at greater risk for non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), due to a lack of emotional investment in the body. The goal of the current stud...
journal_title:Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/s13034-015-0052-9
更新日期:2015-07-08 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Young adults are a high-risk group for nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI). It is important to have a better understanding of these behaviors in order to facilitate effective research, intervention, and treatment. Models have been presented to explain these behaviors where emotion regulation, coping, and support ...
journal_title:Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/s13034-015-0070-7
更新日期:2015-09-28 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) is a disabling and lifelong neuro-developmental disorder. Challenging behaviours such as aggression and self injury are common maladaptive behaviours in ASD which adversely affect the mental health of both the affected children and their caregivers. Although there is evidence-...
journal_title:Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/s13034-016-0117-4
更新日期:2016-09-02 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Discrepancies between multiple informants often create considerable uncertainties in delivering services to youth. The present study assessed the ability of the parent and youth scales of the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) to predict mental health problems/disorders across several mental healt...
journal_title:Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/s13034-017-0160-9
更新日期:2017-04-28 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Parents are the ones who decide whether or not to participate in parent focused prevention trials. Their decisions may be affected by internal factors (e.g., personality, attitudes, sociodemographic characteristics) or external barriers. Some of these barriers are study-related and others are intervention-re...
journal_title:Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/1753-2000-4-15
更新日期:2010-05-28 00:00:00
abstract:Background:Nepal is a developing low-income country in Southeast Asia. There is a huge burden of child and adolescent mental health (CAMH) in Nepal which has a population of around 29 million and 40-50% of the population comprises of children and adolescents. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (CAP) has not been formally ...
journal_title:Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/s13034-020-00319-5
更新日期:2020-04-06 00:00:00
abstract:UNLABELLED:This paper presents the rationale, design, and methods of the Pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Treatment Study II (POTS II), which investigates two different cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT) augmentation approaches in children and adolescents who have experienced a partial response to pharmacotherapy ...
journal_title:Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/1753-2000-3-4
更新日期:2009-01-30 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Young offenders are known to be a population with high prevalence of mental health disorders. In most cases, these disorders are neither identified nor treated properly, with the majority of them being chronic and difficult to treat. In many countries, the prevalence rates of psychopathology in male young of...
journal_title:Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/s13034-016-0131-6
更新日期:2016-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Population level data regarding the general mental health status, and the socio-demographic factors associated with the mental health status of adolescents in Australia aged 12-16 years is limited. This study assessed prevalence of mental health problems in a regional population of Australian students in Gra...
journal_title:Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/s13034-016-0120-9
更新日期:2016-09-13 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Studies on gender differences in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) comorbidities in the Asian populations have been limited and previous studies have shown inconclusive findings. Singapore is a city-state country in Southeast Asia with a population of 5.7 million. This study examined gender dif...
journal_title:Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/s13034-021-00356-8
更新日期:2021-01-22 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:There are indications that teachers have limited knowledge about attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), despite its high prevalence in childhood and its long-term effects on students such as academic underachievement, reduced self-esteem, and social and behavioural difficulties. This study is there...
journal_title:Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/s13034-017-0153-8
更新日期:2017-03-20 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Early intervention and preventive interventions are attracting increasing attention in the child and adolescent mental health field because recent research findings offer new insights into risk mechanisms and because of the growing expectation that they may hold clues to reducing suffering and health cost bu...
journal_title:Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/1753-2000-3-24
更新日期:2009-09-04 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Current clinical knowledge suggests that children can have different types of depressive symptoms (irritability and aggression), but presents no theoretical basis for these differences. Using a developmental approach, the present study sought to test the relationship between developmental level (mental age) ...
journal_title:Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/1753-2000-1-9
更新日期:2007-08-22 00:00:00
abstract:UNLABELLED:ABSTACT: BACKGROUND:Development and evaluation of the PEQ-CAMHS Outpatients, a parent completed questionnaire to measure experiences of outpatient child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) in Norway. METHODS:Literature review, parent interviews, pre-testing and a national survey of 17,080 parents...
journal_title:Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/1753-2000-5-18
更新日期:2011-05-21 00:00:00