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Characterizing Psychiatric Comorbidity in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Receiving Publicly Funded Mental Health Services
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Brookman-Frazee, Lauren; Stadnick, Nicole; Chlebowski, Colby; Baker-Ericzén, Mary; Ganger, William – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2018
Publicly funded mental health programs play a significant role in serving children with autism spectrum disorder. Understanding patterns of psychiatric comorbidity for this population within mental health settings is important to implement appropriately tailored interventions. This study (1) describes patterns of psychiatric comorbidity in…
Descriptors: Psychiatric Services, Mental Health Programs, Comorbidity, Children
Diagnosing ADHD in Danish Primary School Children: A Case Study of the Institutional Categorization of Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties
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Tegtmejer, Thyge; Hjörne, Eva; Säljö, Roger – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2018
This study of institutional categorization reports an investigation of the practices, procedures and assumptions of psychiatric staff members when diagnosing ADHD. The main data upon which the study is based consist of transcribed audio recordings of meetings in the psychiatric clinic. Here children referred from primary schools on the suspicion…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Problems, Institutional Characteristics
Brief Report: Accuracy of a 16-Item Questionnaire Based on the HEADSS Approach (QBH-16) in the Screening of Mental Disorders in Adolescents with Behavioral Problems in Secondary Care
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Hagel, Lilian Day; Mainieri, Alberto Scolfano; Zeni, Cristian Patrick; Wagner, Mario Bernardes – Journal of Adolescence, 2009
Objective: Compare a questionnaire based on the HEADSS approach (QBH-16) and the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) in the screening of mental disorder in adolescents with behavioral problems. Methods: Adolescents from both genders 12-17 years-old presenting behavioral problems without a previous diagnosis of mental disorder were referred from…
Descriptors: Psychiatric Services, Check Lists, Intelligence, Behavior Problems
Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the WISC-III with Child Psychiatric Inpatients.
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Tupa, David J.; Wright, Margaret O'Dougherty; Fristad, Mary A. – Psychological Assessment, 1997
Factor models of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Third Edition (WISC-III) for one, two, three, and four factors were tested using confirmatory factor analysis with a sample of 177 child psychiatric inpatients. The four-factor model proposed in the WISC-III manual provided the best fit to the data. (SLD)
Descriptors: Children, Goodness of Fit, Intelligence Tests, Models
A Psychological Rationale for Adventure Therapy with Hospitalized Adolescents.
Gillis, H. L.; And Others – 1992
The purpose of this study was to examine the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) profiles of two treatment populations and present a theoretical rationale for using adventure therapy. Data for the first group were obtained from the psychological testing records of 150 randomly selected inpatients (81 males, 69 females)…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Abstract Reasoning, Adolescents, Adventure Education