This study used receiver operating characteristic (ROC) methodology and discriminative analyses to examine the correspondence of the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) rationally-derived DSM-oriented scales and empirically-derived syndrome scales with clinical diagnoses in a clinic-referred sample of children and adolescents (N = 476). Although results demonstrated that the CBCL Anxiety, Affective...

Introduction: Children of men with alcohol dependence are at high risk for a wide range of behavioral and neuropsychological problems. Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the psychopathology and neuropsychological characteristics of children of men with alcohol dependence syndrome. Materials and Methods: A total of 100 children (50 in the study group and 50 in the control group) were evalu...

The Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment (ASEBA) for school-age children includes three instruments for assessing emotional and/or behavioral problems: Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), completed by parents, Youth Self-Report (YSR), completed by adolescents and Teacher's Report Form (TRF), completed by teachers. This review article gives detailed information on the development of the...

The first goal of this study was to obtain, Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) and Youth Self-Report (YSR) problem-scales data for youths in Croatia, and compare them to the original American sample. The second goal of this study was to compare boys -girls problem scales data and CBCL-YSR differences. The instruments were administered to school adolescents aged between 12-18 comprising a non-refer...

Introduction The ASD Day Therapeutic Unit of the HUMT is an interdisciplinary reference center specialized in ASD, for care children and adolescents with this pathology, that offers by programs aim achieving functionality altered. Objectives main objective study to know clinical characteristics patients admitted our offer preliminary data on functional improvement achieved a pilot program works...

Objective: Gender dysphoria (GD) is defined as an apparent incongruence between the sex assigned at birth and experienced gender. The aim of this study to evaluate basic milestones autistic symptoms in adolescents diagnosed with GD compare them control group. Method: Sociodemographic Information Form, Reading Mind Eyes Test (RMET) DANVA (Non-Verbal Diagnostic Accuracy Test), Ka-Si Empathy Scale...

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a behavioral disorder commonly seen by pediatricians, psychiatrists and community mental health specialists, and is less frequently identified in girls. This review investigated parent-reported behavioral profiles of girls among different ADHD diagnostic comorbid groups. Demographic and Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) data were available for 40...

OBJECTIVE A new Dutch Child and Youth Act should reduce specialized mental health care for children with symptoms of ADHD. Characteristics of children referred to a specialized ADHD clinic are explored to give direction to this intention. METHOD Data of 261 children who underwent a multidisciplinary best practice evaluation (including rating scales, and demographic, psychological, and somatic...

The objective was to follow up a cohort of acidotic full-term infants with or without hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) and determine if at 7 years they displayed any neurodevelopmental delays. Children (n=44) were divided according to those with mild (n=25) or severe (n=19) acidosis and were then further subdivided into those with or without HIE. Participants were assessed using the Wechsl...

The objective of this study was to evaluate mental health care provided within a primary health care setting. The study was conducted in a Primary Health Care Center (PHC) in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil. A comparative study was made between pediatricians' diagnosis of mental health problems and those identified by the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) in children (5-11 years) from August to Oct...