Methods This study used a multi-site embedded case study design. Participating systems were identified through a national nomination process and were selected on the basis of having: (1) an identified local population(s) of youth with serious emotional disturbance; (2) clearly identified goals for this population that are consistent with system-of-care values and principles; (3) active implemen...

In the past, serious emotional problems for preschool children were believed to be of too low prevalence to warrant professional attention. Only recently has researched begun to focus on preschool children to examine these emotional problems. Among the research pointing to the importance of psychological adjustment at this early age is the finding that the presence of an emotional problem is th...

OBJECTIVE Self-rated health (SRH) and burnout are commonly used health indicators. This study was designed to examine the age-specific patterns of SRH and burnout and their correlations with self-reported disease symptoms, and to investigate the moderating effects of age on the associations of psychosocial work conditions with these two health measures. METHODS Study subjects were 20,454 male...

Seventy-two patients with eczema were randomly allotted to one of two treatment groups: A, those receiving dermatological treatment only, and B, those receiving the same dermatological treatment plus psychiatric treatment, limited where possible to four months. Cases were followed up at six-monthly dermatological assessments, 57 (79%) for 18 months. The findings suggest that in the presence of ...

This article explores young adolescent boys’ narratives and lived experiences of growing up without fathers. We conducted Individual interviews with thirty-two adolescent boys, and used discursive data analysis methods to analyse meanings that these participants made about growing up without fathers. We found that participants in the study embraced alternative voices of masculinity that were no...

The aim of this article is to present a selective review of the research on children's psychological responses to hospitalisation. Children vary in their capacities to cope with the stress of hospitalisation. A significant proportion of them, however, suffer from some degree of emotional disturbance due to the experience. Prolonged and repeated hospitalisation increases the chance of later prob...

This study builds on the scant research involving siblings of children with severe emotional disturbances (SED) and examines: associations between adversity experiences and adjustment among 5- to 10-year-old siblings, and relations among family resources, community life, and sibling adjustment. Caregivers from 100 families completed standardized indicators of sibling adjustment and scales refle...

Introduction During the past 20 vears a number of physical methods of, treatment have been introduced-on a large scale for the alleviation of mental illness. Despite much research the successes of insulin treatrhent in schizophrenia, convulsion therapy in depressive states and prolonged narcosis in emotional disturbance still remain unexplained even to the point, of their still being empirical....

Parkinson's disease provides a useful model for studying the neural substrates of emotional processing. The striato-thalamo-cortical circuits, like the mesolimbic dopamine system that modulates their function, are thought to be involved in emotional processing. As Parkinson's disease is histopathologically characterized by the selective, progressive, and chronic degeneration of the nigrostriata...