Aim: Our study aims to investigate eating behaviour and quality of life in adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Material Methods: This included 100 diagnosed ADHD age-gender matched healthy adolescents. Clinical interview was conducted using “Schedule for Affective Disorders Schizophrenia School-Aged Children (K-SADS)” Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire (DEBQ), Ped...

BACKGROUND While short-term effects of parent training (PT) have been extensively evaluated, long-term outcome and present predictors of a diagnosis for children with ODD/CD treated with parent training are very limited. METHOD In the present study, diagnostic status as outcome and predictors of treatment response were examined in a 5-6-year follow-up. Out of 99 children who had been treated ...

As a chronic psychiatric disorder, schizophrenia affects the worldwide population with a lifetime prevalence of 1% and considerable long-term mortality, morbidity, and burden. Besides the adverse effects of routine treatment regimens, a significant portion of patients remain symptomatic despite treatment, especially those with negative symptoms which are the major disabling factors in these pat...

OBJECTIVE The authors examined videotaped behaviors of children who developed schizophrenia as adults and of comparison subjects to disclose possible social and neuromotor deficits foreshadowing later development of schizophrenia. METHOD In 1972, a sample of 265 11-13-year-old Danish children were filmed under standardized conditions while they were eating lunch. The examination was part of a...

CONTEXT Association studies in bipolar disorder have been focused on a relatively narrow pool of candidate genes based on a limited understanding of the underlying pathophysiologic features. Recent developments suggest that a broader pool of genes may be associated with this disorder. OBJECTIVE To examine the association between genes related to the lithium mechanism of action, as well as oth...

schizophrenia is a debilitating and pervasive mental illness with devastating effects on many aspects of psychological, cognitive and social wellbeing. epidemiological and life-cycle data point to significant differences in the incidence and course of schizophrenia between men and women, suggesting that estrogen plays a “protective” role . adjunctive estrogen therapy has been shown to be effect...