Prodrome: An early, nonspecific set of symptoms that indicate the onset of disease before specific, diagnosable symptoms occur’ (National Research Council and Institute of Medicine., 2009) Mental, behavioral, and developmental disorders with childhood onset are a major public-health concern(WHO, 2005)….
Mothers may be among the best diagnosticians of developmental and behavioral problems in young children. If not for the positive predictive power of the mother’s diagnostic ability, few kids would make it to the child and adolescent psychiatrist (‘help-seeking’) unless…
Abstract If subjects are asked to indicate the midpoint of a horizontal line, they tend to bisect it left of the center, a phenomenon called ‘pseudoneglect’. Assuming that this task evokes visuospatial processes, the left bias is generally considered to…
Professionals who search the Medline database for publications in the areas of ‘‘trauma/disaster’’ and ‘‘school interventions’’ encounter disappointing results: only a few articles match the requested terms. The September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, however, have produced reports on several initiatives…
Abstract Objective: To examine the distribution of parent- and teacher-rated ADHD symptoms in a Turkish community sample to identify children at high risk for ADHD and to explore the psychosocial correlates of these high-risk children. Method:An 18-item SNAP-IV (Swanson, Nolan,…
The relationship between motor coordination and social behavior problems in adolescents with Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder ABSTRACT: Objective: Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common neurodevelopmental childhood disorders and 30-50% of individuals with ADHD are reported to also have…
Background: Child survivors of a catastrophic earthquake in Turkey were evaluated three and a half years after the event, and three years after a sub-group participated in a teacher-mediated intervention developed by the authors. The goal of this follow-up study…
Abstract Parent management training programme was prepared by Research Units on Pediatric Psychopharmacology and Psychosocial Interventions (RUPP) Autism Network based on ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis). The programme aims to prevent or decrease the problem behavior and to bring the children…
