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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"depression in children"”.
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The treatment of depression in children with learning disabilities.
Research indicates that a relationship exists between depression and impaired cognitive functioning. When depression is treated, improvements occur in cognitive functioning, both for children and adults. A great many children with LD evidence coexisting symptoms of depression, yet research is …
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Depression in children and adolescents: The role of school professionals
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Executive Dysfunction as a Trait Marker for Depression in Children and Adolescents
<p>Perinatal depression has been recognized as a public health problem in the United States, which is important because of the demonstrated wide-reaching negative effects of maternal depression on child outcomes. Some evidence suggests that maternal depression is a risk factor for executive …
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Symptoms of anxiety and depression in children and adolescents: The impact of residential fire.
This study examined symptoms of anxiety and depression in 99 children and adolescents following a residential fire. Children and their parents completed self-administered questionnaires regarding the fire and their current functioning. The most commonly experienced symptoms were worry/ …
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Assessing for Depression in Children with Severe Behavioral Disorders Using Kinetic-Tree-Person Drawings
<p>This research uses the Kinetic-House-Tree-Person drawing to assess for depression in children with severe behavioral disorders. Many children with behavioral disorders are not assessed for depression although research has shown that many of these children fit the criteria for major depression or …
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Anxiety and depression in children and adolescents: an examination of cognition and attributional style
… of attributional style to anxiety and depression in children and adolescents has received little attention in comparison to studies conducted with adult populations. However, preliminary studies suggest that children and adolescents evidence similar attributional style patterns to those …
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The Effectiveness of Group Therapy in Decreasing Symptoms of Depression in Children Experiencing Loss/Grief.
An opening to the topic of children experiencing grief and loss is introduced. Definitions of loss, grief, bereavement, reconciliation, and mourning are described. Examples of grief and loss that children experience are outlined, such as death of a parent, death of grandparent, death of a sibling, …
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Cognitive-Behavioral Treatments for Depression in Children: The Impact of Case Formulation on Treatment Selection
… most effective, treatments for childhood depression. Efforts to translate these findings to clinical practice are thwarted by the large number of strategies (and sessions) included in empirically supported treatment packages and a lack of guidance regarding differential selection of …
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Transactions between Child Behavior and Parent Anxiety/Depression in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: The Roles of Parenting Stress, Self-Efficacy and Emotion Coaching
Parents of children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) have been shown to experience increases in stress, depression, and anxiety, which are also associated with child behavior problems related to ASD, such as aggressive behaviors and tantrums. Literature examining potential …
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Measuring Depression with the Hernandez Art Depression Assessment for Children: A Pilot Study Introducing a New Inventory to Measure Depression in Children with the Inclusion of Art Therapy
<p>This was a pilot study introducing a new art therapy assessment called the Hernandez Art Depression Assessment for Children (HADA). The hypothesis was that HADA will screen children with depression with the use of art. HADA was compared with the Children Depression Inventory to support the …
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Depression in childhood : issues in definition, diagnosis and treatment
Definition, diagnosis and treatment of childhood depression is confused and controversial. Confusion relates to semantic ambiguity, definitional problems, methodological issues, and difficulties inherent in the study of depression in children. To gain clarity on the meaning of depression, …
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Parent's perceptions of symptoms of anxiety and depression in typically developing children who have a sibling with or without a special healthcare need
Globally, one in seven children and adolescents aged 10 to 19 have been diagnosed with a mental disorder, with anxiety and depression represented as the leading causes of illness and disability in this age group. In the United States, from 2019 to 2020, approximately 14.1 million children (or one …
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A behavioural and electrophysiological exploration into facial and vocal emotion processing in children with behaviour problems
… and an electrophysiological exploration of children’s facial and vocal emotion processing. Former research has suggested that social dysfunctioning in school-aged children with behaviour problems may stem from difficulties in understanding others’ emotions from facial expressions. Study 1 …
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Discrepant Self-Perceptions as Predictors of Rule Violating Behavior Among Juvenile Offenders
<p>Numerous studies have examined discrepancies between youths’ self-perceptions and others’ ratings across different domains of competence (i.e. academic, behavior, social) (e.g., Jia, Jiang, & Mikami, 2016; Kistner, 2006; Owens et al., 2007) and it is well-established that discrepant …
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Assessing the Use of Rawley Silver's Draw-A-Story for Depression Indicators and Peer Victimization in Elementary School Age Children
… effectiveness of art therapy as a non-threatening assessment tool for depression indicators in children involved in bullying at school. The goal of this study was to test for correlations between Rawley Silver's Draw-A-Story (DAS) Form A (a projective drawing test for indications of depression …
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NI teachers’ views of their roles, knowledge and training in supporting student mental health: a mixed-methods study
Rates of anxiety and depression in children and young people in NI are approximately 25% higher than the rest of the UK and Ireland (HSCB, 2020). Educators have been implicated in the joined-up care model that supports child mental health, and teaching contracts in NI state that promoting the …
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Experience and Regulation of Positive Emotions as Predictors of Anxiety and Depression in Adolescents and Children
… high rate of comorbidity between anxiety and depression in children and adults raises questions concerning whether these disorders are two distinct disorders or a broad, but unitary construct. Clark and Watson's (1991) tripartite model purports that these disorders can be differentiated by two …
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Game for Health: Development and Evaluation of eHealth Interventions for Addressing the Psychological Needs of Children and Young People with Long-Term Physical Conditions
Background: Around 10%–12% of children and young people experience long-term physical conditions (LTPC or chronic illness) and are at greater risk of developing psychological problems, especially anxiety and depression. These psychological problems are often under-recognised and access to …
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Developing a Mindfulness Based Congnitive Therapy Service for Young People
Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) has been shown to be effective in<br/>preventing relapse of depression in adults who have experienced multiple episodes of depression and is recommended in the NICE guidelines (2009). More recent evidence has also indicated its efficacy in helping adults …
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