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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"pediatric psychology"”.
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Examining the Need for Psychosocial Services in Pediatric Non-Accidental Trauma
… charts were selected. Subjects were previous pediatric patients at LLUCH who sustained a traumatic injury and whose case was identified as NAT. The results of the current study were consistent with previous findings and demonstrated that Pediatric Psychology saw 5.3% of children while …
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Autonomy Through Social Skill Development: A Camp Intervention for Young People with Spina Bifida
… psychosocial challenges to autonomy development. Pediatric psychology may play a role in promoting autonomy development in this population through the implementation of empirically-supported, developmentally-appropriate, and syndrome-specific interventions. The current study was one attempt to …
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A Trauma-Informed Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention for Pediatric Oncology Patients
… mental health difficulties among a pediatric oncology population from a traumatic stress perspective is gaining speed. Research has shown support for the development of posttraumatic stress reactions among chronically ill children and their family members. Despite this evidence, the …
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The Direct and Indirect Impact of Pain Intensity, Weight Status, and Activity Involvement on Social Competence Outcomes in Children and Adolescents with Spina Bifida
… with spina bifida through different pathways. Pediatric psychologists can work to enhance the social functioning of these youth by routinely assessing these frequently overlooked condition-related factors, providing behaviorally-based interventions to directly treat the youth's pain or …
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Activism as a coping strategy among parents of children with cancer
<p>Childhood cancer is a lifelong, whole-family diagnosis. The coping strategies employed by parents of children with cancer have implications for the family system both during and after their diagnosed child’s treatment. The current study found that activism, or actions taken on behalf of the …
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Cognitive, Academic, and Neuropsychological Effects of Treatment
<p>This study explored the effects of number of intrathecal chemotherapies and time off therapy on cognitive, achievement, and neuropsychological functioning of post treatment children with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL). Participants consisted of sixteen sibling pairs between the ages of eight …
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Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Neurocognitive Outcomes for Infants Born with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) is a group of physiological symptoms that arise due to opiate withdrawal at birth. NAS is an expanding problem with studies suggesting an increase in NAS incidence in the United States. Infants prenatally exposed to opioids have been associated with negative …
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Assessment of family impact in pediatric chronic pain
<p>Pediatric chronic pain causes significant interference in daily functioning for children and their families. While parents and families have been examined in previous research, gaps exist in the current literature base, particularly related to accurate conceptualization and assessment of family …