RICHARD DALTON M.D., NANCY HASLETT M.D., GEORGE DAUL M.D.
{"title":"Alternative Therapy with a Recalcitrant Fire-Setter","authors":"RICHARD DALTON M.D., NANCY HASLETT M.D., GEORGE DAUL M.D.","doi":"10.1016/S0002-7138(09)60300-9","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0002-7138(09)60300-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This case report describes treatment of a 10-year-old white boy who had set a major fire in a group home. Various episodes of serious fire-setting continued to occur until one of the authors joined with the boy in constructing a controlled fire. The exercise was repeated three times, with positive results. A three-step intervention approach is described for working with latency-age boys who set fires.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":76025,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry","volume":"25 5","pages":"Pages 713-717"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0002-7138(09)60300-9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14877777","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
LARRY BURD M.S., JACOB KERBESHIAN M.D., MARK WIKENHEISER, WAYNE FISHER Ph.D.
{"title":"A Prevalence Study of Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome in North Dakota School-Age Children","authors":"LARRY BURD M.S., JACOB KERBESHIAN M.D., MARK WIKENHEISER, WAYNE FISHER Ph.D.","doi":"10.1016/S0002-7138(10)60016-7","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0002-7138(10)60016-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The prevalence rate of Gilles de la Tourette syndrome has been estimated to be between 1 and 5 in 10,000 in the general population of the United States. To the authors' knowledge, no recent prevalence study has been conducted on a normal, school-aged population that can be geographically and demographically defined. The prevalence rate of Tourette syndrome, using DSM-III criteria, in North Dakota's school-age children is conservatively estimated at 1.0 per 10,000 for girls and 9.3 per 10,000 for boys, with a combined prevalence of 5.2 cases per 10,000 school-age children. The male to female ratio is estimated to be 9.3 to 1.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":76025,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry","volume":"25 4","pages":"Pages 552-553"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0002-7138(10)60016-7","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14612943","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Child Psychiatrist and the Child Witness: Traveling Companions by Necessity, if Not by Design","authors":"LENORE C. TERR M.D.","doi":"10.1016/S0002-7138(10)60003-9","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0002-7138(10)60003-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Children are appearing as courtroom witnesses with increasing frequency. Although no one has yet systematically studied the effect of trials upon children, there is considerable controversy about the effect of children upon trials. Some of the relevant issues include suggestibility, memory retention, the effect of psychic trauma upon children's thinking, and the relative developmental abilities of children. Because there are child psychiatric issues, child psychiatrists will be expected to participate in legal processes involving children as witnesses. The author of this article cites what is currently known about children in the courtroom and outlines how a child psychiatrist can most effectively participate—in the consulting room, at trial, and in the arena of public policy.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":76025,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry","volume":"25 4","pages":"Pages 462-472"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0002-7138(10)60003-9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14864032","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. Scott May M.D. (Film and Videotape Review Editor)
{"title":"Hope for the Children (Children of Chemically Dependent Adults)","authors":"D. Scott May M.D. (Film and Videotape Review Editor)","doi":"10.1016/S0002-7138(10)60032-5","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0002-7138(10)60032-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76025,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry","volume":"25 4","pages":"Page 589"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0002-7138(10)60032-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"55312766","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Use of Stuffed Animals by Hospitalized Adolescents: An Area for Psychodynamic Exploration","authors":"STEVEN L. JAFFE M.D., KATHERINE FRANCH M.D.","doi":"10.1016/S0002-7138(10)60019-2","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0002-7138(10)60019-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Semistructured interviews were conducted with 27 hospitalized adolescents to explore the meanings and functions of their stuffed animals. For the adolescent girls, the stuffed animals had a variety of important intrapsychic and interpersonal meanings and roles. We suggest that asking questions to explore the possession, use and memories of the stuffed animals of disturbed adolescent girls may help in revealing pertinent psychodynamic material and in enhancing the therapeutic relationship.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":76025,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry","volume":"25 4","pages":"Pages 569-573"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0002-7138(10)60019-2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14863964","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"True and False Allegations of Sexual Abuse in Child Custody Disputes","authors":"ARTHUR H. GREEN M.D.","doi":"10.1016/S0002-7138(10)60001-5","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0002-7138(10)60001-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper describes a method of evaluating children referred for suspected sexual molestation based upon our current knowledge of the symptoms and sequelae associated with child sexual abuse. This evaluation is specifically designed to differentiate between “true” and “false” cases of sexual abuse. Important forensic issues are also discussed in order to prepare the clinician for the role of an expert witness in court. Case histories are presented which illustrate the typical problems and pitfalls encountered during these evaluations.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":76025,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry","volume":"25 4","pages":"Pages 449-456"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0002-7138(10)60001-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14864030","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BARRY D. GARFINKEL M.D., F.R.C.P.(C), WALTER A. BROWN M.D., STEVEN H. KLEE Ph.D., WILLIAM BRADEN M.D., HORTENSE BEAUCHESNE R.N., STEVEN K. SHAPIRO B.A.
{"title":"Neuroendocrine and Cognitive Responses to Amphetamine in Adolescents with a History of Attention Deficit Disorder","authors":"BARRY D. GARFINKEL M.D., F.R.C.P.(C), WALTER A. BROWN M.D., STEVEN H. KLEE Ph.D., WILLIAM BRADEN M.D., HORTENSE BEAUCHESNE R.N., STEVEN K. SHAPIRO B.A.","doi":"10.1016/S0002-7138(10)60009-X","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0002-7138(10)60009-X","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Twenty-two male adolescents with a history of attention deficit disorder (ADD) and 22 healthy adolescents matched for age and sex participated in a study where they randomly and blindly received either 10 mg of <em>d</em>-amphetamine or placebo. The index subjects were treated for ADD approximately 8 years prior to this study, whereas the control subjects had no psychiatric history. At baseline, the index group made a significantly greater number of errors on a continuous performance task compared to the controls. For index adolescents alone, vigilance improved with amphetamine, which also produced a significant growth hormone release. These results suggest an ongoing cognitive deficit in the ADD adolescents, the utility of a neuroendocrine response as a measure of sympathomimetic administration, and a possible heightened neuroendocrine responsivity in adolescents with an ADD history.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":76025,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry","volume":"25 4","pages":"Pages 503-508"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0002-7138(10)60009-X","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14864037","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JACK D. BURKE JR. M.D., M.P.H., PATRICIA MOCCIA, JONATHAN F. BORUS M.D., BARBARA J. BURNS Ph.D.
{"title":"Emotional Distress in Fifth-Grade Children Ten Months after a Natural Disaster","authors":"JACK D. BURKE JR. M.D., M.P.H., PATRICIA MOCCIA, JONATHAN F. BORUS M.D., BARBARA J. BURNS Ph.D.","doi":"10.1016/S0002-7138(10)60014-3","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0002-7138(10)60014-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Ten months after a blizzard and flood disaster struck Revere, Massachusetts, fifth-grade children in two churches wrote stories about “this coming winter.” These were assessed blindly by six mental health clinicians for signs of distress, including fear, depression, and anxiety. Children from the flooded area demonstrated more distress than those from the nonflooded area. Only girls showed this effect; for boys, there was no difference between flooded and nonflooded groups. These results, which suggest that distress can persist as long as 10 months after a natural disaster, corroborate and extend the findings of an earlier study of younger children in this community. Future studies may be able to incorporate standardized instruments using revised criteria for clinical disorders in this age group.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":76025,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry","volume":"25 4","pages":"Pages 536-541"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0002-7138(10)60014-3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14864040","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The First Three Years of Life: The Revised Edition","authors":"Marianne L. Barton Ph.D., Charles H. Zeanah M.D.","doi":"10.1016/S0002-7138(10)60026-X","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0002-7138(10)60026-X","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76025,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry","volume":"25 4","pages":"Pages 583-584"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0002-7138(10)60026-X","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"55312697","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Guide to Individual Psychotherapy with School-Age Children and Adolescents","authors":"Sid Mondell Ph.D.","doi":"10.1016/S0002-7138(10)60027-1","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0002-7138(10)60027-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76025,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry","volume":"25 4","pages":"Page 585"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0002-7138(10)60027-1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"55312709","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}