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Hoarding by elderly people
- Authors:
- STEKETTE Gail, FROST Randy O., KIM Hyo-Jin
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Work, 26(3), August 2001, pp.176-184.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This American study used a structured telephone interview with elder services providers to investigate hoarding behaviours in relation to functional impairment, cognitive deficits, and physical and psychological conditions in 62 elderly clients. Most elderly hoarders were female, unmarried, and lived alone. Clients were rarely insightful about their collecting and often resisted change, rendering interventions generally ineffective. Health and mental health implications of hoarding by elderly people and implications for treatment are discussed.
The Psychogeriatric Assessment Scales (PAS): psychometric properties in French and German speaking populations
- Authors:
- MACKINNON Andrew, MULLIGAN Reinhild
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 16(9), September 2001, pp.892-899.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Investigates the structure and measurement properties of the Psychogeriatric Assessment Scales (PAS) in a community sample, studies the performance of French and German translations of the PAS, determines the power of PAS scales to discriminate dementia and depression diagnosed to DSM-IV criteria. The measures were gathered as part of a large community survey. Responses to PAS items were obtained in the course of the administration of the Canberra Interview for the Elderly. Demographic variables, the mini-mental state examination and measures of premorbid intelligence robust to current intellectual impairment were also gathered in the course of the survey. There were 465 participants from Zurich and 456 from Geneva. Concludes that the study supports the PAS as a valid and reliable summary of the status of older persons with respect to the impairments, changes and symptomatology that lie at the core of dementing and depressive disorders. This study not only supports the results found in the original development sample, but demonstrates that it performs well against DSM-IV diagnostic criteria and amongst speakers of French and German.
Behavior management principles: incorporating a biopsychosocial perspective
- Author:
- LEVINE James E.
- Journal article citation:
- Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 18(4), August 2001, pp.253-261.
- Publisher:
- Springer
This article identifies ten principles for developing, establishing, and maintaining behavioral interventions in work with children. Employing a biopsychosocial perspective, it offers a framework for utilizing such interventions in ways that are consistent with social work's historical contribution to the mental health disciplines. With a primary focus on school settings, it describes both theoretical considerations and practical applications. A relational, feedback-oriented approach to implementing behavioral interventions is advanced.
Outside looking in: report from the Children's Society
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Childright, 175, April 2001, pp.3-4.
- Publisher:
- Children's Legal Centre
Reports on a recent research report based on parent's and children's experiences of exclusion. The findings show that exclusion not only has a serious effect on the lives of the children involved, but it can also place families under incredible stress.
A study of the cycle of abuse among child molesters
- Authors:
- COXE Ray, HOLMES William
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 10(4), 2001, pp.111-118.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This American study examines whether there is support for the cycle of abuse theory among child molesters. A group of 147 sex offenders on probation were used in the study. Results indicate that being abused as a child is related to being a child molester. It was also found that the MMPI-2 did not predict the status of the subjects in regard to being abused as a child and having a victim under 10-years-old.
'Recovery' after age 7 from 'externalising' behaviour problems: the role of risk and protective clusters
- Authors:
- BUCHANAN Ann, FLOURI Eirini
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Youth Services Review, 23(2), December 2001, pp.899-914.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
This study data from the National Child Development Study (NCDS) to track behaviourally disturbed children at 7 through to adolescence in order to assess the extent to which clusters of protective factors can off set the negative effects of clusters of risk factors. Behavioural measures at ages 7, 11 and 16 from NCDS were used to identify children with 'externalising' behaviour problems. Although individual protective factors were significantly associated with recovery in the bivariate analysis, their strength of the risk factors.
Early correlates of behavioural and emotional problems in children and adolescents with severe intellectual disabilities: a preliminary study
- Authors:
- HASTINGS Richard P., MOUNT Rebecca H.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 14(4), 2001, pp.381-391.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The parents of 188 children attending schools for those with severe learning difficulties completed the Developmental Behaviour Checklist (DBC), and a questionnaire asking for demographic details and information about present and early correlates. Hierarchical regression analyses were performed to explore whether potential early correlates from infancy could add to the prediction of behaviour problems from established correlates and diagnostic variables. Potential early correlates across all of the DBC domains did not add significantly to the prediction of behaviour problems. However, there were effects of sex, physical ability and diagnostic categories. A number of methodological factors are discussed in terms of how they impact on the results.
Frequency of behavioural symptoms characterizes agitation in Alzheimer's disease
- Authors:
- TRACTENBERG Rochelle E., et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 16(9), September 2001, pp.886-891.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This study describes two well-characterized groups of Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients with similar levels of cognitive functioning, but with different overall behavioural disturbance levels. Seeks to determine the nature of this difference - whether AD patients with higher levels of behavioural disturbance differ from less disturbed AD patients in terms of the range of symptoms exhibited; the frequency of occurrence of these symptoms; or both of these. Results found that differences occurred in the frequency of 10 out of 21 behaviours, rather than in a variety of endorsed behaviours. These 10 behaviours, observed at different frequencies in both groups, may be useful for monitoring change in studies of drugs or behavioural interventions for behavioural disturbance in persons with AD.
Attitudes towards and the practice of discipline amongst parents of pre-school children in Nottingham
- Authors:
- THOMPSON Anne E., PEARCE John B.
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Society, 15(4), September 2001, pp.231-236.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This study investigates parents' attitudes towards the disciplining of young children, and compares their beliefs about discipline to their actual practice of behaviour management. Data have been collected from a sample of parents whose children are attending Nottinghamshire nursery schools using self-report questionnaires. Only one quarter of respondents agree that smacking is the appropriate way to handle the unsafe behaviour of a three year old child, and many of the sample recognise that parents who smack their children may face repercussions from social services and the courts. However almost two thirds of the sample had smacked their pre-school child in the past week. Parents who endorse the use of non-coercive management techniques smack their children as well. These results suggest that initiatives to promote positive discipline may not be sufficient in themselves to reduce the physical punishment of children.
The Maudsley long-term follow-up of child and adolescent depression: 1; psychiatric outcomes in adulthood
- Authors:
- FOMBONNE Eric, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 179, September 2001, pp.210-217.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Strong links exist between juvenile and adult depression but comorbid conduct disorder in childhood may mitigate this continuity. This article aims to test the impact of comorbid conduct disorder on psychiatric adult outcomes. A group of 149 subjects assessed at the Maudsley Hospital in the period 1970-1983 and meeting DSM-IV criteria for major depressive disorder with or without conduct disorder were interviewed 20 years later. Data were collected on the lifetime history of psychiatric disorders. Found that adult depressive recurrence was high for major depression (62.4%) and any depression (75.2%) and survival analyses showed no difference between the two groups. The group with conduct disorders had higher rates of drug misuse and dependence, alcoholism and antisocial personality disorders. Concludes that adolescent depression carries an elevated risk of adult depression irrespective of comorbidity. Comorbid conduct disorder in childhood is associated with raised rates of other psychiatric outcomes.