Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders

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Training GPs in parent consultation skills. An evaluation of training for the Triple P-Positive Parenting Program.

BACKGROUND: The Triple P-Positive Parenting Program is a behavioural family intervention program that aims to prevent severe behavioral, emotional and developmental problems in children by enhancing the knowledge, skills, and confidence of parents. ...
Matthew R Sanders, Lucy A Tully, Karen M Turner, Clare Maher, Christine McAuliffe (Aust Fam Physician, 200309)
training-gps-parent-consultation-skills-evaluation-training-triple-p.asp

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Reliability, validity, and preliminary normative data for the Childrens Aggression Scale-Teacher Version.

OBJECTIVE: To provide preliminary psychometric data on the Childrens Aggression Scale-Teacher Version (CAS-T), which was designed to assess severity and frequency of aggressive, as distinct from nonaggressive, disruptive behaviors. METHOD: The CAS-T has ...
Jeffrey M Halperin, Kathleen E McKay, Richard H Grayson, Jeffrey H Newcorn (J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry, 200308)
reliability-validity-preliminary-normative-data-children-s-aggression.asp

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Behavioral inhibition and disinhibition as hypothesized precursors to psychopathology: implications for pediatric bipolar disorder.

Attention has been devoted over the past two decades to the identification of temperamental risk factors for child psychopathology. These qualities, evident in toddlerhood or earlier, have the advantage of being measurable in standardized laboratory ...
Dina R Hirshfeld-Becker, Joseph Biederman, Sara Calltharp, Eliza D Rosenbaum, Stephen V Faraone, Jerrold F Rosenbaum (Biol Psychiatry, 200306)
behavioral-inhibition-disinhibition-hypothesized-precursors.asp

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Acoustic properties of vocally disruptive behaviors in the nursing home.

BACKGROUND: Disruptive vocalizations are among the most common behavior problems in the nursing home. However, their acoustic properties have not been previously investigated. OBJECTIVE: This paper examines the acoustic properties of disruptive ...
Jiska Cohen-Mansfield, Perla Werner, Kurt Hammerschmidt, John D Newman (Gerontology, 200305-06)
acoustic-properties-vocally-disruptive-behaviors-nursing-home.asp

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Association of ADHD and conduct disorder--brain electrical evidence for the existence of a distinct subtype.

BACKGROUND: To evaluate the impact of psychopathological comorbidity with oppositional defiant/conduct disorder (ODD/CD) on brain electrical correlates in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and to study the pathophysiological ...
Tobias Banaschewski, Daniel Brandeis, Hartmut Heinrich, Bjoern Albrecht, Edgar Brunner, Aribert Rothenberger (J Child Psychol Psychiatry, 200303)
association-adhd-conduct-disorder-brain-electrical-evidence-existence.asp

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A growth curve analysis of parent training outcomes: examining the influence of child risk factors (inattention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity problems), parental and family risk factors.

BACKGROUND: Parent training is one of the most effective treatments for young children with conduct problems. However, not every family benefits from this approach and approximately one-third of children remain in the clinical range at follow-up ...
Renée R Hartman, Scott A Stage, Carolyn Webster-Stratton (J Child Psychol Psychiatry, 200303)
growth-curve-analysis-parent-training-outcomes-examining-influence.asp

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Commission error rates on a continuous performance test are related to deficits measured by the Benton Visual Retention Test.

This study is one in a series investigating the relationship between impulsive behavior on a Continuous Performance Test (i.e., the Immediate and Delayed Memory Task) and other cognitive deficits measured by clinical instruments. Forty-two adolescents ...
Donald M Dougherty, Charles W Mathias, Dawn M Marsh, Kevin W Greve, James M Bjork, F Gerard Moeller (Assessment, 200303)
commission-error-rates-continuous-performance-test-related-deficits.asp

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The effect of methylphenidate on three forms of response inhibition in boys with AD/HD.

The current study was aimed at (a) investigating the effect of three doses methylphenidate (MPH) and placebo on inhibition of a prepotent response, inhibition of an ongoing response, and interference control in Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder ...
Anouk Scheres, Jaap Oosterlaan, James Swanson, Sharon Morein-Zamir, Nachson Meiran, Harry Schut, Laurens Vlasveld, Joseph A Sergeant (J Abnorm Child Psychol, 200302)
effect-methylphenidate-three-forms-response-inhibition-boys-ad-hd.asp

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Compliance with stimulants for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: issues and approaches for improvement.

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects approximately 8-10% of school-aged children in the US and for many individuals persists into adolescence and adulthood. Both pharmacological and nonpharmacological (behavioural) therapies are used ...
James Swanson (CNS Drugs, 2003)
compliance-stimulants-attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder-issues.asp

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The influence of activity choice on problem behaviors maintained by escape versus attention.

This study assessed whether the function of an individuals problem behavior was related to the effectiveness of an intervention involving choice among tasks. Analogue functional analyses were conducted with 7 students with various diagnoses to determine ...
Cathryn Romaniuk, Raymond Miltenberger, Carole Conyers, Nicole Jenner, Mandy Jurgens, Crystal Ringenberg (J Appl Behav Anal, 2002WINTER)
influence-activity-choice-problem-behaviors-maintained-escape-versus.asp