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Self-Injurious Behavior (SIB) in Adolescents

by admin | Mar 22, 2015 | Self-injurious Behavior

Self-Injurious Behavior (SIB) in Adolescents: an Important Consideration as a Risk Factor for Suicide Shilpa Patel Penn State College of Medicine March 2003 I. Epidemiology Adolescent Suicide “Each year, 1 in 5 teens in the US seriously...

Skin-picking and Self-injurious Behavior

by admin | Mar 22, 2015 | Self-injurious Behavior

Skin-picking as a form of self-injurious behavior Amy Gedeon Penn State College of Medicine September 2002 Self-Mutilation Intentional infliction of bodily injury to oneself, without intent to die Three types Severe but infrequent – e.g. amputation; associated with...

Selective Mutism - Diagnosis, Evaluation, & Treatment

by admin | Mar 22, 2015 | Selective Mutism

Selective Mutism (SM) –The name was changed to indicate that the children chose not to speak is select situations, rather than an oppositional behavior where the child refused to speak.

Presentation about Rett’s Disorder as a PowerPoint file (need Microsoft PowerPoint to read)

by admin | Mar 22, 2015 | Rett's Disorder

Retts Disorder (PowerPoint Presentation)

Rett’s Disorder - Past and Present

by admin | Mar 22, 2015 | Rett's Disorder

Rett’s Disorder - Past and Present Lindsay D. de Flesco Penn State College of Medicine 2001 Introduction n Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) n Key Features: n Delay or loss of appropriate social skills, language, and behavior n Affects many...

Recognizing Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

by admin | Mar 22, 2015 | Child Abuse and Neglect, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Recognizing and Predicting Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Children Laura Arensmeyer January 2005 Introduction PTSD is an anxiety disorder in which exposure to a trauma results in persistent re-experiencing of the event, avoidance of stimuli associated with the...

PANDAS and First-Degree Relatives

by admin | Mar 22, 2015 | PANDAS and PANS

Psychiatric Disorders in First-Degree Relatives of Children with Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections (PANDAS) 3 (A journal article by Lougee, Perlmutter, Nicolson, Garvey, and Swedo) This Article Review is...

PANDAS: Identification and Possible Treatment

by admin | Mar 22, 2015 | PANDAS and PANS

PANDAS has unique criteria and characteristics differentiating it from classic childhood OCD or tic disorders.

Treatment Update of OCD

by admin | Mar 21, 2015 | Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Current trends in the treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Lisa Bonavita The Pennsylvania State University - College of Medicine November 2004 DSM-IV Diagnosis of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Either Obsessions or Compulsions: Obsessions defined as all...

Pharmacologic Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

by admin | Mar 21, 2015 | Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Pharmacologic Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Children and Adolescents Amy Bridgeman The Pennsylvania State University - College of Medicine October 2003 Diagnosis DSM IV criteria for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) (8): Either obsessions...

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