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Psychopathological profile of tic disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorders
No full textBesides differentiating core symptoms and irritating overlaps in symptomatology of tic disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorders, the broadband psychopathological profile is important for diagnosis and therapy Thus, the aim of the present study is to simplify as well as to optimize these diagnostic steps using the broadband psychopathological profile measured by the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL). Discriminant analyses of the CBCL scales of 49 children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorders only and 67 children and adolescents with chronic tic disorders only were performed. There were no group differences in age and gender. A high discriminant validity was a found on the CBCL scales Thought Problems, Anxious/Depressed, and Withdrawn. In all three subscales children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorders showed higher scores than children and adolescents with chronic tic disorders. Therefore, these three scales are suitable for use in clinical practice as a differential diagnostic tool in chronic tic disorders and/or obsessive-compulsive disorders. They may well be as a useful and economical guide to diagnosis and therapy
Core features and associated psychopathology of Tourette syndrome: modifications by cultural aspects?
No full textSix years ahead: a longitudinal analysis regarding course and predictive value of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) in children and adolescents
No full textScientifically sound and valid information concerning course and prediction of mental health problems in children and adolescents in the general population is scarce, although needed for public mental health issues and daily clinical practice. The psychopathological profiles of children and adolescents were analysed using the parent version of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ-P) in a longitudinal setting, also investigating the predictive value of the SDQ-scores. SDQ's total psychopathological difficulties, emotional symptoms and hyperactivity-inattention scores of n = 630 children and adolescents (age 6-18;11 years) were examined along four assessment measurement points (T-0-T-3) over 6 years, using data from the BELLA study. According to the English normative data, the participants were categorized as "normal", "borderline" or "abnormal" based on their SDQ-scores. Groups remaining within categories were descriptively determined by means of frequency analysis, a subsequent graphical evaluation displayed the transitions from T-0 to T-3 concerning the different categorical classifications. Finally, ordered probit regression was used to examine whether age, gender, socio-economic status (SES) and baseline impact-score (IS) correspond to the SDQ-predicted classification. As expected, low SES and high SDQ-IS were associated with significantly increased scores on all examined SDQ-scales. Regarding the long-term aspect of SDQ-scores it could be shown that most children and adolescents remained "normal" over a measurement period of 6 years, while only a small number of children and adolescents steadily remained "abnormal" or newly developed mental health problems, respectively. For example, on the "hyperactivity-inattention"-scale, only 1 % of the children and adolescents changed from "normal" to "abnormal" (T-0-T-3), whereas on the "emotional symptoms"-scale, 7 % changed from "normal" to "abnormal" (T-0-T-3). In general, the SDQ-category "borderline" and specifically the subscale "emotional symptoms" change in both directions. Abnormal SDQ-scores at baseline, SES, gender and IS were related to the prediction of the SDQ-sores at T3. An SDQ-screening of children and adolescents may help for early detection, prediction and treatment planning. Also, these results may contribute to a better understanding of the course of mental health problems in childhood and concurrently may allow a better psychoeducation and prevention.Shire; German Research Society; Schwaab
Gespräche über Bilder : [Interviews mit Mario Kramer, Jochen Kuhn und Günther Jockel]
No full textGespräche über Bilder
Interviews mit Mario Kramer, Jochen Kuhn, Günther Jockel.
Hinweise zur Form und Geschichte des Interviews.
Interviews geführt von Andreas Becker, Constantin Grudda, Tristan Wendt, herausgegeben von Andreas Becke
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Psychopathological profile in children with chronic tic disorder and co-existing ADHD: Additive effects
No full textThe nature of the co-occurrence of chronic tic disorders (CTD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is unclear. Especially in the field of psychopathology, the relationship of CTD and ADHD remains to be clarified. Thus, the aim of the present chart review study was to specify the contribution of CTD and/or ADHD to the psychopathological profile of the comorbid group (CTD+ADHD). The psychopathological profiles of four large groups (CTD-only (n=112), CTD+ADHD (n=82), ADHD-only (n=129), controls (n=144)) were measured by the eight subscales of the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) and analyzed by a 2x2 factorial design followed by contrasts. There were main effects of ADHD diagnosis on all but one subscale of the CBCL (Somatic Complaints). For CTD diagnosis, main effects were found for Attention Problems, Anxious/Depressed, Thought Problems, Social Problems and Somatic Complaints. The only interaction effect was seen for Somatic Complaints. While CTD and ADHD were both related to internalizing psychopathology of children in the CTD+ADHD group, ADHD had the largest effect on externalizing psychopathology in the comorbid group. At the level of psychopathology, an additive model for the co-occurrence of CTD and ADHD is strongly supported. In the comorbid group (CTD+ADHD), the ADHD diagnosis shows the strongest relation to externalizing psychopathology
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