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J Thivierge

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PubMed1986

A case of acquired aphasia in a child.

A 4-year-old child was referred to us from neurology with a possible diagnosis of autism. This form of acquired aphasia is unusual in that our patient did not ever present any clinical seizure in spite of bilateral temporal injury. One of the etiological possibilities that has been retained in those cases has to do with the aphasia being related to the convulsive disorder. Our case suggests that, at least for some of those children suffering from this unusual form of acquired aphasia, one has to look for some other etiological possibilities. This last point will be discussed as well as the value of sleep EEG as a diagnostic procedure.

Aphasia↗
PubMed1986

The impact of temperament in a school setting: an epidemiological study.

The authors present the results of an epidemiological study on a large non-clinical population-based sample of French speaking seven year-old children (N = 596) whose aim was to verify if a relation exists between temperament and outward-type or inward-type behavior problems in school. The Thomas and Chess' Parent Temperament Questionnaire, filled out twice by the parents over a four-week interval, was used to determine temperament. The Conners Teacher Questionnaire, filled out twice by the teachers over a four-week interval, was used to determine behavior problems in school. Five points emerge from this study. First, "difficult" temperament 'per se' is not associated either with outward-type or inward-type behavior problems in school. Second, a temperamental pattern of high activity and high approach with new stimuli predisposes boys to present outward-type behavior problems in school. Third, the temperamental traits of low adaptability or withdrawal with new stimuli predisposes girls to inward-type behavior problems in school. Fourth, the study demonstrates the importance of verifying if the associations between temperament and behavior problems are stable since, in the comparisons between results of the test with those of the retest, several of the associations found in one occasion failed to be replicated at the other. Fifth, the different influences of temperament according to sex emphasize the need to study boys and girls separately. Future studies should take into account interactions between parents/teachers and child temperament since these sex-related different influences of temperament could be related to the sex-related different attitudes of caretakers.

Child↗
PubMed1985

Value of difficult temperament among 7-year-olds in the general population for predicting psychiatric diagnosis at age 12.

The authors assessed the predictive value of "difficult" temperament, as defined in the New York Longitudinal Study, in 12-year-old children from the general population of Quebec City whose temperaments had been determined to be difficult or easy at age 7. The difficult and easy temperament groups were balanced for age, sex, and socioeconomic status. The authors used many convergent measuring devices and were blind to the temperament scores of the children at age 7. Temperamentally difficult children had more clinical disorders at age 12 that qualified for a DSM-III diagnosis. An association with family dysfunction in terms of behavior control seemed to increase this risk: there was a lower rate of clinical disorders among children in superior functioning families than among those in dysfunctional families.

Age Factors↗
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Brain-stem auditory evoked response: normative values in children.

Normative values of brain-stem auditory evoked response (BAER) derived from a large (N = 174) normal school age sample are presented. In our 4-14 years of age sample we found a significant influence of sex on some BAER components, and a significant influence of age on others. The norms have been computed according to these influences. Particular aspects of the influence of age and sex are also discussed.

Adolescent↗