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S E Silver

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PubMed1993

Two reasonable people: joint decisionmaking in contraceptive choice and use.

The authors discuss "the way in which married couples make choices from among contraceptive alternatives, and the way in which these choices lead to use.... Three predominant themes structure this chapter. First, can currently popular decision-making theories be satisfactorily applied to joint contraceptive decision-making? Second, do spouse's perceptions (and misperceptions) of the other's beliefs, attitudes, etc. influence the decision outcome? And, third, do demographic considerations (such as a couple's stage in the life-cycle or ethnicity) alter the utility of decision theories?" Data are from a study of 453 couples interviewed in Gainesville, Florida.

Americas↗
PubMed1992

Family functioning and psychopathology among adolescents with severe emotional disturbances.

Family psychosocial functioning and its relation to psychopathology among adolescents with severe emotional disturbances (SED) was assessed. Subjects were 353 adolescents with SED, ages 12-18, and their parents. During a semi-structured interview, adolescents were administered Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scale (FACES-III), Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children-Child Version (DISC-C), and the Self-Derogation Scale. Parents were administered FACES-IIII and the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) in a phone interview. Results indicated that on the FACES-IIII cohesion dimension, both parents and adolescents perceived their family relations as more disengaged and less connected than did normative families (p less than .001). In contrast, only parent FACES-IIII adaptability scores were significantly more extreme than a normative sample (p less than .01). Additionally, both parent and adolescent cohesion scores were significantly correlated with adolescent psychopathology measures: DISC-C conduct disorder (p less than .01), depression (p less than .05), alcohol/marijuana (p less than .01), and CBCL externalizing symptoms (p less than .01). These relationships did not deviate from linearity.

Adaptation, Psychological↗
PubMed1991

Substance abuse prevalence and comorbidity with other psychiatric disorders among adolescents with severe emotional disturbances.

Among 547 adolescents with serious emotional disturbances, ages 12 to 18, this study assessed (1) prevalence of DSM-III substance use disorders (i.e., alcohol and marijuana abuse/dependence), and (2) comorbidity with DSM-III Axis I disorders. Factors of age, sex, state location, and type of treatment program also were examined. Data were analyzed by logistic regression. Significant factors (p less than 0.05) associated with severe alcohol or marijuana abuse/dependency diagnosis included (1) residential mental health treatment program, 2.37 Odds Ratio (OR); (2) conduct disorder diagnosis, 2.18 OR; (3) depression diagnosis, 1.75 OR; (4) states, 1.43 OR; (5) age, 1.29 OR; and (6) a depression x facility interaction, 1.91 OR.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1990

Financial incentives.

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Physician Incentive Plans↗
PubMed1990

The epidemiology of childhood psychiatric disorders: prevalence findings from recent studies.

While sharing a new emphasis upon identifying discrete psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents, epidemiological field studies conducted during the past decade have used diverse methods of case ascertainment and definition. Half used the multimethod-multistage approach to ascertain cases. Severity rating scales and measures of pervasiveness, parent-child concordance, and global functional impairment were employed to enhance the specificity of case definition. The majority of overall prevalence estimates of moderate to severe disorder range from 14 to 20%. Those investigations that use multiple methods to define caseness show greatest promise in identifying true cases in community samples.

Adolescent↗