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S Zubrick

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PubMed1996

National trends in the use of stimulant medication for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

OBJECTIVE: To document the use of stimulant medication in the different states and territories of Australia in 1993 and trends in use of stimulant medication in Western Australia and New South Wales from 1988 to 1993. METHODOLOGY: Health authorities in the states and territories of Australia were contacted and requested to provided data on total numbers, patient gender, date of birth, postcode and type of stimulant medication prescribed to estimate the prevalence of use of stimulant medication in Australia. RESULTS: Despite variation in the data obtained from each health authority there is a significant difference in the rates of use of stimulant medication between states and territories in Australia, and a significant increase in use between 1988 and 1993 in Western Australia and New South Wales. CONCLUSIONS: These trends should continue to be closely monitored and the possibility of establishing national prescription guidelines considered.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1991

Low to moderate maternal alcohol use before and during pregnancy, and neurobehavioural outcome in the newborn infant.

Of 2002 randomly selected pregnant women recruited prospectively over a three-year period for an extensive questionnaire survey, a stratified subsample of 665 mothers was selected for mother-infant follow-up on the basis of pre-pregnancy alcohol intake. Infant outcome was assessed by detailed clinical examination and application of a modified Einstein Neonatal Behavioural Assessment Schedule (ENBAS) performed at 24 to 72 hours of age. Of the infant responses to 25 ENBAS items, only tonus showed a small but significant relationship to pre-pregnancy maternal alcohol intake. The authors conclude that low to moderate maternal alcohol intake has no significant effect on newborn neurological status.

Alcohol Drinking↗
PubMed1990

Is there a fetal effect with low to moderate alcohol use before or during pregnancy?

STUDY OBJECTIVE: The aim was to investigate the effect of low or moderate alcohol consumption upon fetal outcome. DESIGN: This was a prospective randomised cohort study with mother and infant follow-up sample stratified on level of maternal alcohol intake. SETTING: A large maternity hospital in Western Australia. PARTICIPANTS: 2002 randomly selected pregnant women were recruited over a 3 year period for questionnaire survey (19 mothers refused participation). From 665 women in a stratified subsample selected on the basis of prepregnancy alcohol consumption, 605 newborns were available for study. INVESTIGATION AND MAIN RESULTS: All 2002 women completed a comprehensive questionnaire on demographic, lifestyle (including diet), health, and obstetric factors. Of the 665 mothers who were followed through pregnancy, 605 liveborns were available at birth for measurement and detailed clinical evaluation. Low to moderate prepregnancy maternal alcohol intake was not associated with any untoward effect upon weight, length, head circumference at birth, or clinical well-being as indicated by Apgar score, respiratory distress syndrome, and overall clinical state. Other factors, particularly nicotine, were of much greater importance. CONCLUSIONS: This study fails to show any significant relationship between low to moderate prepregnancy maternal alcohol intake and newborn clinical status. The outcome suggests that cautionary advice to pregnant women warning that any alcohol taken during pregnancy is potentially harmful to the fetus is inaccurate and therefore probably counterproductive.

Adult↗
PubMed1989

Confounding variables in studying the effects of maternal alcohol consumption before and during pregnancy.

STUDY OBJECTIVE: to investigate the relationship between alcohol consumption and pregnancy outcome. DESIGN: prospective randomised cohort survey with follow up sample stratified on level of alcohol intake. SETTING: antenatal clinic of large maternity hospital in Western Australia. PARTICIPANTS: 2002 randomly selected pregnant women recruited over 3 year period for questionnaire survey (58% in 1st trimester, 33% in 2nd trimester, 8% in third trimester at recruitment). Only 19 refused participation. Stratified subsample of 665 women followed up, of whom 60 had miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal death. Subsample was selected on basis of prepregnancy alcohol consumption. INVESTIGATIONS AND MAIN RESULTS: All 2002 women completed a comprehensive questionnaire on demographic, lifestyle, health (including diet) and obstetric factors. The stratified subsample was followed through pregnancy and data were collected on obstetric course and infant outcome. Results showed that beer, wine and spirits drinkers differed significantly in maternal characteristics, nutrition and other important variables such as smoking. Women with stillbirths or miscarriages drank more beer than those with live births, though total levels of alcohol intake did not differ. Beer drinkers were less likely to reduce their consumption in pregnancy than other drinkers if they also smoked more than 20 cigarettes per day. CONCLUSIONS: Studies of effects of maternal drinking must include extensive information on the variables examined in this study or conclusions relating to maternal drinking in pregnancy are likely to be invalid.

Abortion, Spontaneous↗
PubMed1987

Is suicidal ideation associated with puberty?

Chronological age, rather than puberty, was associated with suicidal ideation in both sexes in a sample of 1,060 children and adolescents aged nine to fourteen years who were referred to a child psychiatry service in Perth, Western Australia.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1986

Symptomatic depression and suicidal ideation. A comparative study with 628 children.

A comparison was made of demographic and clinical variables between 481 children aged 15 or less who exhibited symptomatic depression and 147 children who had this symptom and who also had suicidal ideas. Suicidal ideation was associated with disturbed, hostile intrafamilial relationships. It was also associated with age in girls. Significantly, experiences of loss were associated with symptomatic depression rather than with suicidal ideation per se. No specific psychiatric, emotional, or conduct disorder symptoms were found to differentiate between the two groups. Similarly, extrafamilial and social characteristics were not differentiating features. The children with suicidal ideation had no more disturbance of peer relationships or social withdrawal than did their nonsuicidal depressed counterparts and may not, therefore, be readily identifiable by teachers or other responsible adults. Clinical management of potentially suicidal children needs to encompass symptomatic treatment of depression and amelioration of adverse family interactions.

Affective Symptoms↗
PubMed1984

A detailed study of sequential saccadic eye movements for normal- and poor-reading children.

This paper presents the results of an in-depth study of parameters characterizing sequenced saccadic eye movements for a group of dyslexic children and a comparative normal control group with ages in the range greater than 8.0 yr. and less than 13.0 yr. No parameters were statistically different for the two groups, which supports the findings of Brown, et al. and contradicts the findings of Pavlidis. Our results indicate that sequenced saccadic eye movements are not diagnostically useful for early detection of dyslexia.

Child↗
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Factors influencing the social status of children with mild academic disabilities in regular classrooms.

This article discusses the development and evaluation of a model of social status which has implications for students both with and without mild academic disabilities in integrated classrooms. Behavioral data relating to peer social status were collected from peers, teachers, and independent observers for 97 students with disabilities and 97 without disabilities from the same regular elementary school classes. Path analysis indicated that teachers' attitudes toward integration were not related to the social status of the students with disabilities. However, teacher perceptions of academic behavior, peer perceptions of academic behavior, and peer perceptions of disruptive behavior were found to be related to social status for both groups of students.

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