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PubMed1976

[Pathologic manifestations in children whose parents are ill with schizophrenia].

The author analyzed the mental development of 252 children born by schizophrenic patients. The detected anomalies were considered from the point of view of sex, age of the onset of psychosis and the type of the process in the ill parents. The found personality changes in these children were compared to the premorbid traits of children and adolescents of another group (128 cases) of schizophrenic patients having identical hereditary loading. This gives the bases to conclude that the personality changes in children of schizophrenic parents carry certain prognostical information.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1979

[Possibilities of the clinical comparison of diseases with a hereditary burden in the descendant generation using the model of "parents-children" ill with schizophrenia].

A special statistic method of confrontation of diseases with aggravation hereditary in the group "parents - children" is proposed. This method can be used under clinical formalization of the diseases. It is shown on a model group parents - children (118 pairs) suffering with schizophrenia, that statistical confrontation makes possible to work out group and individual prognoses in the descending generation. It is found that invariability in the descending generation is provided by a small number of stable indices, other symptoms being variable. Statistic description of the disease symptoms in the descending generation is of interest for planning genetic interpretation.

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PubMed1979

Broken homes, parental psychiatric illness, and female delinquency.

Fifty-nine families with delinquent daughters were compared with 59 families, matched on socioeconomic class, with daughters of the same age who were not delinquent. The frequency of broken homes was found to be the strongest distinguishing factor between probands and controls. Parental disabilities appeared to play a part in the incidence of delinquency among girls, particularly when the disabilities result in a broken home.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1977

Depression spectrum disease versus pure depressive disease. Clinical, personality, and course differences.

In a group of 191 women admitted to the University of Iowa Psychiatric Hospital for depression over a 45-year period and selected on the basis of alcoholism or antisocial personality, vs. depression, in a parent, 105 probands fit into the depression spectrum group (parental alcoholism or antisocial personality) and 86 into the pure depression group (parental depression). Few differences were found between the presenting clinical pictures (including precipitating factors) of the two groups; but depression spectrum patients and pure depressive patients showed study differences in the areas of personal problems and personality as well as course of illness. The depression spectrum patients were significantly less likely to have loss of interest in usual activities as a symptom at index admission. They were significantly more likely to have had a history of sexual problems, to have been divorced or separated before, to have been described as irritable, and to report having previously been depressed. They are nonetheless significantly more likely to recover completely and have no relapse of depression. The pure depression group were significantly more likely to have depressed sisters, and suicide was much more frequent in their ill parents. Thus, important personality and course differences separate depressive spectrum disease from pure depressive disease;

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PubMed1978

Restructuring parental attitudes--working with parents of the adult mentally ill.

The Thresholds parents group gives the parents of clients an opportunity that has rarely been presented to them. They are able to discuss openly, with their peers, many issues that have not been expressed previously except in the greatest privacy. Often their children's mental illness has been a well-kept secret or has been handled in a guilty and shamefaced way. They do not find it easy, as a rule, to discuss mental illness in the same way they might discuss diabetes or congenital heart disease. It is an enormous relief to be open about their problems with others who are in similar circumstances. The main issues addressed in the group are a redefinition of good parenting to include mutual disengagement, emancipation, and separation; reduction of parental guilt, with its consequent implications of parents getting more out of their own lives, and a reduction of manipulation; and the handling of management issues such as money, medication, visiting, parental expectations, holidays, siblings, and parents' united front. Parents of the emotionally ill are a much maligned group. Too often they are regarded by the mental health community as enemies and not allies. Too often the suffering that they have endured is ignored. Too often parents' strengths are overlooked by mental health professionals treating their offspring. And, finally, too often basic change in the parents is demanded as a prerequisite for meaningful change in the member.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1978

Family history as a diagnostic aid in two samples of adolescents.

Psychiatric diagnostic patterns were examined in two different samples of adolescents, one a group of psychiatric inpatients and the second youth apprehended by the law for alcohol-related difficulties. Affective disorder in parents was most closely correlated with a similar patient diagnosis or constellation of depressive-type symptoms in both samples of youth. Parental antisocial personalities, alcohol abuse, or drug problems correlated most closely with high levels of similar difficulties in individuals in the two studied groups. However, antisocial, alcohol, or drug problems of a mild degree were present in all subgroups of the two samples, perhaps representing a nonspecific reaction to parental illness or the occurrence of a broken home. A follow-up of future problems in both samples will be carried out to determine the importance of the family history and clinical picture in predicting the future course of problems.

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PubMed1978

School phobia: classification and treatment.

Ninety-nine cases of school phobia seen at a child guidance clinic over a period of twelve years were divided into acute and chronic groups and investigated in several ways. The results indicate that the children of both groups are more likely to be the eldest or youngest in the family. Acute school phobia is more likely to occur in youngest children with two or fewer siblings, and mothers tend to be older. It is most common in adolescence and seems often to be precipitated by stress. Chronic school phobia is likely to occur in a child from a larger family and with a younger mother. It is more common in social class V and in children of mentally ill parents. Implications for treatment are discussed.

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PubMed1977

Psychiatric aspects of stress in children and adolescents.

The notion of "stress", the concepts of normal or pathological adaptability are applicable to child and adolescent. The stress is not a fixed value and depends on the personality of the child, on his degree of development and on his environment. Each educator ought to know the difference between a stimulus necessary to the development and a harmful and dangerous stress, especially when the latter is very intense and repeated to an extent which does not permit a normal adaptability. These basic notions can be applied to different stages of development as well as to extraordinary situations (divorce, death of a parent, illness of the child, etc.) which may arise.

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PubMed1979

Epidemic dengue fever in Puerto Rico, 1977: a cost analysis.

During the period July-December 1977, a widespread epidemic of dengue fever occurred in Puerto Rico. The cost of the epidemic was calculated, using upper and lower limit incidence figures, in terms of direct costs (medical care and epidemic control measures) and indirect costs (lost production of ill workers and parents of ill children). Direct costs were estimated to range between $2.4 and $4.7 million. Indirect costs were calculated by using current (1977) employment and wage data and population extrapolations from the 1970 census, and entailed a loss to the Puerto Rico economy of from $3.7 to $10.9 million. The total cost of this epidemic, therefore, was estimated to be in a range of $6.0 to $15.6 million, of which epidemic control measures comprised 7.8--20.2%.

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PubMed2026

Educational Effects of Electronic Documents and Videos on Parents' Responses to Acute Illness in Young Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

AIM: This study compared changes associated with electronic document-based and video-based education for parents responding to acute illness in young children, focusing on self-reported knowledge, anxiety, and satisfaction. METHODS: A randomized controlled trial with pre- and post-intervention measurements was conducted among 140 adults in Japan who self-reported raising a child under 3&#x2009;years of age and having experienced their child's acute illness. Participants were assigned to an electronic document group or a video group (n&#x2009;=&#x2009;70 each). Self-reported knowledge was assessed using a researcher-developed questionnaire, and anxiety was measured using the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. Pre-post changes and between-group differences in change scores were examined. RESULTS: Total self-reported knowledge scores increased significantly in both groups (p&#x2009;<&#x2009;0.01), with no significant between-group difference. The video group showed significant improvements in items related to symptoms requiring attention at home and information sources, whereas the electronic document group improved in items related to symptoms requiring medical consultation and emergency calls. State and trait anxiety did not change significantly in either group. Satisfaction was high in both groups. CONCLUSIONS: Both educational formats may support parents' learning about responses to acute illness in young children, although appropriate formats may differ according to the educational content. Information provision alone may have limited effects on anxiety; therefore, future parent education should incorporate interactive and reassurance-focused approaches. TRIAL REGISTRATION: UMIN-CTR: UMIN000056457.

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