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Louwerse A, Eussen MLJM, Van der Ende J, de Nijs PFA, Van Gool AR, Dekker LP, Verheij C, Verheij F, Verhulst FC, Greaves-Lord K. ASD Symptom Severity in Adolescence of Individuals Diagnosed with PDD-NOS in Childhood: Stability and the Relation with Psychiatric Comorbidity and Societal Participation. J Autism Dev Disord 2016; 45:3908-18. [PMID: 26395112 PMCID: PMC4653230 DOI: 10.1007/s10803-015-2595-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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The current 7-year follow-up study investigated: (1) the stability of ASD severity, and (2) associations of ASD severity in adolescence with (a) childhood and concurrent psychiatric comorbidity, and (b) concurrent societal functioning. The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) and the Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children were administered in childhood (ages 6-12) and in adolescence (ages 12-20) to 72 individuals with a pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS). ADOS calibrated severity scores showed a large stability (r = .51). Psychiatric comorbidity in childhood and adolescence were not associated with ASD severity in adolescence. Mental health care use (87 %) and special education needs were high (71 %). Reevaluation of ASD severity and psychiatric comorbidity later in life seem useful when PDD-NOS is diagnosed in childhood.
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- A Louwerse
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/Psychology, Erasmus MC - Sophia Children's Hospital, Wytemaweg 8, 3015 CN, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. .,Yulius, Organisation for Mental Health, Yulius Academy, Hellingen 21, 3311 GZ, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/Psychology, Erasmus MC - Sophia Children's Hospital, Wytemaweg 8, 3015 CN, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.,Yulius, Organisation for Mental Health, Yulius Academy, Hellingen 21, 3311 GZ, Dordrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/Psychology, Erasmus MC - Sophia Children's Hospital, Wytemaweg 8, 3015 CN, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/Psychology, Erasmus MC - Sophia Children's Hospital, Wytemaweg 8, 3015 CN, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Yulius, Organisation for Mental Health, Yulius Academy, Hellingen 21, 3311 GZ, Dordrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/Psychology, Erasmus MC - Sophia Children's Hospital, Wytemaweg 8, 3015 CN, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.,Yulius, Organisation for Mental Health, Yulius Academy, Hellingen 21, 3311 GZ, Dordrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/Psychology, Erasmus MC - Sophia Children's Hospital, Wytemaweg 8, 3015 CN, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/Psychology, Erasmus MC - Sophia Children's Hospital, Wytemaweg 8, 3015 CN, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/Psychology, Erasmus MC - Sophia Children's Hospital, Wytemaweg 8, 3015 CN, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/Psychology, Erasmus MC - Sophia Children's Hospital, Wytemaweg 8, 3015 CN, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.,Yulius, Organisation for Mental Health, Yulius Academy, Hellingen 21, 3311 GZ, Dordrecht, The Netherlands
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Westermann GMA, Verheij F. [Counseling in the Dutch youth mental health care: a survey]. Tijdschr Psychiatr 2009; 51:333-338. [PMID: 19434572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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A recent survey amongst 48 key figures from all 51 Dutch institutions for youth mental health care service confirmed the hypothesis that counselling in the Dutch youth mental health care service hardly ever follows a standard pattern. In their reactions to this survey, professionals seem to be strongly in favour of a methodical form of counselling that is firmly based on scientific principles. Based on this survey, a review of the literature and panel discussions, an evidence-based counseling procedure for the youth mental health care was developed.
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Verheij F, Verhulst FC, Ferdinand RF. [Child and adolescent psychiatry: a profession and its identity II]. Tijdschr Psychiatr 2007; 49:429-38. [PMID: 17694483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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BACKGROUND Up till the 1970s child and adolescent psychiatry had no distinctive diagnostic system of its own. From the 1980s onwards qualitative information-gathering (e.g. via discussion or play-situations) was no longer regarded as adequate and the standardised gathering of (quantitative) information became the cornerstone of the diagnostic process. This development fundamentally changed the child psychiatrist's profession and its identity. AIM To investigate the specific features that are required in current child and adolescent psychiatry. METHOD In this article we will clarify the change in the child psychiatrist's profession and identity by outlining how child an adolescent psychiatry evolved as from the early 1980s. We will do this by concentrating on the diagnostic process. The treatment aspect will be discussed only briefly. RESULTS Over the last 25 years the role of the child psychiatrist has undoubtedly changed. From being mainly a diagnostician and/or being personally responsible for treating the child or adolescent the child psychiatrist has become increasingly the person who controls the diagnostic process and plans treatment. CONCLUSION Over the last two decades the diagnostic technique of the child psychiatrist has developed in a new direction. The child psychiatrist has chosen instead to elucidate a patient's referral and to discuss the reasons for a request for assistance and/or care. The psychiatrist uses many types of information and a multitude of informants and methods. This development has led to a fundamental change in the child psychiatrist's profession and its identity.
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Verheij F, Sanders-Woudstra JA. The history and current status of child and adolescent psychiatric day-treatment programs in The Netherlands. Int J Partial Hosp 1988; 5:113-23; discussion 125-6. [PMID: 10295513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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Although its history in Netherlands is a short one, day treatment for children and adolescents is in great demand and an increase in the number of centers throughout the country has been planned. It serves as both a primary and a secondary treatment modality. While the theoretical frames of reference among day units vary, psychoanalytic and systems thinking are the leading orientations. All day units operate with a multidisciplinary staff who work intensively and therapeutically with the children and their families. The day unit at Sophia Children's Hospital in Rotterdam is described as an example of an existing program.
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