Off-label psychopharmacologic prescribing for children: History supports close clinical monitoring – Most medications are approved for marketing based on favorable benefit to risk assessments from clinical trial data in adults. Pediatric medical practice has been primarily off-label, i.e., permissible even though the drug was not specified for this age group, or indication in the […]

Neuropsychological Findings in Pediatric Maltreatment: Relationship of PTSD, Dissociative Symptoms, and Abuse/Neglect Indices to Neurocognitive Outcomes – Although maltreated children represent a small percentage of the pediatric population, the effects of maltreatment on an individual and society are disproportionately high (Wang & Holton, 2007). Developmental traumatology is the systemic investigation of the psychobiological impact […]

NCCP – Facts About Trauma for Policymakers July 2007 – Trauma can result in long- and short-term problems. Research suggests that these can include physical and emotional health conditions and put those exposed to trauma at increased risk for chronic ill health and premature death.

National Trends in the Outpatient Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Antipsychotic Drugs – In the United States, the estimated number of office-based visits by youth that included antipsychotic treatment increased from approximately 201 000 in 1993 to 1 224 000 in 2002. From 2000 to 2002, the number of visits that included antipsychotic […]

Foreign Policy and Disability: Legislative Strategies and Civil Rights Protections To Ensure Inclusion of People with Disabilities –  Individuals with disabilities are subject to a broad pattern of discrimination and segregation in almost every part of the world. In most countries, people with disabilities and their families are socially stigmatized, politically marginalized, and economically […]

Factors Associated With Overuse of Health Care Within US Health Systems – Overuse of health care is a pervasive threat to patients that requires measurement to inform the development of interventions. In this cross-sectional study of 676 US health care systems, those that were overusing health care had more beds, had fewer primary care […]

Evidence-Based Use of Second-Generation Antipsychotics in a State Medicaid Pediatric Population – The purpose of this study was to identify children in a state Medicaid population who were newly treated with second-generation antipsychotics from 2001 through 2005, to classify each use of these agents as evidence based or not depending on the child’s diagnoses, […]

Evidence-Based Psychosocial Treatments for Adolescents With Disruptive Behavior – This article updates the earlier reviews of evidence-based psychosocial treatments for disruptive behavior in adolescents (Brestan & Eyberg, 1998; Eyberg, Nelson, & Boggs, 2008), focusing primarily on the treatment literature published from 2007 to 2014. Studies were identified through an extensive literature search and evaluated […]

Evaluation of a Congressionally Mandated Wraparound Demonstration – In order to determine whether expenditures for mental health could be reduced and quality improved, Congress mandated that the Department of Defense conduct a demonstration project utilizing a wraparound mental health service system for child and adolescent military dependents. A longitudinal quasiexperimental design was used to […]

Empowering Children and Families through Strength-Based Assessment – The purpose of this article is to provide a rationale for using a strength-based assessment approach in planning services for children. First, a definition of strength-based assessment, its advantages, and principles are provided. Then, a standardized measure, the Behavioral and Emotional Rating Scale (BERS), that assesses the emotional […]