Review of Affective disorders and the family: Assessment and treatment.

1989 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-226
Author(s):  
Michael R. Fox
Keyword(s):  
Affective Disorders ◽  
Family Assessment ◽  
The Family ◽  
Assessment And Treatment

The Prevalence of Psychiatric Disorder in Rural School Children

1982 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 43-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. M. Connell ◽  
L. Irvine ◽  
J. Rodney
Keyword(s):  
Psychiatric Disorder ◽  
Disturbed Child ◽  
Team Approach ◽  
Family Assessment ◽  
Considerable Difficulty ◽  
The Family ◽  
Assessment And Treatment ◽  
Psychiatric Expertise ◽  
Detailed Assessment ◽  
The Individual

The multidetermined nature of psychiatric disorder in childhood calls for a detailed assessment of the individual and his family, and often a team approach to treatment. Since this involves contact with the family over a period of time the delivery of this type of service to children living in remote areas under conditions of geographical isolation can present considerable difficulty. A survey of 10- and 11-year-old children from the far West of Queensland showed a prevalence rate for psychiatric disorder of 10% among those whose parents were willing to complete a questionnaire and attend the child's school for interview. Although this is lower than rates obtained for children living in towns on the East coast and in metropolitan Brisbane it still represents a sizeable group of children who require psychiatric help in areas where presently none is available. A method of family assessment and treatment for country children evolved by the psychiatric unit of a metropolitan children's hospital, shows the remoteness of home need not preclude the disturbed child from psychiatric expertise, although facilities must be augmented if children from an often forgotten sector of the Australian population are to be covered adequately.

Psychometric properties of a short version of the family assessment device

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 10-25
Author(s):  
Maria Nicoleta Turliuc ◽  
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Mirela Ciudin ◽  
Viorel Robu ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Short Version ◽  
Family Assessment ◽  
Family Assessment Device ◽  
The Family

Life Charting of Affective Disorders

CNS Spectrums ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
pp. 21-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriele S. Leverich ◽  
Robert M. Post
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Affective Disorders ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Effective Management ◽  
Treatment Approaches ◽  
Bipolar Illness ◽  
Longitudinal Course ◽  
Assessment And Treatment ◽  
Number Frequency ◽  
Chronic Course

AbstractThe recurrent and frequently chronic course of affective disorders requires careful delineation of the number, frequency, and pattern of prior and current episodes and their response to pharmacotherapies to help develop optimal assessment and treatment approaches for these Potentially lethal medical illnesses. To better track and monitor the longitudinal course of unipolar and bipolar illness and to promote more effective management, we developed the retrospective and prospective National Institute of Mental Health Life Chart Methodology (NIMH-LCM). The principles of retrospective and prospective life charting are the focus of this article. Following introductory background information on affective disorders, the influence of Kraepelin's work and his use of life charts are reviewed as the basis and framework for the NIMH-LCM. The use of life charting both retrospectively and prospectively is discussed, with examples of its utility and benefits.

scholarly journals The role of genetic research with family design in the study of affective disorders

2019 ◽  
pp. 106-108
Author(s):  
E. D. Kasyanov ◽  
G. E. Maso ◽  
A. O. Kibitov
Keyword(s):  
Affective Disorders ◽  
Bipolar Affective Disorder ◽  
Molecular Genetic ◽  
Genetic Research ◽  
Important Criterion ◽  
Genetic Studies ◽  
The Family ◽  
Polygenic Diseases ◽  
Potential Biomarkers

Affective disorders (recurrent depressive disorder and bipolar affective disorder) are multifactorial and polygenic diseases, which suggests the involvement of multiple neurobiological mechanisms. The phenotype of affective disorders is a heterogeneous group of clinically similar psychopathological symptoms, which also makes it difficult to detect potential biomarkers and new therapeutic targets. To study families at high risk of developing affective disorders using both clinical and molecular genetic approaches can help to study the neurobiological basis of depressive conditions, as well as to identify endophenotypes of affective disorders. The most important criterion for an endophenotype is its heritability, which can be proved only within the framework of the family design of the study. Comprehensive clinical and molecular genetic studies based on family design have the best prospects.

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