Group cognitive-behavioral therapy in insomnia: a cross-sectional case-controlled study.

Background: Group cognitive-behavioral therapy (GCBT) might meet the considerable treatment demand of insomnia, but its effectiveness needs to be addressed.

Participants: This study recruited 27 insomnia patients treated with 16-weeks of zolpidem (zolpidem group), 26 patients treated with 4-weeks of zolpidem and also treated with 12-weeks of GCBT (GCBT group), and 31 healthy control volunteers.

Methods: Before treatment and 16 weeks after intervention, participants were evaluated using the Patient Health Questionnaires (Patient Health Questionnaire-9 [PHQ-9] and Patient Health Questionnaire-15 [PHQ-15]), the Dysfunctional Beliefs and Attitudes about Sleep-16 (DBAS-16), and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI).

[Treatment of Persistent Somatoform Pain Disorder by Floating Needle Therapy and Duloxetine].

Objective: To evaluate clinical effect and safety of floating needle therapy and duloxetine in treating patients with persistent somatoform pain disorder (PSPD).

Methods: Totally 108 PSPD patients were randomly assigned to the floating needle treatment group, the duloxetine treatment group, and the placebo treatment group, 36 in each group. Patients in the floating needle treatment group received floating needle therapy and placebo.

Cross-sectional study of executive functioning in children with developmental coordination disorders.

Background: Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) have multiple impairments in movement, in learning, and in the activities of daily living. Studies from other countries have associated these impairments with cognitive function, particularly executive functioning, but these findings have not been confirmed in China.

Aim: Compare the executive functioning of children with DCD with that of normal children.

[A multi-center randomized controlled trial of social skills training among children with behavior problems].

Objective: To investigate the feasibility and effectiveness of a social skills training program in children with child behavior disorders.

Methods: A total of 441 children, aged 7-13 years old, from 6 centers were randomized into intervention (n = 216) and waitlist group (n = 225). The social skills training program was offered to the intervention group 1 hour weekly for totally 12 weeks.

[Study on the correlation between adolescents' emotional and behavioral problems and life events].

Objective: To study the life events which are correlated with adolescent's emotion and behavior problems, and to provide evidence for clinicians and school staff to develop intervention for those problems.

Methods: Youth's Self Report (YSR) and Adolescent Self-Rating Life Events Check List (ASLEC) were used to assess adolescent's emotional and behavioral problems and life events by 'spot' study. The referred group consisted of 585 patients from 11 to 18 years old in a Mental Health Centre of West China Hospital of Sichuan University from July in 2002 to March in 2004.

[An epidemiological study on mental problems in adolescents in Chengdu, China].

Objective: To study the mental health problems in the adolescents aged 11-18 years in Chengdu, China.

Methods: Youth Self-Report (YSR) and the General Information Questionnaire were administered to 1802 students who were randomly selected from schools in Chengdu City.

Results: The overall rate of mental problems was 15.