Project CARPE Diem: Curriculum and Assessment for Residents on Pediatric Epilepsy.

Background: Pediatric residencies are not preparing trainees well to manage patients with seizures and epilepsy. To address this, we implemented a six-session curriculum using active learning techniques with the goals of improving the knowledge and attitudes needed to effectively identify and treat seizures and epilepsy, and increase residents' comfort with counseling families about these topics.

Methods: A structured curriculum was implemented over the course of one month for the pediatric resident learner using andragogical methods such as didactic presentation, small-group sessions, role play, and simulation.

Sudden unexpected death in children: myth or reality?

Purpose Of Review: Despite many years of study, sudden unexplained death remains a tenuous diagnosis of exclusion. Here, we discuss the current science behind the uncertainties of sudden death, as well as the questions that still remain.

Recent Findings: Failure in any part of the complex interplay between peripheral sensors and central cardiorespiratory regulation can result in sudden death.

Migraine and Sleep in Children: A Bidirectional Relationship.

Migraine and sleep disorders in children exhibit a bidirectional relationship. This relationship is based on shared pathophysiology. Migraine involves activation of the trigeminal vascular system.

Doxepin in children and adolescents with symptoms of insomnia: a single-center experience.

Study Objectives: Pediatric insomnia is a widespread problem and especially difficult to manage in children with neurodevelopmental disorders. There are currently no US Food and Drug Administration-approved medications to use once first-line therapy fails. The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of doxepin in pediatric patients.

Comparison of artifacts between paste and collodion method of electrode application in pediatric EEG.

Objectives: Children pose challenges to obtain quality EEG data due to excessive artifact. Collodion is used in EEG electrodes due to its water resistance and strong adhesive qualities. This study was done to evaluate differences in artifacts between the collodion and paste method.

Evaluating a multiple-family group access intervention for refugees with PTSD.

The purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of a multiple-family group in increasing access to mental health services for refugees with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This study investigated a nine-session multiple-family group called Coffee and Families Education and Support with refugee families from Bosnia-Herzegovina in Chicago. Adults with PTSD (n = 197) and their families were randomly assigned to receive either the intervention or a control condition.

A family beliefs framework for socially and culturally specific preventive interventions with refugee youths and families.

To assist in designing socially and culturally specific preventive interventions for refugee youths and families, this study identified the processes by which refugee families adapt and apply family beliefs concerning youths. A grounded-theory model constructed with ATLAS/ti for Windows and named the family beliefs framework describes (a) family beliefs concerning refugee youths, (b) contextual factors interacting with these family beliefs, (c) adaptation of family beliefs concerning refugee youths, and (d) the interplay of adapting family beliefs and behaviors concerning refugee youths. Preventive interventions for refugee youths and families would be more socially and culturally specific if they addressed the specific processes of adapting family beliefs experienced by refugee youths and their families amid transitions and traumas.

A family approach to severe mental illness in post-war Kosovo.

This study describes the effects of a psychoeducational multiple-family group program for families of people with severe mental illness in post-war Kosovo that was developed by a Kosovar-American professional collaborative. The subjects were 30 families of people with severe mental illnesses living in two cities in Kosovo. All subjects participated in multiple-family groups and received family home visits.

Family consequences of refugee trauma.

Objective: To construct a model on the consequences of political violence for refugee families based upon a qualitative investigation.

Methods: This study used a grounded-theory approach to analyze qualitative evidence from the CAFES multi-family support and education groups with Bosnian refugee families in Chicago. Textual coding and analysis was conducted using ATLAS/ti for Windows.

The TAFES multi-family group intervention for Kosovar refugees: a feasibility study.

The object of this study was to describe a feasibility study of the Tea and Families Education and Support (TAFES) intervention used in a group of newly resettled adult refugees from Kosova. The subjects were 86 newly resettled Kosovar refugees in Chicago who gave informed consent to participate in an investigation of the TAFES intervention. All subjects received family home visits, and most participated in the TAFES multi-family groups.