Background: An open group climate is essential in successful residential care for juveniles with mild intellectual disability (MID). This study examined whether non-violent resistance, adapted for MID (NVR-MID), stimulates an open group climate in time.
Method: NVR-MID was implemented in three residential settings in The Netherlands, in a quasi-experimental stepped wedge design.
As hospital beds are scarce, and emergency admissions to a psychiatric ward are major life-events for children and adolescents, it is essential to have insight into the decision-making process that leads to them. To identify potentially modifiable factors, we, therefore, studied the contextual and clinical characteristics associated with the voluntary and compulsory emergency admission of minors. We used registry data (2008-2017) on 1194 outpatient emergencies involving children aged 6-18 who had been referred to the mobile psychiatric emergency service in two city areas in The Netherlands.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To compare the predictive validity of the clinical-diagnostic and the empirical-quantitative approach to assessment of childhood psychopathology, and to investigate the usefulness of combining both approaches.
Method: A referred sample (N = 96), aged 6 to 12 years at initial assessment, was followed up across--on average--a period of 3.2 years.
Background: The present study investigated the differential predictive value of parents', teachers', and clinicians' reports of psychopathology for poor outcome in children referred to a child psychiatric outpatient clinic.
Method: A referred sample (N = 96), aged 6 to 12 years at initial assessment, was followed up after a mean interval of 3.2 years.