Parenting support and PTSD in children of a war zone.

Background: The protective role of parenting factors on the mental well-being of children exposed to war trauma remains an under-researched area.

Aim: To establish the relationship between perceived positive parenting support and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in children exposed to war trauma.

Methods: A random sample of 412 children aged 12-16 years was selected from the Gaza Strip and was assessed using the Gaza Traumatic Events Checklist (GTEC), the SCID (DSM-IV) and the Perceived Parenting Support Scale (PPSS).

Service utilization by children with conduct disorders: findings from the 2004 Great Britain child mental health survey.

Children with conduct disorders (CD) and their families are in contact with multiple agencies, but there is limited evidence on their patterns of service utilization. The aim of this study was to establish the patterns, barriers and correlates of service use by analysing the cohort of the 2004 Great Britain child mental health survey (N = 7,977). Use of social services was significantly higher by children with CD than emotional disorders (ED) in the absence of co-morbidity, while use of specialist child mental health and paediatric was significantly higher by children with hyperkinetic disorders (HD) than CD.

Nurses' detention powers and medical response to their use.

Aim: The aim was to study the factors associated with use of Section 5(4) of the Mental Health Act 1983 and the medical response.

Method: A retrospective study was carried out over a year in all psychiatric inpatient units in Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust. This trust caters to the mental health needs of the Leicestershire and Rutland population.

Congenital tuberculosis.

A 29 day old male infant presented with a history of fever, cough, increasing respiratory distress and abdominal distension from the 10th day of life. Examination revealed failure to thrive, marked tachypnea, pallor, hepatosplenomegaly and harsh vesicular breath sounds. Chest skiagram showed extensive broncho-pneumonic changes.