The Interaction Between Asthma and Anxiety: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Young People's Experiences.

Asthma and anxiety are highly co-morbid, and their interaction leads to exacerbations for both conditions. This study explored the interplay between these two conditions from the perspective of children and adolescents. The objective was to identify potential mechanisms of interaction between asthma and anxiety, and to derive improvements for prevention and treatment.

Brief report: a family risk study exploring bipolar spectrum problems and cognitive biases in adolescent children of bipolar parents.

Children of parents with bipolar disorder are at increased risk of bipolar spectrum diagnoses. This cross-sectional study explores cognitive factors in the prediction of vulnerability to bipolar disorder. Adolescents at high-risk (with a parent with bipolar disorder; n = 23) and age and gender matched adolescents (n = 24) were recruited.

Parental communication style and family relationships in children of bipolar parents.

Objectives: To examine relationships between parental communication styles and family environment in parents with bipolar disorder (BD) and their children (CBP).

Methods: On measures of parental communication styles and family environment, 20 BD parents and their 23 children (CBP) were compared to controls. Children completed a current mood measure.

Caring for a child with cancer--a systematic review.

Objective: To report the results of a systematic review to determine the effects of parents' behavior on children's coping with cancer.

Methods: Searches were conducted using Medline, EMBASE, PsycLit, and articles were subsequently selected on the basis of predefined criteria.

Results: Twenty-four papers were identified.