Brief psychosocial screening in outpatient pediatric practice

Jellinek, Michael S.; Murphy, Jane M.; Burns, Barbara J.

doi:10.1016/s0022-3476(86)80408-5

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“…4,46 Preplacement factors such as prenatal drug and alcohol exposure, prolonged institutionalization, multiple placements, and previous abuse and neglect contribute significantly to the emotional problems of these children. 27,40,46 When available, pediatricians should take into consideration any history of mental health diagnoses in members of the birth family, watching a child carefully with the use of validated screening tests, such as the Pediatric Symptom Checklist, 48 Brief InfantToddler Social Emotional Assessment, 49 or Ages and Stages Questionnaire: Social-Emotional, 50 that can be performed in the pediatric office. Appropriate referrals should be made when such a risk presents itself.…”

Section: Age Determinationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Comprehensive Health Evaluation of the Newly Adopted Child

Jones

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Donoghue³

et al. 2012

Pediatrics

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Children who join families through the process of adoption often have multiple health care needs. After placement in an adoptive home, it is essential that these children have a timely comprehensive health evaluation. This evaluation should include a review of all available medical records and a complete physical examination. Evaluation should also include diagnostic testing based on the findings from the history and physical examination as well as the risks presented by the child’s previous living conditions. Age-appropriate screens should be performed, including, for example, newborn screening panels, hearing, vision, dental, and formal behavioral/developmental screens. The comprehensive assessment can occur at the time of the initial visit to the physician after adoptive placement or can take place over several visits. Adopted children should be referred to other medical specialists as deemed appropriate. The Section on Adoption and Foster Care is a resource within the American Academy of Pediatrics for physicians providing care for children who are being adopted.

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Section: Age Determinationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Comprehensive Health Evaluation of the Newly Adopted Child

Jones

High

Donoghue³

et al. 2012

Pediatrics

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“…The PSC (Jellinek et al, 1986) is designed to assist pediatricians in the identification of children with psychosocial functioning problems. The PSC consists of 35 items that are rated as never, sometimes, or often present and scored 0, 1, and 2, respectively.…”

Section: Pediatric Symptom Checklist (Psc)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Preliminary validation of a self-efficacy scale for child functioning despite chronic pain (child and parent versions)

Bursch

Tsao

Meldrum

et al. 2006

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Despite frequent targeting of health beliefs in pediatric chronic pain treatment interventions, there are currently no reliable and valid self-efficacy measures for children with chronic pain and their parents. The current study examined the psychometric properties of parent and child versions of a self-efficacy measure related to the child functioning normally when in pain. Pediatric pain patients, 9-18 years of age, and a caregiver completed questionnaires before an initial tertiary care clinic appointment. The 67 patients in our sample had an average of 1.7 pain locations, including abdominal pain (43.3%), headaches (50.7%), body pain (25.4%), back pain (23.9%), limb pain (20.9%), and/or chest pain (9.0%). Reliability for the new measures was excellent; the Cronbach's alpha was .89 for the 7 child items and .90 for the 7 parent items. Strong evidence for construct validity was also obtained as 23 of the 27 hypothesized correlations were confirmed. As predicted, parent and child ratings of increased self-efficacy for the child functioning normally when in pain were significantly correlated with each other, and to parent reports of fewer problems functioning due to physical or emotional problems; parent reports of fewer somatic, behavioral or emotional symptoms; parent reports of increased self-esteem, and unrelated to child pain, age and gender. Additionally, child ratings of increased self-efficacy were significantly correlated with child reports of increased selfesteem and fewer somatic symptoms. Replication with a larger sample size, more complex modeling, and prospective studies are indicated.

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“…Adolescents' health status was assessed with the SF-12 (Keller, Kosinski, & Ware, 1996) a 12-item measure. The Pediatric Symptom Checklist (Jellinek, Murphy, & Burns, 1986), a 30-item screen assessed daughters' mental health status. The Simple Screening Instrument (Winters, & Zenilman, 1994) monitored their alcohol and other drug use.…”

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confidence: 99%