Psychiatric Disorders in 6- to 8-Year-Old Children in the Greater Athens Area

Papatheophilou, R.; Bada, K; Micheloyiannakis, I; Makaronis, G.; Pantelakis, S

doi:10.1159/000392263

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“…In a collaborative study in the Western Pacific regions the rate for both sexes was 7% in China, 12% in Japan and 19% in Korea (25,50). A high rate has been reported from Greece (39%) (30).…”

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Behavioural and emotional symptoms in 8–9-year-old children

Almqvist

Kumpulainen

Ikäheimo

et al. 1999

European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

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We present epidemiological data from a multi-centre study on psychiatric symptoms among 6017 8-9-year-old children representing a total annual birth cohort (N = 60007) in Finland. The results are based on three questionnaires: the Rutter Parent Scale (RA2), the Rutter Teacher Scale (RB2), the Children's Depression Inventory (CDI). The proportion of children that scored above the cutoff points, indicating probable psychiatric disturbance, were 11.2% for the RA2, 13.9% for the RB2 and 6.9% for the CDI. Twenty-four percent of the subjects scored above the cutoff point on at least one of the questionnaires. Low family social status and disrupted family relations correlated strongly with high rates of symptoms in the children.

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“…In a second comparative study of children on the Isle of Wight and in London, 24.5% of the boys and 13.2% of the girls in London, and 13.8% of the boys and 7.1% of the girls on the Isle of Wight were rated as disturbed (34). Higher frequencies of at least 20-30% have also been reported (13,18,30,48).…”

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Behavioural and emotional symptoms in 8–9-year-old children

Almqvist

Kumpulainen

Ikäheimo

et al. 1999

European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

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“…6 The Oseretsky test for motor maturation is an index of motor development. The short version used here has been standardized for Greek use.…”

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Neurobehavioral Estimation of Children with Life-Long Increased Lead Exposure

Benetou-Marantidou

Nakou²,

Micheloyannis³

1988

Archives of Environmental Health: An International Journal

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A battery of neurobehavioral examinations was carried out on 30 children who were 6-11 yr of age and who had resided near a lead smelter all their lives. Their blood lead levels were 35-60 micrograms/100 ml and erythrocyte protoporphyrin levels were greater than 100 micrograms/100 ml. Neurological examination revealed that they had a significantly higher incidence of pathological findings (e.g., muscle hypotonia, increased tendon reflexes, dysarthria, and dysdiadochokinesia) than children from an unpolluted area who were matched for age, sex, family size, and educational and socioeconomic status of the parents, but who had normal erythrocyte protoporphyrin levels. The children with elevated blood lead levels showed, after assessment by the Oseretsky test, retardation of motor maturation; they also scored higher on the minimal brain damage scale of the Rutter behavioral questionnaire. These differences persisted at a 4-yr follow-up, and their school performance was consistently poorer than that of the controls.

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“…The "Rutter" questionnaire had previously been used in Greece with children 6-8 years old, who were attending the first and second grades of primary schools in the greater Athens area (Papatheophilou et al, 1981). We used an additional subscore "hyperkinesis" (answers to the statements "restless", "squirmy-fidgety", "can't concentrate") as Schachar et al, 1981 andPapatheophilou et al, 1981, as well as a language subscore (answers to "stutters or has some other difficulties in speech").…”

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“…We used an additional subscore "hyperkinesis" (answers to the statements "restless", "squirmy-fidgety", "can't concentrate") as Schachar et al, 1981 andPapatheophilou et al, 1981, as well as a language subscore (answers to "stutters or has some other difficulties in speech").…”

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“Early detection of learning difficulties”

Rotsika

Papatheophilou

Pechlivanidou

et al. 1988

Early Child Development and Care

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All 788 children attending kindergarten in 2 boroughs of Athens were screened for concentration, hyperkinesis, behaviour disorder and language delay with the help of two questionnaires.The ones with high scores (high risk for presenting learning difficulties (n = 40) were compared with the low (n = 43) and medium (n = 14) risk ones on psychological tests. The above children were reexamined one year later with reading, writing and arithmetic tests. 25% of the high risk groups failed to learn, to read and write while all the low risk group had achieved these abilities. The best predictors were the tests Frostig I and IV and TMS.

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Psychiatric Disorders in 6- to 8-Year-Old Children in the Greater Athens Area

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Behavioural and emotional symptoms in 8–9-year-old children

Behavioural and emotional symptoms in 8–9-year-old children

Neurobehavioral Estimation of Children with Life-Long Increased Lead Exposure

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