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Suicidal Adolescents' Social Support from Family and Peers: Gender-Specific Associations with Psychopathology
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., 2006-02-24)
Perceptions of social support from family, non-family adults, and peers were examined in relation to the psychopathology reported by 220 suicidal adolescents (152 females) during a psychiatric hospitalization. Results of ...
Asperger Syndrome: Tests of Right Hemisphere Functioning and Interhemispheric Communication
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 2002-08)
The primary aim of this investigation was to assess to what extent Rourke's (1989, 1995) nonverbal learning disabilities syndrome (NLD) model resembles the pattern of assets and deficits seen in people with Asperger syndrome ...
Depression in Persons with Autism: Implications for Research and Clinical Care
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 2002-08)
Although several studies have investigated the occurrence of medical and neurological conditions in persons with autism, relatively few reports have focused on the phenomenology and treatment of psychiatric disorders in ...
Heat Maps: A Technique for Classifying and Analyzing Drinking Behavior
(2010)
Heat maps are presented here as an innovative technique
for evaluating longitudinal drinking outcomes.
The Life Transitions Study followed alcohol dependent
individuals for 2.5 years during 2004–2009 in a
Midwestern ...
Assessing Conformance to Medication Treatment Guidelines for Schizophrenia in a Community Mental Health Center (CMHC)
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Human Sciences Press, Inc. ; Springer Science+Business Media, 2003-12)
The feasibility of implementing current medication treatment guidelines in a community mental health clinic was examined in this cross-sectional and retrospective study. Specifically, two issues were addressed: 1) could ...
Challenges in Evaluating Psychosocial Interventions for Autistic Spectrum Disorders
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., 2005-12)
In 2002, the National Institutes of Health sponsored a meeting concerning methodological challenges of research in psychosocial interventions in Autism Spectrum Disorders. This paper provides a summary of the presentations ...
A Family History Study of Asperger Syndrome
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., 2005-04)
Asperger syndrome (AS) is a childhood-onset disorder often described as a mild variant of autism. Although classified as a distinct disorder in the DSM-IV, its overlap with autism continues to be a matter of ongoing debate. ...
Race-Related Correlates of Young Adults' Subjective Well-Being
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 2001-01)
We investigated how often young adults worry about race relationsand whether they perceive that white/black relations have beendeteriorating. We also explored the relationships betweenrace-related worry and pessimism, and ...