L Goldbeck

..Consequences for the future agenda for child and adolescent psychotherapy research are discussed...

..Differential apriori assessment of patients' and parents' illness beliefs may contribute to effective cognitive-behavioral interventions...

..So far there are few studies on developmental aspects of life satisfaction. This cross-sectional study examines the effects of age and gender on adolescent's life satisfaction...

..This study investigates the effects of diagnosis (cancer vs. diabetes/epilepsy) and time since diagnosis on parental quality of life (PQL)...

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..To investigate the cognitive functioning of low-risk singletons born after intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) or in vitro fertilization (IVF) at the age of 5 or 10 years...

..We investigated the prevalence of symptoms of anxiety and depression in German-speaking patients with CF and the association of these symptoms to physical health status...

..To investigate the change of psychological symptoms and quality of life in children and adolescents with congenital heart disease, cancer, or cystic fibrosis after a family-oriented inpatient rehabilitation program...

..Treatment should be adjusted to the special needs of children with asthma and comorbid mental health problems...

..To evaluate the impact of a family-oriented inpatient rehabilitation programme on behavioural and emotional problems in healthy siblings of chronically ill children and to assess the association between these problems and quality of life...

..This study retrospectively investigated the utilization of oncological and psychosocial care by former adolescent cancer patients (? 5 years since cancer diagnosis) in Germany...

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..Dissimilarity within couples in coping with childhood cancer is studied longitudinally in its effects on quality of life of mothers, fathers, and the sick children...

..Group interventions specifically developed for this target group are scarce and controlled evaluation studies are absent...

..Family-centered psychoeducational intervention may be a promising supportive strategy for children with CF, especially if it is dedicated to families with poor adaptation to the disease...

..This is the first study to assess the impact of gender and partnership on life satisfaction in adolescents and adults with CF, using a model combining subjective importance and satisfaction ratings...

..To compare the general and health-related life satisfaction (LS) in long-term survivors of adolescent cancer with a community sample and to identify medical and psychosocial factors associated with LS...

..To determine the prevalence of posttraumatic stress, depression and anxiety in adults who have survived cancer (5 years) diagnosed in adolescence, as compared to healthy controls...

..The accomplishment of these tasks may be hampered by the experience of cancer. This study investigates the educational and professional achievements of German long-term survivors of adolescent cancer...

..The study investigates psychosexual and family outcomes among German long-term survivors of adolescent cancer...

..This article aims to give a literature review related to the development and mental health of foster children with special consideration of trauma history...

..So far, standardized instruments to indicate an evaluate psychoeducation are scarce. This study describes the development of a parent questionnaire to assess ADHD-specific knowledge and motivation for treatment...

..Sexual victimization seems to be especially linked to a risk for suicide attempts during adolescence. Screening for students at risk for developing suicidality should include assessment of traumatic events...

..Nevertheless, findings indicate exaggerated baseline activation across various measures. Studies examining the course and reversibility of psychophysiological alterations are lacking...

..The findings suggest the well-being and well-functioning of these children, but further empirical data especially to assess the psychosocial development are needed, especially for schoolage children and adolescents...

..The results of this study support the use of the BDI-II as a severity measure of depressive symptoms among adolescent psychiatric patients...

..This study describes the development of a questionnaire covering these topics and the course and variability in these domains for different subgroups...

..The accomplishment of these tasks may be hampered by the experience of cancer. This study investigates the educational and professional achievements of German long-term survivors of adolescent cancer...

..To compare different generic instruments in measuring quality of life and to demonstrate dimensions of quality of life (QL) in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF)...

..Assuming that psycho-oncology has to consider developmentally specific aspects, this review summarizes empirical studies of the efficacy and effectiveness of psychosocial interventions for adolescent cancer patients...

..To investigate the effectiveness of autogenic relaxation training in a mildly disturbed outpatient population of children and adolescents with mostly internalizing symptoms, and/or some aggressive, impulsive, or attention deficit symptoms...

..The Questions on Life Satisfaction (FLZ(M)) instrument allows the respondent to rate the subjective importance and her/his satisfaction with different domains of life...

..72% (residential care) respectively 85% (day care) scored within the clinical range. The children in day care showed more symptoms in the Child Behavior Checklist then the children in residential care...

..Cooperation between the child welfare providers and child and adolescent psychiatry services should get intensified. Adequate psychiatric diagnostic and multimodal therapeutic procedures are necessary...

..This study investigates the effects of a 4-week inpatient rehabilitation program on health-related quality of life (QL)...

..We investigated the impact of the severity of disease, and social disadvantage, on the quality of life of patients and their primary caregivers...

..Parent-child agreement on the children's QL is limited and reflects complementary subjective viewpoints. Psychosocial interventions should be family-focused and provide support for patients' and their caregivers' QL...