Prenatal alcohol exposure and gender differences in childhood mental health problems: a longitudinal population-based studyKapil Sayal
Centre for Child and Adolescent Health, Department of Community Based Medicine, University of Bristol, Hampton House, Cotham Hill, Bristol BS6 6JS, United Kingdom
Pediatrics 119:e426-34. 2007
..We expected that only higher levels of alcohol consumption would be associated with later mental health problems and that any associations might be more readily detectable in boys...
Identification of children at risk of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: a school-based interventionKapil Sayal
Centre for Child and Adolescent Health, Department of Community Based Medicine, University of Bristol, Hampton House, Cotham Hill, Bristol BS6 6JS, UK
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 41:806-13. 2006
..This study aims to examine whether an educational intervention about ADHD for teachers improves their recognition of children at risk of ADHD...
A non-synonymous variant in ADH1B is strongly associated with prenatal alcohol use in a European sample of pregnant womenLuisa Zuccolo
Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Hum Mol Genet 18:4457-66. 2009
..We confirmed the established association of rs1229984 with reduced alcohol consumption over the life-course, contributing new evidence of an effect before and during pregnancy...
Alcohol consumption in pregnancy as a risk factor for later mental health problemsKapil Sayal
Section of Developmental Psychiatry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK
Evid Based Ment Health 10:98-100. 2007
Epidemiology of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in the communityKapil Sayal
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham
Br J Hosp Med (Lond) 68:352-5. 2007
..However, in the UK, the majority of children with ADHD remain undiagnosed. This article reviews the epidemiology of ADHD in terms of its prevalence, correlates, recognition and outcomes with regard to community and clinical samples...
Barriers to the identification of children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorderKapil Sayal
Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, UK
J Child Psychol Psychiatry 47:744-50. 2006
..However, it is unclear whether there are also barriers at other stages of the help-seeking process. For children with ADHD, this study aims to examine the correlates of the different stages of help-seeking...
Annotation: Pathways to care for children with mental health problemsKapil Sayal
Department of Child Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
J Child Psychol Psychiatry 47:649-59. 2006
..Although many children with mental health problems are in contact with primary health care services, few receive appropriate help...
Parental concerns about their child's emotions and behaviour and referral to specialist services: general population surveyTamsin Ford
King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, London SE5 8AF
BMJ 331:1435-6. 2005
The role of parental burden in child mental health service use: longitudinal studyKapil Sayal
Department of Child Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, London
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 43:1328-33. 2004
..To examine the relative contributions of symptom severity, functional impairment, and parental burden in predicting the use of specialist child mental health services over a 4-year period...
Detection of child mental health disorders by general practitionersKapil Sayal
Department of Child Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, London
Br J Gen Pract 54:348-52. 2004
..Few children with mental disorders access specialist services. Although previous studies suggest that general practitioner (GP) recognition is limited, parents may not be presenting these problems...
Parental perception of problems and mental health service use for hyperactivityKapil Sayal
Department of Child Psychiatry, Box P085, Institute of Psychiatry, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF, England
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 42:1410-4. 2003
..To examine predictors of parental perception of hyperactivity as a serious problem and its role in determining the use of specialist mental health services...
Pathways to care in children at risk of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorderKapil Sayal
Children s Department, Maudsley Hospital, UK
Br J Psychiatry 181:43-8. 2002
..There is underdiagnosis of and low use of specialist services for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)...