Background Most psychiatric disorders present symptom patterns that cause severe
impairment on the emotional, cognitive and social level. Thus, adolescents who suffer from a …

Background A generation has passed since the literature on the conceptualisation,
assessment and treatment of school refusal was reviewed in this journal (Elliott,). In the light …

School attendance problems (SAPs) are heterogeneous with respect to etiology and
presentation. The long history of conceptualizing SAPs has led to a vast array of terms and …

OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between anxious school refusal and truancy and
psychiatric disorders in a community sample of children and adolescents using a descriptive …

Anxiety disorders typically have an age of onset in childhood and adolescence, resulting in
significant disability in social and occupational functioning. Epidemiological evidence …

This study explored the prevalence of risk behaviors (excessive alcohol use, illegal drug
use, heavy smoking, reduced sleep, overweight, underweight, sedentary behavior, high use …

Objective: To determine the prevalence and types of deliberate self‐harm (DSH) in
adolescents, and associated factors. Design: A cross‐sectional questionnaire study …

Objective: To describe the characteristics of young people presenting with school refusal to
a child and adolescent psychiatric unit and examine differences between those admitted for …

This study investigates the extent to which students from Australia, Israel, and China report
that their teachers' classroom disciplinary behaviour affects their attitudes towards …

School refusal is a crippling condition in which children experience extreme anxiety or panic
attacks when faced with everyday school life and this handbook aims to explore and raise …