Adolescent Psychiatry - Volume 7, Issue 3, 2017

Objective: The Maryland Assessment of Recovery in Serious Mental Illness (MARS) is a 25-item, 5-point Likert recovery scale that has been validated for use with adult clients. The present study examined the psychometrics of the MARS in an adolescent residential sample. Methods: Adolescents (n = 121, 60% male, 52% Caucasian, 42% African American) were assessed periodically during residential treatment using MARS, K-SADS- Read More

Background: A considerable proportion of children and adolescents attending mental health services suffer from severe affective and behavioral dysregulation. The Dysregulation Profile, which was identified based on certain subscales of the Child Behavior Checklist and later, also in certain subscales of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, has been defined as a marker of a broader form of severe psychopathology. D Read More

Objective: Increased concern exists regarding non-prescription use of stimulants in college populations such as for perceived enhancement of cognition and subsequent improved academic performance or for recreational purposes. Psychiatrists face serious clinical challenges in making a new diagnosis of adult ADHD in college-age patients and distinguishing between students who have legitimate ADHD symptoms versus s Read More

Background and Goals: Social anxiety disorder is a common and disabling disorder in adolescents. It is generally assumed that cognitive processes play a central role in the maintenance of SAD and this is the basis for cognitive-behavioral therapy. Interpretation bias, a form of cognitive bias, namely the tendency to systematically assign a negative meaning to ambiguous social situations, is an important theoretical construct t Read More

Background: Forgiveness therapy has been used in many settings and with various populations. Existing theoretical and empirical perspectives on forgiveness point to the potential utility of this innovative theoretical model. However, its use with those who have experienced child abuse and neglect is undocumented. Method: This paper represents an initial exploration of the contribution of forgiveness therapy (FT) to heal the Read More