Psychiatric disorders and symptom severity in referred versus non-referred overweight children and adolescents
Abstract: Background: This study aimed firstly to investigate whether youngsters referred for overweight treatment differ from non-referred overweight youngsters on the prevalence of psychiatric disorders and psychological symptoms. Secondly, the potentially moderating role of age, gender, socio-economic status and degree of overweight in the association of referral status and mental disorder in overweight youth was explored. Methods: Participants were 155 overweight youngsters enrolled in an obesity treatment programme (mean age = 13.76; mean BMI = 33.99) and 73 non-referred overweight youngsters (mean age = 13.74; mean BMI = 27.35). The Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV-Childhood version and the Child version of the Eating Disorder Examination were administered and participants filled out the Children’s Depression Inventory, the Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale and the Youth Self Report. Parents were asked to complete the Child Behavior Checklist. Results: In the referred group 37
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Englisch
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begutachtet (peer reviewed)
In: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry ; 18 (2008) 3 ; 164-173
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Mannheim
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2008
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Vlierberghe, Leen van
Braet, Caroline
Goossens, Lien
Mels, Saskia
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10.1007/s00787-008-0717-5
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urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-123613
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Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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- Vlierberghe, Leen van
- Braet, Caroline
- Goossens, Lien
- Mels, Saskia
Entstanden
- 2008
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