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Review finds melatonin to be safest choice for children with sleep disturbance

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This review of the literature searched Medline and PsychInfo to find clinical trials and case reports which were published between 1975 and 2009, focusing on pharmacological interventions for sleep disturbance in children with developmental disabilities. The authors found 58 articles that met the inclusion criteria, including 25 controlled trials in typical children and children with [read the full story…]

DH publish the ‘You’re Welcome self review tool’ to help commissioners and providers assess their services for young people

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Are your services ‘young people friendly’? Do you involve young people in service improvement? Do you give young people the opportunity to share in decisions about their care and the services available to them? Originally published in 2007, but now updated for 2011: ‘You’re Welcome’: Quality criteria for young people friendly health services (PDF) aims to [read the full story…]

SCIE review of the evidence on mental health service transitions for young people

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This briefing looks at recent research literature (since 2000) on the move from child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) to adults’ services for young people with psychological, emotional or behavioural problems, referred to as ‘mental health service transitions’. Young people may move to adult mental health services (AMHS) or need alternative support in young [read the full story…]

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Psychosocial and developmental alcohol misuse prevention in schools can be effective

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School prevention programs aimed at reducing alcohol misuse are good enough to consider widespread use, according to a new systematic review from the Cochrane Library. The review found 53 studies that explored a range of interventions.  Some studies concluded that the prevention program had no effect, but others showed more positive results.  The authors could [read the full story…]

Meta analysis finds prevalence of intellectual disability higher in low and middle income group countries.

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This meta analysis collated data from published literature between 1980 and 2009 to estimate the prevalence of intellectual disability across all such studies. The authors state the prevalence of intellectual disability across all 52 studies included was 10.37/1000 population. Estimates varied according to income group of country of origin, age-group of study population  and study design. [read the full story…]

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Systematic review finds much higher rates of chronic health conditions in children with learning disabilities than in general population

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This systematic review of prevalence rates of chronic health conditions in children with intellectual disability found 2,994 relevant studies published between 1996 to 2008. 31 studies were included that the authors felt had sufficient methodological quality. They found that the 6 most prevalent chronic health conditions were: Epilepsy (22.0/100), Cerebral palsy (19.8/100), Anxiety disorder (17.1/100), [read the full story…]

Bullies should be targeted for teenage pregnancy prevention

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A birth cohort study carried out by researchers in Finland has discovered a predictive association between being a bully in childhood and becoming a mother in adolescence. The Finnish 1981 birth cohort study included 2,867 Finnish girls at baseline in 1989. Information, both on the main exposure and outcome, was available for 2,507 girls. Both bullies and victims [read the full story…]

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