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The relationship between social network and behavioral problems in institutionalized children in Japan
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IACAPAP 2012 – 20th World congress / Neuropsychiatrie de l’enfance et de l’adolescence 60S (2012) S254–S309
– the nature of challenges to be faced by adolescents who are just about leave residential care homes; – the kind of “leaving care” that is currently practiced in residential care homes; – the official support required for sustaining residential care homes. Based on the survey results, we will discuss the implications of “leaving care” for promoting the welfare of adolescents. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neurenf.2012.04.763 We-P-3120
Cannabis use and crimes among young offender in a correctional center in southwestern Nigeria A. Ogunwale Clinical Services, Federal psychaitric Hospital Aro Abeokuta, abeokuta, Nigeria Background.– Cannabis is the most widely used illicit drug all over the world. While very few Nigerian studies have critically examined illicit substance use among juvenile offenders, current information from a recent local study suggests that close to four out of ten of these offenders have experienced lifetime cannabis abuse/dependence. Methods.– The Modified World Health Organization (WHO) Student Drug Use Questionnaire was administered to 54 (54) male offenders remanded at a Borstal center. The forensic profile of the in-mates was also assessed using the Forensic and Drug Use History Questionnaire. Cannabis use-related predictors of offence types were investigated using binary logistic regression analysis. Results.– Lifetime and 12-month prevalence rates of cannabis use were 48.1% and 24.1% respectively. Cannabis use was started most frequently between 15 and 18 years. Cannabis use at the period of offence was associated with drugrelated offending (P < 0.05) and multiple drug use during the offence. Violent offences were more likely to occur among users of cannabis in the previous 12 months (OR = 12.0, 95% CI = 1.13–127.97). Conclusion.– Life-time cannabis use was highly prevalent among the younger offenders evaluated in this study. There is need to mobilize drug education strategies for young offender populations as these might hold a promise for reduction in drug-related criminal activity. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neurenf.2012.04.764 We-P-3121
The relationship between social network and behavioral problems in institutionalized children in Japan T. Mukai a,∗ , M. Saeki b , C. Saito c Department of Psychology, University of the Sacred Heart, Tokyo, Japan b Department of Psychology, Seitoku University, Matsudo, Japan c Tokyo University of Social Welfare, Tokyo, Japan ∗ Corresponding author.
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I. Bobyleva Social Children Assistance Charitable Foundation, Moscow, Russian Federation Children’s homes leavers have a lot of difficulties with social adaptation for unassisted life. In Russia different models have been developed to help them to adopt more successful. The models of social forming include special training of some necessary practical skills. The curriculum is realized during the last year of living in a children’s home. In many places special social training apartments are used. The models of prevention include family centres, groups for children’s homes leavers, youth apartments where the intermediate conditions of self-dependency are organized for leavers. The aim of models of social compensation is to help children’s homes leavers with negative experience of unassisted life to overcome the difficulties. They include, for example, the social centres for young mothers and their children. The models of social supporting help a children’s home leaver to solve some concrete problem and include material grants, consultations, temporal accommodation, job placement. The models of individual supervising include patronage, mentoring and regular visiting. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neurenf.2012.04.766 We-P-3123
School-based psychological interventions to children with developmental problems in Japan T. Sawa a,∗ , A. Oiji b , Y. Morioka c , K. Shibata d Developmental Psychiatry, Graduate School Of Medical Science, Kitasato University, Kanagawa, Japan b Developmental Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medical Science Kitasato University, Sagamihara City Kanagawa Pref., Japan c Department of Clinical Psychology, Taisho University, Toshima Ku, Tokyo, Japan d Clinical Psychology, Taisho University, Toshima-Ku, Tokyo, Japan ∗ Corresponding author.
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Recently, the school counselors in Japan are asked to resolve severe behavioral problems relating to developmental disorders and child abuse. This is a case study of a nine-year-old boy who had an autistic spectrum disorder and difficulty in regulating emotions. He experienced physical abuse inflicted by his mother. He showed such unruly behaviors like screaming, venting his anger on some goods or some persons. Teachers couldn’t deal with his behaviors. The school counselor was asked to help teachers. After assessing his problems, the counselor proposed some tactics as follows: – making a rule for him to go a calm room with few stimuli when he got angry; – talking with him about the state of his feelings using a visual scale; – referring him to a physician who specialize in developmental disorders; – counseling with his mother who had a hard life history. After performing these tactics, his unruly behaviors decreased gradually. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neurenf.2012.04.767
Previous studies on at-risk children have suggested that the ability to seek and form relatively stable close relationships (affective social network) may function as a buffer against harsh circumstances. This study aimed at understanding the relationship between social network and behavior problems in children living in the institutional setting. A total of 44 children (Mean age = 6.1 years) were administered with the pictorial form of social network scale along with measures of social adjustment. The caretakers filled out the Child Behavior Checklist. A central figure in their social network was identified for about a half of the children. The children with a central figure showed lower scores on both internalizing and externalizing problems, compared to the children with no central figures. The results suggest the role that social network may play as a protective factor for at-risk children by meeting the needs for emotional support, exchanging warm attention, and receiving encouragement. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neurenf.2012.04.765 We-P-3122
The social adaptation models for children’s homes leavers
We-P-3124
Pervasive refusal syndrome in a 10-year-old girl A. Mayordomo Aranda a,∗ , M.D.G. Dominguez Barrera a , G. Rose b Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Imperial College, London, UK b Camhs, Collingham Child And Family Centre, London, UK ∗ Corresponding author.
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Introduction.– Pervasive refusal syndrome (PRS) is a rare psychiatric condition not yet included in the disease classifications (DSM-IV-TR and ICD-10). PRS is characterised by the patient’s active refusal in different aspects of daily live, such as eating, talking, walking and personal hygiene. The onset is acute and typically following a viral infection or any other minor medical condition. It has been suggested that PRS could be a form of learnt helplessness or a subtype of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). It has also been linked to personal and familial stressors such as grief, abuse, neglect, parental conflicts and migration, among others. Methods.– We present a 10-year-old girl with symptoms compatible with the PRS.
IACAPAP 2012 – 20th World congress / Neuropsychiatrie de l’enfance et de l’adolescence 60S (2012) S254–S309
– the nature of challenges to be faced by adolescents who are just about leave residential care homes; – the kind of “leaving care” that is currently practiced in residential care homes; – the official support required for sustaining residential care homes. Based on the survey results, we will discuss the implications of “leaving care” for promoting the welfare of adolescents. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neurenf.2012.04.763 We-P-3120
Cannabis use and crimes among young offender in a correctional center in southwestern Nigeria A. Ogunwale Clinical Services, Federal psychaitric Hospital Aro Abeokuta, abeokuta, Nigeria Background.– Cannabis is the most widely used illicit drug all over the world. While very few Nigerian studies have critically examined illicit substance use among juvenile offenders, current information from a recent local study suggests that close to four out of ten of these offenders have experienced lifetime cannabis abuse/dependence. Methods.– The Modified World Health Organization (WHO) Student Drug Use Questionnaire was administered to 54 (54) male offenders remanded at a Borstal center. The forensic profile of the in-mates was also assessed using the Forensic and Drug Use History Questionnaire. Cannabis use-related predictors of offence types were investigated using binary logistic regression analysis. Results.– Lifetime and 12-month prevalence rates of cannabis use were 48.1% and 24.1% respectively. Cannabis use was started most frequently between 15 and 18 years. Cannabis use at the period of offence was associated with drugrelated offending (P < 0.05) and multiple drug use during the offence. Violent offences were more likely to occur among users of cannabis in the previous 12 months (OR = 12.0, 95% CI = 1.13–127.97). Conclusion.– Life-time cannabis use was highly prevalent among the younger offenders evaluated in this study. There is need to mobilize drug education strategies for young offender populations as these might hold a promise for reduction in drug-related criminal activity. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neurenf.2012.04.764 We-P-3121
The relationship between social network and behavioral problems in institutionalized children in Japan T. Mukai a,∗ , M. Saeki b , C. Saito c Department of Psychology, University of the Sacred Heart, Tokyo, Japan b Department of Psychology, Seitoku University, Matsudo, Japan c Tokyo University of Social Welfare, Tokyo, Japan ∗ Corresponding author.
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I. Bobyleva Social Children Assistance Charitable Foundation, Moscow, Russian Federation Children’s homes leavers have a lot of difficulties with social adaptation for unassisted life. In Russia different models have been developed to help them to adopt more successful. The models of social forming include special training of some necessary practical skills. The curriculum is realized during the last year of living in a children’s home. In many places special social training apartments are used. The models of prevention include family centres, groups for children’s homes leavers, youth apartments where the intermediate conditions of self-dependency are organized for leavers. The aim of models of social compensation is to help children’s homes leavers with negative experience of unassisted life to overcome the difficulties. They include, for example, the social centres for young mothers and their children. The models of social supporting help a children’s home leaver to solve some concrete problem and include material grants, consultations, temporal accommodation, job placement. The models of individual supervising include patronage, mentoring and regular visiting. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neurenf.2012.04.766 We-P-3123
School-based psychological interventions to children with developmental problems in Japan T. Sawa a,∗ , A. Oiji b , Y. Morioka c , K. Shibata d Developmental Psychiatry, Graduate School Of Medical Science, Kitasato University, Kanagawa, Japan b Developmental Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medical Science Kitasato University, Sagamihara City Kanagawa Pref., Japan c Department of Clinical Psychology, Taisho University, Toshima Ku, Tokyo, Japan d Clinical Psychology, Taisho University, Toshima-Ku, Tokyo, Japan ∗ Corresponding author.
a
Recently, the school counselors in Japan are asked to resolve severe behavioral problems relating to developmental disorders and child abuse. This is a case study of a nine-year-old boy who had an autistic spectrum disorder and difficulty in regulating emotions. He experienced physical abuse inflicted by his mother. He showed such unruly behaviors like screaming, venting his anger on some goods or some persons. Teachers couldn’t deal with his behaviors. The school counselor was asked to help teachers. After assessing his problems, the counselor proposed some tactics as follows: – making a rule for him to go a calm room with few stimuli when he got angry; – talking with him about the state of his feelings using a visual scale; – referring him to a physician who specialize in developmental disorders; – counseling with his mother who had a hard life history. After performing these tactics, his unruly behaviors decreased gradually. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neurenf.2012.04.767
Previous studies on at-risk children have suggested that the ability to seek and form relatively stable close relationships (affective social network) may function as a buffer against harsh circumstances. This study aimed at understanding the relationship between social network and behavior problems in children living in the institutional setting. A total of 44 children (Mean age = 6.1 years) were administered with the pictorial form of social network scale along with measures of social adjustment. The caretakers filled out the Child Behavior Checklist. A central figure in their social network was identified for about a half of the children. The children with a central figure showed lower scores on both internalizing and externalizing problems, compared to the children with no central figures. The results suggest the role that social network may play as a protective factor for at-risk children by meeting the needs for emotional support, exchanging warm attention, and receiving encouragement. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neurenf.2012.04.765 We-P-3122
The social adaptation models for children’s homes leavers
We-P-3124
Pervasive refusal syndrome in a 10-year-old girl A. Mayordomo Aranda a,∗ , M.D.G. Dominguez Barrera a , G. Rose b Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Imperial College, London, UK b Camhs, Collingham Child And Family Centre, London, UK ∗ Corresponding author.
a
Introduction.– Pervasive refusal syndrome (PRS) is a rare psychiatric condition not yet included in the disease classifications (DSM-IV-TR and ICD-10). PRS is characterised by the patient’s active refusal in different aspects of daily live, such as eating, talking, walking and personal hygiene. The onset is acute and typically following a viral infection or any other minor medical condition. It has been suggested that PRS could be a form of learnt helplessness or a subtype of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). It has also been linked to personal and familial stressors such as grief, abuse, neglect, parental conflicts and migration, among others. Methods.– We present a 10-year-old girl with symptoms compatible with the PRS.