Not only do anxiety and depression diagnoses tend to co-occur, but their symptoms are
highly correlated. Although a plethora of research has examined longitudinal associations …

We review recent research on the prevalence, causes, and effects of diagnostic comorbidity
among the most common groups of child and adolescent psychiatric disorders; anxiety …

OBJECTIVE: Autism spectrum disorders are now recognized to occur in up to 1% of the
population and to be a major public health concern because of their early onset, lifelong …

The Development and Well‐Being Assessment (DAWBA) is a novel package of
questionnaires, interviews, and rating techniques designed to generate ICD‐10 and DSM‐IV …

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a behavioral disorder that affects up to 1 in
20 children in the USA. The predominance of American research into this disorder over the …

Background Given the growth of juvenile detainee populations, epidemiologic data on their
psychiatric disorders are increasingly important. Yet, there are few empirical studies. Until …

Background: Both the professional and the general media have recently published concerns
about an 'epidemic'of child and adolescent depression. Reasons for this concern include (1) …

OBJECTIVE: To describe the prevalence of DSM-IV disorders and comorbidity in a large
population-based sample of British children and adolescents. METHOD: Using a one-phase …

Anxiety has been one of the most difficult areas of child psychopathology to study in
representative population samples. The main reasons for this are clinical uncertainty about …

Written by a child psychiatrist, a criminologist and a social psychologist, Antisocial Behavior
by Young People is a major international review of research evidence on antisocial …