Article
Psychiatry
Lucy Riglin, Sharifah Shameem Agha, Olga Eyre, Rhys Bevan Jones, Robyn E. Wootton, Ajay K. Thapar, Stephan Collishaw, Evie Stergiakouli, Kate Langley, Anita Thapar
Summary: The study found that the SDQ hyperactivity/ADHD subscale is highly valid in distinguishing ADHD cases from non-cases in young adulthood, suggesting a lower cut-point for identifying those who may have an ADHD diagnosis at age 25. This indicates that the SDQ is suitable for ADHD research across different developmental periods.
PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Otorhinolaryngology
Tjeerd J. de Jong, Marc P. van der Schroeff, Marieke D. Achterkamp, Jantien L. Vroegop
Summary: This study aims to investigate the psychosocial difficulties of children with sensorineural hearing loss. The implementation of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) can help identify and improve these difficulties early on, leading to better quality of life. The results suggest that children with hearing loss may face challenges in social interactions and attachment in social contexts, and their mental health can be impacted by their communication abilities.
EUROPEAN ARCHIVES OF OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Javier Ortuno-Sierra, Carla Sebastian-Enesco, Alicia Perez-Albeniz, Beatriz Lucas-Molina, Eduardo Fonseca-Pedrero
Summary: This study aimed to validate the Spanish version of the SDQ-S for the entire adolescence age range and provide normative data. The results showed satisfactory reliability for the total difficulties score of the SDQ, but some subscales had lower levels of internal consistency. Gender and age influenced the SDQ scores, and normative banding scores and cut-off values were provided accordingly.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Alexandra Morales, Silvia Melero, Samuel Tomczyk, Jose P. Espada, Mireia Orgiles
Summary: The study identified five different subtypes of psychological strengths and difficulties among Spanish children, with externalizing and hyperactivity problems being the most prominent. Children in the internalizing class showed the highest risk of peer problems. Early detection and intervention are crucial in preventing comorbidity and more severe symptoms in the future.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2021)
Article
Family Studies
Pascalle Spaan, Frank van den Boogert, Nina H. Grootendorst-van Mil, Witte J. G. Hoogendijk, Sabine J. Roza
Summary: Disruptive behavior in adolescents can continue into adulthood if not identified early. The strengths and difficulties questionnaire (SDQ) has been found to be useful in screening for disruptive behavior, but its psychometric properties in high-risk samples and ability to predict delinquency need further investigation. In this study of 1022 adolescents, we examined the predictive validity of the self-reported SDQ on disruptive behavior disorders and delinquency, using multiple informants and structured interviews. The results suggest that SDQ subscale scores are the best predictors of disruptive behavior outcomes in high-risk samples, while predictive values for specific types of delinquency are limited. Overall, the SDQ can be used in high-risk settings for early identification of youth with disruptive behavior.
JOURNAL OF RESEARCH ON ADOLESCENCE
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Katrine Nyvoll Aadland, Arne Lervag, Yngvar Ommundsen, Eivind Aadland
Summary: This study examined the structural validity of the teacher-report SDQ in Norwegian preschoolers. The original five-factor structure of SDQ was supported, and it showed scalar invariance across sex and age. The study recommends using the original five-factor structure in young children.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Pediatrics
Meinou H. C. Theunissen, Marianne S. de Wolff, Iris Eekhout, Cathelijne L. Mieloo, Lisanne L. Stone, Sijmen A. Reijneveld
Summary: This study provides Dutch national norms for the parent-reported Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) for children aged 3-14 years, and assesses the test performance of the SDQ Total Difficulties Scale (TDS) and Impairment Scale. The study found that the SDQ effectively discriminated between children with and without problems in all age groups, and there were some differences between Dutch and UK norms.
Article
Clinical Neurology
Pietro Muratori, Valentina Levantini, Sara Maggi, Simone Pisano, Rosalinda Cassibba, Barbara Iacobellis, Cristina Semeraro, Gabrielle Coppola
Summary: The study found that youth's emotional dysregulation is associated with parenting practices. This suggests the importance of including family factors in interventions for emotionally dysregulated youths.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Educational
Felix May, Tamsin Ford, Astrid Janssens, Tamsin Newlove-Delgado, Abigail Emma Russell, Javid Salim, Obioha C. Ukoumunne, Rachel Hayes
Summary: This study found that children aged 4-8 with probable ADHD tend to have lower academic attainment, poorer attendance, more behavioral problems, and less positive attitudes towards school compared to other children. Early identification and intervention are needed to help these children cope in school.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Education, Special
Sabine Kaiser, Marianne Berg Halvorsen
Summary: This study examined the psychometric properties of the SDQ among children with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The results showed that further research is needed to understand the internal consistency, convergent validity, divergent validity, and factorial validity of the SDQ in this population.
RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Nikita Bezborodovs, Arta Kocane, Elmars Rancans, Anita Villerusa
Summary: This study examined the use of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) with the original UK-based scoring algorithm to reliably detect different mental disorders in children and adolescents in a clinical population sample in Latvia. The results showed a correlation between the SDQ and clinical diagnoses, but the discriminative ability did not reach the level of clinical utility in specialised psychiatric settings. The SDQ is suggested to be used in primary healthcare settings to help family physicians recognize children needing further evaluation.
MEDICINA-LITHUANIA
(2022)
Article
Pediatrics
Maha Al-Hendawi
Summary: This study aimed to examine the validity of the Arabic version of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) among young children in Qatar. Teachers rated 502 children aged four to five years using the SDQ teacher version, and the factor structure of the SDQ was analyzed through exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. The findings showed satisfactory psychometric characteristics for the preschool SDQ, indicating its suitability for use among preschool-age children in Qatar.
Article
Pediatrics
Matilde Midtlin Eriksen, Ingrid Marie Husby Hollund, Astrid Merete Winsnes Laerum, Marit S. Indredavik, Kari Anne Evensen
Summary: This study found that young adults born preterm with very low birth weight have different self-reported mental health compared to term-born controls, and there are changes in mental health from 14 to 26 years.
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Gemma Espanol-Martin, Mireia Pagerols, Raquel Prat, Cristina Rivas, Laura Sixto, Sergi Valero, Maria Soler Artigas, Marta Ribases, Josep A. Ramos-Quiroga, Miquel Casas, Rosa Bosch
Summary: The study evaluated the reliability and validity of the Spanish version of SDQ in assessing emotional and behavioral problems in children and adolescents, demonstrating acceptable reliability estimates for all SDQ subscales. Results indicated that SDQ scores were moderately to strongly correlated with equivalent CBCL/TRF/YSR scales and effective in discriminating individuals with and without clinical diagnoses.
Article
Psychiatry
Katrine Soborg Spang, Anne A. E. Thorup, Ditte Ellersgaard, Nicoline Hemager, Camilla Christiani, Birgitte Klee Burton, Ditte Gantriis, Aja Greve, Maja Gregersen, Ole Mors, Merete Nordentoft, Jens Richardt Mollegaard Jepsen, Carsten Obel, Kerstin J. Plessen
Summary: Children of parents with severe mental illness, such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, have a higher risk of behavioral difficulties. This study investigated the occurrence of such difficulties in 7-year-old children and found that those with a familial high risk had significantly increased risks. The study also determined that the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) can function as a screening instrument for these behavioral problems.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY
(2022)
Review
Psychology, Developmental
Inmaculada Penuelas-Calvo, Lin Ke Jiang-Lin, Braulio Girela-Serrano, David Delgado-Gomez, Rocio Navarro-Jimenez, Enrique Baca-Garcia, Alejandro Porras-Segovia
Summary: This article reviews the application of video game-based assessment tools and interventions in children with ADHD. The study found that video game-based assessment tools were effective in discriminating ADHD cases from controls and differentiating between ADHD subtypes. Video game-based therapeutic interventions were also effective in improving cognitive areas and reducing ADHD symptoms.
EUROPEAN CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY
(2022)
Article
Nursing
Elena Hernando-Merino, Enrique Baca-Garcia, Maria Luisa Barrigon
Summary: Disability is common in patients with mental disorders, and therapeutic approaches should promote functional recovery to achieve the highest quality of life. This study reports changes in WHODAS 2.0 scores at 1 year of follow-up among patients receiving care from a single mental-health nurse in a community setting in Spain and compare these changes by diagnosis (SMI vs. CMI). The study found that all patients had improved WHODAS 2.0 scores in all domains except those domains related to work and relationships, and almost half of the patients were no longer undergoing treatment with the nurse at 1-year follow-up.
CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH
(2023)
Review
Psychiatry
Alban Lejeune, Aziliz Le Glaz, Pierre-Antoine Perron, Johan Sebti, Enrique Baca-Garcia, Michel Walter, Christophe Lemey, Sofian Berrouiguet
Summary: AI shows great potential in identifying patients at risk of suicide, with overall good performance across different algorithms and application settings. However, the precise use of these algorithms in clinical situations and the ethical issues it raises need to be clarified.
EUROPEAN PSYCHIATRY
(2022)
Article
Psychiatry
Nora Palomar-Ciria, Hugo J. Bello, Celia Lozano, Fanny Cegla-Schvartzman, Marta Migoya-Borja, Enrique Baca-Garcia
PSYCHIATRY-INTERPERSONAL AND BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES
(2022)
Article
Psychiatry
Javier-David Lopez-Morinigo, Paula-Jhoana Escobedo-Aedo, Adela Sanchez-Escribano Martinez, Veronica Gonzalez Ruiz-Ruano, Sergio Sanchez-Alonso, Laura Mata-Iturralde, Laura Munoz-Lorenzo, Enrique Baca-Garcia, Anthony S. David
Summary: This study investigated the contribution of decision-making, cognitive insight, and theory of mind to insight in schizophrenia spectrum disorders. The findings showed that cognitive insight and decision-making were the main cognitive processes underlying insight. Metacognitive interventions may improve insight in these disorders, but may not address treatment compliance.
Letter
Psychiatry
Marta Migoya-Borja, Gonzalo Martinez-Ales, Maria Luisa Barrigon, Nora Palomar-Ciria, Fanny Cegla-Schvartzman, Enrique Baca-Garcia
SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Pablo Mendez-Bustos, Jaime Fuster-Villaseca, Jorge Lopez-Castroman, Oscar Jimenez-Solomon, Cecilia Olivari, Enrique Baca-Garcia
Summary: Adolescent suicide is a global public health problem, particularly prominent in low-income countries. The suicide rate among adolescents in the Maule Region of Chile has been increasing rapidly. This study aims to evaluate the trajectories of ideation and suicide attempts in adolescents with psychiatric disorders, based on clinical, psychological and neuropsychological factors.
Article
Psychiatry
Alejandro Porras-Segovia, Isaac Diaz-Olivan, Maria Luisa Barrigon, Manon Moreno, Antonio Artes-Rodriguez, Maria Mercedes Perez-Rodriguez, Enrique Baca-Garcia
Summary: This study aimed to assess the feasibility and acceptability of active and passive smartphone-based Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) in real-world conditions among patients at high risk for suicide. Results showed that retention rate with active EMA was lower after 6 months, while retention rate with passive EMA was relatively higher. Satisfaction, app uninstallation, and diagnosis of eating disorders were associated with stopping active EMA, while satisfaction and app uninstallation were associated with stopping passive EMA. Smartphone-based active and passive EMA have the potential to increase accessibility to mental healthcare.
JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Communication
Hugo J. Bello, Nora Palomar-Ciria, Enrique Baca-Garcia, Celia Lozano
Summary: The process of evaluating suicide is highly subjective, but the use of artificial intelligence tools can help identify patterns and themes related to suicide in large datasets from media texts. By training a neural model using tweets with suicide-related hashtags, this study found a significant impact of suicide cases in the media and an intrinsic thematic relationship in suicide news.
HEALTH COMMUNICATION
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
Braulio Girela-Serrano, Carolina Miguelez, Alejandro Alban Porras-Segovia, Cristina Diaz, Manon Moreno, Inmaculada Penuelas-Calvo, Rocio Rosello, Enrique Baca-Garcia, Juan Jose Carballo
Summary: The study found that adolescents with ADHD who exhibited more severe symptoms of hyperactivity/impulsivity and emotional dysregulation were more likely to continue receiving mental health services in adulthood. Better characterization of patient profiles will help clinicians identify at-risk groups early and tailor intervention and prevention strategies.
EARLY INTERVENTION IN PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
Alba Sedano-Capdevila, Mauricio Toledo-Acosta, Maria Luisa Barrigon, Eliseo Morales-Gonzalez, David Torres-Moreno, Bolivar Martinez-Zaldivar, Jorge Hermosillo-Valadez, Enrique Baca-Garcia
Summary: Traditional research methods have limited predictive value for suicidal risk assessments in clinical practice. In this study, natural language processing was used as a new tool to assess self-injurious thoughts and emotions. The authors evaluated 2838 psychiatric outpatients using the MEmind project and analyzed their anonymous unstructured responses to assess emotional content and suicidal risk. The results showed that natural language processing can effectively classify patients based on their desire not to live, facilitating real-time communication and intervention strategies.
PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Alejandro Porras-Segovia, Benedicte Nobile, Emilie Olie, Elia Gourguechon-Buot, Enrique Baca Garcia, Philip Gorwood, Sofia Abascal-Peiro, Philippe Courtet
Summary: This study investigates the factors associated with transitioning from recent suicidal ideation to suicide attempts in depressed outpatients. The study followed up on depressed adult outpatients in France for six weeks. Logistic regressions were used to explore the differences between patients with suicidal ideation who attempted suicide and those who did not.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2023)
Letter
Psychiatry
Carmen Vidal Marino, Maria Luisa Barrigon Estevez, Irene Caro Canizares, Enrique Baca Garcia
SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Emese Sukei, Lorena Romero-Medrano, Santiago de Leon-Martinez, Jesus Herrera Lopez, Juan Jose Campana-Montes, Pablo M. Olmos, Enrique Baca-Garcia, Antonio Artes
Summary: The study aims to prove the feasibility of using a machine learning pipeline based on mobile sensing data to predict function and disability. The results demonstrate that this method can provide better explainability to clinical practice through interpretable feature selection.
JMIR FORMATIVE RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
Philippe Courtet, Odile Amiot, Enrique Baca-Garcia, Lara Bellardita, Giancarlo Cerveri, Anne-Helene Clair, Diego De Leo, Dominique Drapier, Eric Fakra, Francis Gheysen, Lucas Giner, Ana Gonzalez-Pinto, Gualberto Gussoni, Emmanuel Haffen, Laurent Lecardeur, Fermin Mayoral-Cleries, Francesco Saverio Mennini, Pilar A. Saiz, Eduard Vieta, Diego Alberto Hidalgo, Umberto Volpe
Summary: Depressive disorders are the most common mental illnesses, and the COVID-19 pandemic has increased their prevalence and burden. Telemedicine and digital therapeutics have emerged as potential tools for following up with patients and providing clinical interventions. While the combination of antidepressants and psychotherapy is recommended, it is not commonly practiced. Digital interventions have shown efficacy in clinical trials and can expand access to valid treatment options.
EUROPEAN PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
