Insight into psychosis is correlated with depression in an outpatient sample. Poster presentation at 3rd International Congress on Neurobiology, Psychopharmacology & Treatment Guidance, Thessaloniki, Greece. Background: The association of insight into psychosis (awareness of illness) with clinical variables has long been studied. Most studies reveal that the level of insight is negatively correlated with psychotic Διαβάστε Περισσότερα
Considerations regarding the under identification of children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD). Oral presentation at XXIX International Congress of Psychology, Berlin Germany. The study investigates adult perceptions that may lead to the underdiagnosis of AD/HD. Parents of 170 children diagnosed with AD/HD aged 6-17 completed the “AD/HD Rating Scale IV” (DuPaul, 1998). Rates of contact Διαβάστε Περισσότερα
Considerations regarding the use of screening tools in the identification of children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Poster presentation at XXIX International Congress of Psychology, Berlin Germany. The study investigates the reliability of two screening tools for AD/HD. Parents of 170 children diagnosed with AD/HD completed the “AD/HD Rating Scale IV” and the “CBCL”. Διαβάστε Περισσότερα
Parental causal attribution and self efficacy biliefs regarding the behaviour of children diagnosed with Attention Deficit/ Haperactivity Disorder (AD/ HD). Poster presentation at the V World Congress of Behavioural & Cognitive Therapies, Barcelon Spain. Introduction: Within a social cognitive perspective, parental beliefs influence parenting practices and therefore, child development. Over the last years, parental causal attributions Διαβάστε Περισσότερα
The relationship between parental sense of self efficacy and their efforts to control the disruptive behaniour of children with Attention Deficit/ Haperactivity Disorder (AD/ HD). Poster presentation at the V World Congress of Behavioural & Cognitive Therapies, Barcelon Spain. Introduction: Research over the last years has consistently been highlighting the relationship between parental self-efficacy beliefs and Διαβάστε Περισσότερα
Poster presentation at the 9th European Conference on Psychologigical Assessment, Thessaloniki Greece. One of the main characteristics of children with Asperger syndrome is the lack of emotional response to the verbal and non-verbal displays of others (ICD-10, DSM-IV). Through our long clinical experience, we observed that teaching children with Asperger syndrome how to Διαβάστε Περισσότερα
A Model of treating emotional dysfanction in children with Asperger syndrome. Poster presentation at the 9th European Conference on Psychologigical Assessment, Thessaloniki Greece. Emotional dysfunction is one of the main symptoms that display children with pervasive developmental disorders (ICD-10, DSM-IV). It seems that due to the emotional dysfunction of children with Asperger Διαβάστε Περισσότερα
Parents’ perceptions about disruptive disorders:Implications for treatment. Oral presentation at the XXXV Annual Conference of the EABCT September 21st – 24th , 2005 Thessaloniki. The significance of parents’ role in child psychotherapy is strongly supported by the cognitive-behavioral treatment. Child psychopathology is supposed to be determined by variables operating in the family system, while parents’ Διαβάστε Περισσότερα