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ArticleTheScientificWorldJournal2013

Self-directedness and cooperativeness, psychosocial dysfunction and suffering in ESSENCE.

Danilo Garcia, Henrik Anckarsäter, Sebastian Lundström

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Article in TheScientificWorldJournal, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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Danilo GarciaCentre for Ethics, Law and Mental Health CELAM, University of Gothenburg, Wallinsgatan 8, Mölndal, 431 41 Gothenburg, Sweden. danilo.garcia@neuro.gu.se
Henrik Anckarsäter
Sebastian Lundström

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe acronym ESSENCE (Early Symptomatic Syndromes Eliciting Neurodevelopmental Clinical Examinations) highlights that children seeking clinical treatment are often multiply impaired, thus requiring treatment from several specialties. The aim was to map and relate, on a population level, ESSENCE to two salient predictors of health and adaptation to adversities, namely, Self-Directedness and Cooperativeness and also to dysfunction and suffering.

methodsParticipants were twins (N = 1892) aged 9 or 12 whose parents were interviewed with the Autism-Tics, ADHD and other Comorbidities inventory (A-TAC), and the Junior Temperament and Character Inventory (J-TCI). The A-TAC was first used to discern four ESSENCE-related screening diagnoses: autism spectrum disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, learning disabilities, and developmental coordination disorder; second, to quantify dysfunction and suffering in important social areas.

resultsESSENCE symptoms were continuously and categorically associated with deficiency in Self-Directedness and Cooperativeness and higher ratings of dysfunction and suffering. The impact of ESSENCE symptoms on these measures of mental health was found in a milder form in about 16% of all children and in a severe form in about 2%.

conclusionTherapeutic interventions focusing on Self-Directedness and Cooperativeness might provide a novel method for child psychiatry in its approach to ESSENCE.

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Cooperative BehaviorAffective SymptomsChildCognition DisordersComorbidityFemaleHumansMalePrevalencePsychiatric Status Rating ScalesRisk FactorsSweden

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PMCPMC3655653

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