Joerg M Fegert

Joerg M Fegert
Ulm University | UULM · Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/ Psychotherapy

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Introduction
Child Protection: Head of com.can competence Center Child abuse and neglect & the medical Child Protection Hotline Trauma Research : speaker of the Center of Trauma Research at the University of Ulm
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January 2004 - present
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), National Institutes of Health
January 2006 - present

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Childhood maltreatment (CM) increases the risk of psychopathology. Besides CM types and severity, the timing of exposure is an important modulating factor in this association, as childhood and adolescence comprise sensitive developmental periods for brain maturation and socio-emotional development. Nevertheless, previously reported associations bet...
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Besteht der Verdacht auf Vernachlässigung oder emotionale, körperliche oder sexualisierte Gewalt gegen ein Kind, entstehen in der Versorgung häufig Unsicherheiten. Die rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen sind den beteiligten Ärzt*innen meist nicht vollständig bekannt. Dabei ist ihre Beachtung wichtig, um auch alle Interessen der betroffenen Kinder zu ber...
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Besteht der Verdacht auf Vernachlässigung oder emotionale, körperliche oder sexualisierte Gewalt gegen ein Kind, entstehen in der Versorgung häufig Unsicherheiten. Die rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen sind den beteiligten Ärzt*innen meist nicht vollständig bekannt. Dabei ist ihre Beachtung wichtig, um auch alle Interessen der betroffenen Kinder zu ber...
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Der vorliegende Beitrag widmet sich dem Thema vorgeburtlicher Aspekte des Kinderschutzes sowohl aus medizinischer als auch aus juristischer Perspektive. Er benennt die medizinischen Gefahren, die einem Ungeborenen durch das Verhalten der Schwangeren drohen können, zeigt auf, welche rechtlichen und praktischen Hürden für die Abwehr dieser Gefahren b...
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In Kinderschutzfällen ist es Aufgabe der Jugendämter und Familiengerichte, im Raum stehende Kindeswohlgefährdungen einzuschätzen und gegebenenfalls durch geeignete Hilfen und Maßnahmen abzuwenden. Diese Einschätzungen und Entscheidungen können den weiteren Lebensweg von Kindern und ihren Eltern stark beeinträchtigen. Umso wichtiger ist es, dass die...
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Background: Care leavers transitioning into adulthood represent a highly vulnerable population, confronted with usual developmental tasks under difficult predisposing conditions. Early-risk and persistent substance use may be an obstacle for care leavers transitioning from youth residential care settings into an independent adult life. Objectives:...
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Childhood maltreatment and mental health problems are common among young people placed out-of-home. However, evidence on the impact of maltreatment on the course of mental health problems in at-risk populations is sparse. The aim of this longitudinal study is twofold: (a) describe the course of mental health problems and the shift in symptom patter...
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In familiengerichtlichen Kinderschutzverfahren treffen Familienrichter (m/w/d) Entscheidungen, die den weiteren Lebensweg von Kindern und Familien wesentlich prägen. Hierfür sind sie auf die sozialpädagogische Expertise von Mitarbeitenden des Jugendamts, der Kinder- und Jugendhilfe und weiteren Akteuren angewiesen. Im Rahmen des Projektes "Gute Kin...
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Purpose: Both the resting heart rate (RHR) and the callous-unemotional (CU) traits have been associated with juvenile delinquency, however the effect of their interaction is not yet clear. Methods: Four hundred and twenty-three institutionalized adolescents divided into early adolescents (10–14 years, n = 133), late adolescents (15–17 years, n = 2...
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In Deutschland leben etwa 90.000 Kinder und Jugendliche in Pflegefamilien; am häufigsten aufgrund sog. Unversorgtheit, Kindeswohlgefährdung oder eingeschränkter elterlicher erzieherischer Kompetenz. Im Vergleich zur Allgemeinbevölkerung weisen Pflegekinder mehr psychische und somatische Störungen auf und haben häufiger einen IQ im Bereich einer Ler...
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Im Rahmen von Kinderschutzverfahren werden Entscheidungen getroffen, die den weiteren Lebensweg von Kindern und ihren Eltern wesentlich prägen. Dabei sind die Familiengerichte auf die Unterstützung und Expertise von Jugendämtern, Verfahrensbeiständen und Sachverständigen angewiesen. Die Förderung des interdisziplinären Verständnisses zwischen den B...
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Background: Diverse studies show the serious social consequences of adverse childhood experiences including childhood maltreatment and trauma across the life-course (Copeland et al., 2018; Hughes et al., 2017). Children and adolescents placed out-of-home accumulate many of these and other risk factors, which leaves them vulnerable at the transition...
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Over the past two decades, technology-assisted child sexual abuse (TA-CSA) has become the focus of attention in politics, legislation, society, as well as research. However, the majority of literature and studies focus primarily on the offenders. This scoping review therefore aims to illustrate how victims of TA-CSA are represented in studies as pr...
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Background: Research on child sexual abuse increasingly focuses on sexually offending females; however, there is a lack of research that focuses on the individuals being affected. Studies have suggested that the consequences for those affected by sexually offending males and females are comparable. Objective: The aim is to compare mental health...
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Spectacular cases of child sexual abuse (CSA) dominate media coverage again and again, shaping our knowledge about a topic that is as sensitive as it is taboo. To date, a scholarly overview of the current state of media coverage of SBC has been lacking. This book attempts to shed light on the connections between SBCs and the media in a variety of w...
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Climate change is a worldwide challenge. Its consequences do encompass severe threats not only for the existence and somatic health, but also for the mental health of children and adolescents. Mental health can be impaired by three types of consequences. Direct consequences of climate change, such as natural disasters and indirect consequences, suc...
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Purpose: Research has shown that children and adolescents suffering from posttraumatic stress often have negative posttraumatic cognitions such as negative appraisals of the trauma sequel that increase mental health problems. However, little is known about posttraumatic cognitions in young children. The aim of this study was to investigate negative...
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Aims Sexual border violations are a severe problem in the healthcare system. Studies using non-probability samples indicate a high prevalence of professional sexual misconduct (PSM) towards patients. However, valid prevalence rates are lacking. Methods We did a cross-sectional, observational study in Germany from February to April 2020. By differe...
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Background The current situation caused by the SARS-CoV-2-pandemic is associated with serious losses for everyone and has been affecting social life, politics, the economy and the media worldwide. Preventive isolation and social distancing strategies have confronted families with a large number of different challenges. The current epidemic and quar...
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Background With regular contacts to the general child population, healthcare professionals could play an important role in the detection of child maltreatment. However, a majority of child maltreatment cases go unnoticed by the healthcare system. Child protection legislations usually offer terms like “reasonable suspicion” to corner a threshold tha...
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Background Lockdown measures during the COVID-19 pandemic are expected to have negative effects on mental health and relationship quality. However, little is known about the magnitude of these psychological effects on a population level and for vulnerable subgroups. Methods A representative sample (N = 2503; 50.2% female; mean age = 49.5) of the G...
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Pflegekräfte sind beim Erkennen von und im Umgang mit Kindesmisshandlung wichtige Akteure, verfügen aber häufig nicht über ausreichendes Wissen und entsprechende Kompetenzen, um adäquat mit diesen Fällen umzugehen. Der vom Bundesministerium für Gesundheit geförderte Online-Kurs "Kinderschutz in der Medizin - ein Grundkurs für alle Gesundheitsberufe...
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The SARS-CoV-2-pandemic is associated different challenges, especially for families. The disruption and challenges require parents to develop strategies to cope with the current situation. One factor that may influence how parents deal with pandemic-associated stressors are experiences of parental childhood maltreatment (CM), which represent a high...
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Non-suicidal-self-injury (NSSI) in adolescents needing inpatient treatment is a serious health risk behaviour. NSSI-specific treatment programs for inpatients hardly exist. “Cut the Cut” (CTC) is a new treatment program in intervals, addressing this problem. Aim of this pilot-study was to evaluate acceptability and feasibility of CTC. 23 female inp...
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Background Our goal was to accurately detect young children at risk for long-term psychiatric disturbances after potentially traumatic experiences in the course of relocation. In addition to detailed assessment of parent-rated parent and child symptomatology, we focused on disruptive behaviors in the education environment summarized as survival sta...
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Background In the European Union a disease is considered to be rare if no more than 5 in 10,000 people are affected. In approximately 50% of rare diseases the first symptoms already occur in childhood. A high level of nursing care and an often uncertain prognosis contribute to the development of psychological stress in many parents of affected chil...
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Background The consequences of child maltreatment are diverse and can last into adulthood. To date, the focus has been primarily on physical maltreatment and sexual abuse. Psychological maltreatment has received less attention, although there is evidence that psychological maltreatment can have similar negative consequences.Objective The aim of thi...
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Background In research and literature, little attention has been paid to the role of women, especially mothers, in child sexual abuse. Objective In order to estimate prevalences on mothers as perpetrators and bystanders, data was collected in a German nationwide representative survey. Participants and setting A total of 2,531 participants (53.3 %...
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Provision of care for children with mental health disorders or behavioural difficulties differs from country to country. Historically, Germany has the highest number of inpatient beds throughout Europe (64 inpatient beds per 100,000 young people). In addition, nearly 146 departments for child and adolescent psychiatry offer day‐care beds as well as...
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Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has changed the lives of families in an unprecedented way. During the first lockdown, extrafamilial contact was significantly reduced. Many parents had to look after their children and work from home while the economic pressure increased.Objective The aim of the present study was to invest...
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Anxiety- and trauma-related disorders are severe illnesses with high prevalence. Current treatment options leave room for improvement and the endocannabinoid system (ECS) has become a key target in psychopharmacological research. Rodent models suggest an anxiolytic effect of endocannabinoids and demonstrated that the ECS is involved in the modulati...
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Background The prevalence of child maltreatment (child abuse) in Germany is persistently high and one of the main causes of health inequalities and social injustice. Health professionals are important in recognizing and dealing with child maltreatment, so comprehensive continuing education on the subject is important. The online course “Child Prote...
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Zusammenfassung Ziel der Studie Gewinnung von Daten zur Prävalenz sowie medizinischen und psychotherapeutischen Versorgung von Menschen mit PTBS in Deutschland. Methodik Aus Sekundärdaten der BARMER wurde die Prävalenz von PTBS-Diagnosen (ICD-10: F43.1) sowie psychiatrischen Komorbiditäten, Psychotherapie und Pharmakotherapie für diese Versicherten...
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Protection Against Violence and Abuse in Medical Institutions - Reasons, Prevalence and Implications for Practice Reported cases of (sexual) abuse in institutions as well as the results of surveys show that violence against children and adolescents, but also against adults, occurs also in medical institutions. There are still few studies on the fre...
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With increased overall 5-year survival rates in childhood cancer, psychosocial factors gained more attention in research and clinical practice. Cancer-related consequences, such as premature confrontation with mortality, changes in physical appearance, increased dependence on parents, disruption in social life and school/employment, loss of reprodu...
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Objective: To provide German data regarding prevalence and treatment (pharmacotherapy, psychotherapy) for individuals with PTSD. Methods: Based on BARMER health insurance data, the administrative prevalence of PTSD (ICD-10: F43.1), psychiatric comorbidity, psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy were estimated. Additionally, prevalence trends for years 2...
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Background: Professional caregivers in youth residential care institutions experience frequent verbal and physical aggression as well as multiple stressors as part of their everyday work, leading to high levels of burnout and staff turnover. Resilience might buffer against psychophysiological stress response and therefore be crucial for well-being...
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Dieser Beitrag beleuchtet die Schwierigkeiten und Herausforderungen, mit denen junge Menschen mit psychiatrischen Erkrankungen im Übergang zwischen den Hilfe- und Versorgungssystemen für Jugendliche und Erwachsene konfrontiert sind. Diese Lebensphase der Transition ist gekennzeichnet von schlecht strukturierten und wenig ausgereiften Hilfsangeboten...
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Background: Adolescents in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems show high rates of substance-use disorders. Yet, little is known about the association between childhood adversities and impulsive behavior involving substance-use disorders in shared residential care in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems. Objective: The aim of th...
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Background The current situation caused by the SARS-CoV-2-pandemic is associated with serious losses for everyone and has worldwide effects on social life, politics, the economy and the media worldwide. Preventive isolation and social distancing strategies faced the families with a large number of different challenges. The current epidemic and quar...
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The Influence of Personal Resources on Job Satisfaction Among Professionals in the Inpatient Care of Burdened Children and Adolescents Professionals in the inpatient care of burdened and partially traumatized children and adolescents are confronted with high demands in their everyday work. If these professionals do not have the necessary resources...
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Die Demokratie in Deutschland steht unter Druck: Soziale und kulturelle Ungleichheit, Fremdenfeindlichkeit und Antisemitismus sowie von vielen Seiten infrage gestellte demokratische Grundwerte machen es notwendig, Vereinigungs- und Integrationsprozesse nach 1989 von Neuem zu beleuchten. Im Dialog zwischen Theorie und empirischer Analyse vermessen d...
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With right-wing-extremist and -populist parties and movements on the rise throughout the world, the concept of authoritarianism has proven to be particularly valuable to explain the psychological underpinnings of these tendencies. Even though many scales to measure the different dimensions of authoritarianism exist, no short screening instrument ha...
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Background The aim of the current study is to examine the psychometric properties of the German Version of the Youth Psychopathic traits Inventory-Short Version (YPI-S). Methods A sample of 856 adolescents (age: 15–19) from the German-speaking part of Switzerland was included. All participants completed the 50-item YPI, of which we derived the 18...
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Background International studies show that child maltreatment is a widespread but often underestimated problem that causes high individual, social and economic costs. Child maltreatment is an important topic for the medical sector as well. On the one hand, affected persons often seek support and help from healthcare professionals, but on the other...
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Background Child maltreatment and consequently child protection are highly relevant and current issues in our society. Medical institutions are widely regarded as places of healing, care and support. But they also hold risk factors to promote child maltreatment. Efforts have to be taken in order to offer help to victims by medical institutions and...
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A significant number of children and adolescents living in residential care facilities in Germany end their stays in such institutions earlier than planned. There is a variety of risk factors for these premature departures. So far, it has not been established whether children and adolescents exhibit observable and measurable signs that would indica...
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Variations in anxiety-related behavior are associated with individual allostatic set-points in chronically stressed rats. Actively offensive rats with the externalizing indicators of sniffling and climbing the stimulus and material tearing during 10 days of predator scent stress had reduced plasma corticosterone, increased striatal glutamate metabo...
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Growing up in a family with one member being affected by mental health problems or substance abuse is an adverse childhood experience which can lead to socioeconomic and health-related impairments in later life. Furthermore, the risk of child maltreatment is increased in affected families, which often adds to the individual risk factors. However, t...
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Background The monitoring of trends is important. The United Nations (UN) have defined indicators to monitor the proportion of young men and women who have experienced sexual abuse before the age of 18 (Indicator 16.2.3) as part of their global agenda, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Objective To examine recent trends in the disclosure of...
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Zusammenfassung Einleitung Belastende Kindheitserlebnisse treten oft gehäuft auf. Je mehr Formen von Kindheitsbelastungen erlebt werden, desto höher sind die psychischen und physischen Beeinträchtigungen im Erwachsenenalter. Die vorliegende Studie untersucht daher, inwieweit das Erleben der elterlichen Trennung mit dem Risiko für andere Formen von...
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Background Interface management after inpatient care for mentally ill children and adolescents has been proven to be a breaking point in good transition of care between child and adolescent psychiatry, social welfare services, schools, job centre and the judicial system. Criteria for successful discharge management do not exist in child and adolesc...
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Background Authoritarianism, firstly described by Horkheimer in 1936, is characterized by submission to authorities, aggression against subordinates and conventionalism. Authoritarianism is discussed as major contributor for right-wing attitudes. Horkheimer hypothesized that authoritarianism has its origin in the experience of harsh parenting and e...
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Background: Siblings take care of each other and provide comfort and support. However, the sibling relationship is often also characterized by conflict and rivalry. Accordingly, the sibling relationship can be described by four patterns: harmonious, hostile, distanced, and emotional-intense. The sibling relationship pattern (SRP) depends on the sib...
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Im medizinischen Bereich ist es von großer Bedeutung Fachkräfte auf dem aktuellen Wissensstand zu halten, um eine dauerhaft optimale Behandlung gewährleisten zu können. Der Mangel an zeitlichen Ressourcen erschwert Fortbildungen allerdings oftmals. Diese Arbeit soll daher Ansätze der aktiven und zielgerichteten Verbreitung (Dissemination) von mediz...
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Gerade im medizinischen Bereich kann es auf Grund mangelnder zeitlicher Ressourcen leicht zu einem ungenügenden Wissenschaft-Praxis-Transfer kommen. Eine Möglichkeit, Wissen von der Forschung in die Praxis zu bringen, bietet die Dissemination. Dissemination ist die aktive, auf die Bedürfnisse der Zielgruppe ausgerichtete Verbreitung von Wissen. Die...
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Zusammenfassung Der vorliegende Beitrag bietet einen Überblick auf die lange, wechselvolle Geschichte des Wissenschaftlichen Beirats für Familienfragen, die von unterschiedlichen Phasen der Beratungstätigkeit mit jeweils auch unterschiedlicher Kooperationsintensität zwischen Beirat und Ministerium geprägt war. Im Mittelpunkt steht die Satzung von 1...
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Zusammenfassung. Schnittstellen zwischen psychosozialen Hilfesystemen stellen Sollbruchstellen einer gelingenden systemübergreifenden Behandlung psychisch erkrankter Kinder/Jugendlicher dar. Daten zu Schnittstellenmanagement in Deutschland liegen bisher nicht vor. Ziel der Studie ASpeKT war es, zu vier Zeitpunkten (T1 Aufnahme, T2 Entlassung, T3 6...
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In adults, trauma imagery has proven to be a useful tool to assess the neural mechanisms of psychological trauma processing. In adolescents, heterogeneous results could be found for other tasks, however, a trauma imagery paradigm has not been evaluated. For this purpose, we investigated a trauma imagery paradigm with control scripts to assess neura...
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Age-related metabolic and renal changes predispose older people to an increased risk of diabetes mellitus and diabetic kidney disease, respectively. As the prevalence of the ageing population is increasing, because of increased life expectancy, the prevalence of older people with diabetic kidney disease is likely to increase. Diabetic kidney diseas...
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Die Grundlage psychiatrischer Tätigkeit allgemein bildet die hinreichende Diagnostik psychischer Phänomene bei Patienten. Kinder- und jugendpsychiatrische Tätigkeit erfordert ein differenziertes Entwicklungswissen. Neben der Anamneseerhebung beim Patienten und bei der Familie sowie im sozialen Umfeld (z. B. Schule) gehören die Verhaltensbeobachtung...
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Dieses Kapitel befasst sich mit der stationsäquivalenten Behandlung. Home Treatment als aufsuchende Behandlungsform war bis zum Jahr 2017 in Deutschland im SGB V nicht verankert und wurde so von den Krankenkassen nicht finanziert. Nur in einzelnen Regionen wurden über Modellprojekte oder Forschungsvorhaben Home-Treatment-Angebote vorgehalten. Es we...
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Das Kapitel umfasst Tic-Störungen und Tourette-Syndrom. Neben Informationen zu Klassifikation, Epidemiologie, Ätiologie, Symptomatik, Diagnostik und Therapieverfahren, finden sich auch zahlreiche praktische Tipps und Hilfestellungen für den Alltag in Praxis und Klinik wieder.
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Dieses Kapitel umfasst emotionale und Verhaltensauffälligkeiten im Alter von 3 bis 6 Jahren. Im Kleinkindalter auftretende Störungen haben eine hohe Gefahr, auch im weiteren Entwicklungsverlauf zu Problemen zu führen. Neben Informationen zu Klassifikation, Definition, Epidemiologie, Symptomen und Diagnostik wird auf das weitere Vorgehen und die int...
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Dieses Kapitel umfasst das Bundeskinderschutzgesetz und seine Relevanz für die Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie. Im Zentrum stehen die Beratung, Datenübermittlung und Einschätzung bei Kindeswohlgefährdung sowie der Anspruch auf Fachberatung durch eine erfahrene Fachkraft.
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Institutionen, in denen Kinder und Jugendliche betreut, beschult oder behandelt werden, sind immer wieder mit (Verdachts-)Fällen sexueller Gewalt konfrontiert. Deshalb ist es notwendig, dass Institutionen ein Schutzkonzept erstellen. Ziel eines Schutzkonzeptes ist es, die Institution zu einem Schutz- und Kompetenzort für Kinder und Jugendliche zu m...
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Die tägliche Aufgabe eines Mediziners besteht darin, Probleme seiner Patienten richtig zu verstehen und zu lösen. Die Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie ist davon betroffen, dass die Forschungsmöglichkeiten an Kindern begrenzt und daher viele Therapien bisher nicht ausreichend erforscht sind. Bis neue Erkenntnisse in Bücher eingehen, vergehen Jahre, und...
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In diesem Kapitel geht es um die verschiedenen Störungen des Sozialverhaltens. Neben Informationen zu Klassifikation, Epidemiologie, Ätiologie, Symptomatik, Diagnostik und Therapieverfahren finden sich auch zahlreiche praktische Tipps und Hilfestellungen für den Alltag in Praxis und Klinik wieder.
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Dieses Kapitel befasst sich mit komplex traumatisierten Kindern, Jugendlichen und Heranwachsenden mit unterschiedlichen Traumatypen. Neben Informationen zu Klassifikation, Epidemiologie, Ätiologie, Symptomatik, Diagnostik und Therapieverfahren finden sich auch zahlreiche praktische Tipps und Hilfestellungen für den Alltag in Praxis und Klinik wiede...
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Zwei Drittel bis drei Viertel der Kinder und Jugendlichen, die in Heimeinrichtungen oder in Pflegefamilien leben, leiden unter mindestens einer psychischen Störung. Bei der Mehrzahldieser Kinder besteht mindestens eine traumatische Erfahrungen in der Vergangenheit, z. B. in der Familie oder anderen Herkunftssystemen. Diese Belastungen und/oder Verh...