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How to use this database.

• Method 1- uses a free natural language approach.

  After choosing the object of the search – by ticking title, abstract, aims and objective, or author - enter a term, word or name in the ‘Search’ box to return references answering your research question.

• Method 2 - utilises key words.

  Those key words assigned from thesauruses of controlled vocabulary by the trained coders of international bibliographic databases.
  The controlled vocabularies key word are listed alphanumerically under 'Bibliographic database keywords' .
  Use the drop down menu to identity which 'key words' you are interested in to return references to answer your research question.

• Method 3 - is based on the indexing system

  developed by the researchers who compiled this database.
  It adopts a thematic approach to mapping Irish child health research. The themed areas represent outcomes mapped to the International Classification of Disease version 10 (ICD-10) or one of 23 other health-related themed outcomes. Themes are defined in Tables 5 to 7 (of the study report).
  Use the alphabetic drop down menu under ‘ICD-10 or themed health-related outcomes’ to identity which themed areas you are interested in to select references to answer your research question.

• Method 4 – allows papers to be searched by Study type.

  Indexing by study type offers a valuable insight into understanding the population impact of the topic of interest. More than 20 study types were identified across the 2,152 study papers. These are defined in Table 3 (of the study report). Within 'Study type' papers are further stratification by geographical region (Table 49), topic area of interest and study aims and objectives.
  Click on 'Study type' to select the type of study of interest, progressively select sub-categories by topic area or other sub-classification of interest to answer your research question.

The complete background, methods and findings from this mapping exercise are detailed in the study report.

psychopathology

Your search returns 4 documents

• 1.   Bait and switch?

  Book Review: The handbook of adult clinical psychology

  

  Abstract:

  Reviews the book, The handbook of adult clinical psychology: An evidence-based practice approach by Alan Carr and Muireann McNulty (see record 2006-11834-000). I keenly awaited the arrival of my copy of The Handbook of Adult Clinical Psychology: An Evidence-Based Practice Approach. As a psychologist with a long-standing interest in these two topics, adult psychopathology and more...

  Geography:

  the United Kingdom

  PsycCRITIQUES, Vol: 52 Page: 2007
  Bruce A. Thyer

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• 2.   Childhood asthma: A stress-related illness? More myth than fact

  The aim of this study was to examine investigate and compared psychological functioning in children with and without asthma

  

  Abstract:

  This study investigated and compared psychological functioning in children with and without asthma. A total of 110 children (age range 10-12 years) and their parents participated. Eighty participants had a history of asthma. The remaining 30 participants had no history of asthma or chronic illness and formed the control group. Psychological functioning among both children and parents more...

  International Classification:

  Diseases of the respiratory system - Chronic lower respiratory diseases - asthma

  Categories:

  psychological functioning: -asthma

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Irish Journal of Psychology, Vol: 26 Page: 149-159 2005
  Bernadette Caffrey-Craig

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• 3.   Family Life and Relationships in the Health of the Nation Outcome Scales for Children and Adolescents (HoNOSCA)

  The aim of this study was assess the reliability of subscale 12 Health of the Nation Outcome Scales for Children and Adolescents (HoNOSCA) in examining family life and relationships

  

  Abstract:

  Aims and Method: The Health of the Nation Outcome Scales for Children and Adolescents (HoNOSCA) were developed as a routine measure of outcomes in child and adolescent psychiatry. In a preliminary study we administered subscale 12 of HoNOSCA (Family Life and Relationships) to 20 families and compared the results with two well-established measures of family functioning and a measure of more...

  International Classification:

  Measurement tool - Health of the Nation Outcome Scales for Children

  Categories:

  HoNOSCA; family life and relationships

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Psychiatric Bulletin, Vol: 30 Page: 216-219 2006
  Caitriona Aine MacGregor; Declan Sheerin

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• 4.   The Treatment of Psychological Problems Experienced by the Children of Police Officers in Northern Ireland

  This article will discuss the recent establishment of the Police Rehabilitation and Retraining Trust's Child and Adolescent Therapy Service.

  

  Abstract:

  This paper will discuss the recent establishment of the Police Rehabilitation and Retraining Trust's Child and Adolescent Therapy Service. This service was set up in response to an expressed need within the police family to provide evidence-based psychological therapies for child and adolescent psychopathology caused either directly by service-related incidents or indirectly via more...

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Child Care in Practice, Vol: 10 Page: 99-106 2004
  Alastair Black

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