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T Arajärvi

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PubMed2000

Effects of early intervention on psychiatric symptoms of young adults in low-risk and high-risk families.

Effects of early risk and intervention on the psychiatric symptoms of young adults were studied. By means of a weighted risk index, 160 families with a baby born in 1975-1976 were classified as being at low or high risk. Half of the families attended a five-year family counseling program, the other half served as a control group. At age 20-21 years, the young adults from the counseled families had significantly fewer psychiatric symptoms than did those from the control families. A significant interaction between family risk and counseling was found. Implications for preventive intervention efforts are discussed.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1987

[Predictability of psychological development of children in the preschool age based on familial risk factors].

The study was designed to identify children at risk for abnormal social and emotional development via home visits during the first 6 months of life. A total of 196 families were selected statistically from families seen at 8 counseling facilities in Helsinki. The study was part of a larger project on the prevention of psychiatric disorders in children through family counseling and involved both counseling and control groups. Each family was visited at home 3 to 6 times during the child's first 6 months to obtain an overview of the psychosocial situation. Each family was visited again when the child was 5 years old, a thorough assessment of both child and family being made at this time. When a child became 6 months old the chief investigators in the project assigned the family to one of 4 groups using the information in the home visit reports. This classification was based on factors of probable relevance for the child's emotional development, and 17% of the families were classified as "high-risk" families. The emotional development of the 5-year-olds was assessed by an outside psychiatrist and a psychologist. Both raters found a higher percentage of psychiatric disorders in the children in high-risk families than in the other children, and the difference was statistically significant. The question is discussed of how high-risk families can best be identified and how they can be helped.

Affective Symptoms↗
PubMed1974

[School phobia].

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