<p style="text-align: justify;">OBJECTIVES: This study aims to determine the quality of life (QoL) of children and adolescents with psychiatric disorders at PCMC using child, parent and clinician reports.
METHODOLOGY: Consecutive referrals of 125 children and adolescents and their parents assessed QoL using the Pediatric Quality of life Inventory (PedsQL) and the Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (CAFAS) for clinicians.
RESULTS: Eight diagnostic categories were identified: attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), anxiety disorder, disruptive behavior disorders, mood disorder, no axis I diagnosis, psychotic disorder, parent-child relational problem, and others. From the children's report , no significant difference was noted in the QoL among diagnostic categories. From the parent's report, children with disruptive behavior disorders had the poorest psychosocial health. From the clinician's report, children with psychotic and mood disorders had the poorest QoL. Specific functional domains were affected per diagnostic category: for children with ADHD, school functioning; for children with disruptive behavior disorder, home, community domains and social and school functioning; for children with mood disorders, home, community and self-harm domain; for children with psychotic disorder, behavior toward others, mood, thinking, and social domains.
CONCLUSION: Multi-rater assessment of QoL of children and adolescents varied. Domains of functioning must be targeted to improve overall QoL.p>
Human ; Male ; Female ; Adolescent ; Child ; Anxiety Disorders ; Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity ; Attention Deficit And Disruptive Behavior Disorders ; Mood Disorders ; Parents ; Psychotic Disorders ; Quality Of Life ; Referral And Consultation ; Self-injurious Behavior ; Mental Disorders ; Child ; Research Report

Review ; Psychotherapy ; Brain

Human ; Play Therapy ; Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity

<p style="text-align: justify;">OBJECTIVES: This study aims to determine the quality of life (QoL) of children and adolescents with psychiatric disorders at PCMC using child, parent and clinician reports.
METHODOLOGY: Consecutive referrals of 125 children and adolescents and their parents assessed QoL using the Pediatric Quality of life Inventory (PedsQL) and the Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (CAFAS) for clinicians.
RESULTS: Eight diagnostic categories were identified: attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), anxiety disorder, disruptive behavior disorders, mood disorder, no axis I diagnosis, psychotic disorder, parent-child relational problem, and others. From the children's report , no significant difference was noted in the QoL among diagnostic categories. From the parent's report, children with disruptive behavior disorders had the poorest psychosocial health. From the clinician's report, children with psychotic and mood disorders had the poorest QoL. Specific functional domains were affected per diagnostic category: for children with ADHD, school functioning; for children with disruptive behavior disorder, home, community domains and social and school functioning; for children with mood disorders, home, community and self-harm domain; for children with psychotic disorder, behavior toward others, mood, thinking, and social domains.
CONCLUSION: Multi-rater assessment of QoL of children and adolescents varied. Domains of functioning must be targeted to improve overall QoL.p>
Human ; Male ; Female ; Adolescent ; Child ; Anxiety Disorders ; Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity ; Attention Deficit And Disruptive Behavior Disorders ; Mood Disorders ; Parents ; Psychotic Disorders ; Quality Of Life ; Referral And Consultation ; Self-injurious Behavior ; Mental Disorders ; Child ; Research Report

<p style="text-align: justify;">In this paper, the researcher proposed to search for current research data on ADHD and play therapy. To achieve this, the researcher look into ADHD - it's definition, manifestation children, the "metaphors" used in relation to ADHD, the neurobiology of ADHD, and treatment interventions for ADHD. The researcher conducted a review of research publications for the past 10 years on ADHD and play therapy and share her clinical experience in the use of play therapy for children with ADHD. The researcher also presented the quantitative data from gathered research to assess the quality of life od several children with ADHD pre- and post-play therapy.p>
Human ; Play Therapy ; Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity

<p style="text-align: justify;">BACKGROUND: Epilepsy is a chronic neurologic disorder complicated by neurobehavioral comorbidities, including affective disorders, which adversely affect quality of life. There is increasing prevalence of these disorders in children especially in adolescents, however, the need for mental health care often remains unmet.p><p style="text-align: justify;">OBJECTIVES: The study determined the prevalence of anxiety and/or depression in adolescents with epilepsy and the association of these disorders with sociodemographic variables and seizure-related factors such as age of onset, duration of epilepsy, seizure frequency, electroencephalogram/neuroimaging abnormalities, type of epilepsy including epilepsy syndromes and drug treatment.p><p style="text-align: justify;">METHODOLOGY: This is an analytical, cross-sectional study. All adolescent patients with epilepsy seen at OPD who fulfilled the inclusion and exclusion criteria were screened using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)/ Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-Pilipino (HADS-P). Charts of the patients at the Neurology section (Pay and Charity service) were reviewed. Epilepsy-related and sociodemographic variables in association with anxiety and depression were determined and analyzed.p><p style="text-align: justify;">RESULTS: A total of 145 adolescent patients were included in the study. There was a 17.4% prevalence of anxiety and 3.4% prevalence of depression in this study population according to the screening tool. However, a confirmatory diagnosis was not done in some patients. There was no significant factor associated with occurrence of anxiety. Factors that were highly associated with depression were a psychiatric illness in the first-degree relative, frequent seizures at onset, no anti-epileptic drug use, and monotherapy at the time of the study. Presence of anxiety also increased the odds of having depression.p><p style="text-align: justify;">CONCLUSION/RECOMMENDATIONS: Affective disorders are common in adolescents with epilepsy and factors related to their occurrence must be anticipated. Hence, the need to screen the patients for psychiatric symptoms early and regularly.p>
Human ; Male ; Female ; Adolescent (a Person 13-18 Years Of Age) ; Epilepsy ; Depression ; Anxiety Disorders ; Adolescents