tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: "Association of nail biting and psychiatric disorders in children and their parents in a psychiatrically referred sample of children"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Association of nail biting and psychiatric disorders in children and their parents in a psychiatrically referred sample of children. | Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health BioMed Central Research Association of nail biting and psychiatric disorders in children and their parents in a psychiatrically referred sample of children Ahmad Ghanizadeh1 2 Open Access Address Assistant Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Shiraz University of Medical Sciences Hafez Hospital Shiraz Iran and 2Director of Research Center for Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Shiraz University of Medical Sciences Hafez Hospital Shiraz Iran Email Ahmad Ghanizadeh - ghanizad@ Published 2 June 2008 Received 16 August 2007 Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2008 2 13 doi l753-2000-2- Accepted 2 June 2008 13 This article is available from http content 2 1 13 2008 Ghanizadeh licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Nail biting NB is a very common unwanted behavior. The majority of children are motivated to stop NB and have already tried to stop it but are generally unsuccessful in doing so. It is a difficult behavior to modify or treat. The objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence of co-morbid psychiatric disorders in a clinical sample of children with NB who present at a child and adolescent mental healthcare outpatient clinic and the prevalence of psychiatric disorders in their parents. Method A consecutive sample of 450 referred children was examined for NB and 63 14 were found to have NB. The children and adolescents with nail biting and their parents were interviewed according to DSM-IV diagnostic criteria. They were also asked about lip biting head banging skin biting and hair pulling behaviors. Results Nail biting is common amongst children and adolescents referred to a