Behavioral assessment of Japanese children with epilepsy using SDQ (strengths and difficulties questionnaire)

Brain and Development

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 81-86

  Tanabe, Takuya ^a   Kashiwagi, Mitsuru ^b   Shimakawa, Shuichi ^c   Fukui, Miho ^c   Kadobayashi, Kazuko ^a   Azumakawa, Kohji ^d   Tamai, Hiroshi ^c   Wakamiya, Eiji ^e  

^a Tanabe Kadobayashi Children's Clinic   (Japan)

^b Hirakata City Hospital   (Japan)

^c OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^d Seikeikai Hospital   (Japan)

^e AINO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

AD HD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder); Behavior; Epilepsy; Psychiatric comorbidity; QOL (quality of life); SDQ (strengths and difficulties questionnaire)

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRENGTHS AND DIFFICULTIES QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMOTIONS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84872284863     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: 18727131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2012.03.008     Document Type: Article

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