School performance

The parent or child reports tiiat die child s behavior and school performance are improved. 

These qualities make cromolyn an option for patients with multiple comorbidities and concomitant medications. Cromolyn is an alternative for patients in whom antihistamines are too sedating and impair work and school performance. Additionally, cromolyn helps to prevent AR when taken prior to exposure, such as visiting a home with a pet.18 Due to its excellent safety profile, cromolyn is a first-line agent in children with AR.11,12... 

Fergusson DM, Fergusson JE. Horwood LJ, et al. 1988a. A longitudinal study of dentine lead levels, intelligence, school performance and behavior. Part I. Dentine lead levels and exposure to environmental risk factors. J Child Psychol Psychiatry 29 781-792. 

Developing forebrain, 0.18-0.55 Gy (estimated dose to prenatally exposed Japanese atomic bomb survivors) Seizures in childhood reduced school performance at least through age 11 years some cases of severe mental retardation by age 17 years 12... 

The hrst experiences with substance use usually occur in early adolescence about the time of puberty. At this point, it is extremely difficult to determine who will go on to develop a substance use disorder and who will not. With the passage of time, however, teenagers who are headed for trouble involving substances typically become preoccupied with substance use and associate almost exclusively with others who abuse drugs. Family conflicts often arise, school performance suffers, and the teen who is beginning to abuse may become disruptive. In most cases, a full-blown substance use disorder will have developed by the late teens or early twenties. 

Bender, B.G., McCormick, D.R., and Milgrom, H. (2001) Children s school performance is not impaired by short-term administration of diphenhydramine or loratadine./ Pediatr 138 656-660. 

Refute opposing arguments. The writer explains why the international test scores are not a good indicator of public school performance in the United States. 

Offord DR. School performance of adult schizophrenics, their siblings and age mates. Br J Psychiatry 1974 125 12-19. 

To differentiate it from transient anxiety, the DSM-IV defines GAD as excessive anxiety or worry (i.e., apprehensive expectation, in contrast to DSM-lll-R, which included unrealistic worries) occurring more days than not for at least 6 months or longer about a number of events or activities (such as work or school performance). A requirement that the person must find it difficult to control the worry has been added. In addition. Criterion C now has a six-item set that is simpler, more reliable, and more coherent than the 18-item set in DSM-lll-R. Hence, now the patient must have at least three or more of the following symptoms ... 

The irony is that early and effective treatment intervention in a disease process often lessens its long-term sequelae. Unrecognized or ineffectively treated childhood and adolescent psychiatric conditions are likely to have profound and lifelong effects on the patient s psychosocial development. They can interfere with the development of self-esteem, with family and peer relationships, with school performance, and, later, in the workplace. The consequences are likely to persist even after the resolution of the acute episode, profoundly affecting further psychosocial adjustment ( 30). Inadequate treatment of pediatric psychiatric disorders may lead to... 

These effects, if not promptly detected, may have long-term adverse effects on the patient s development by interfering at critical psychosocial stages and by compromising the ability to perform in school. These complications could offset any gains in psychosocial and school performance resulting from effective treatment of psychotic symptoms. 

Amphetamines All Suspected abnormal developmental patterns, decreased school performance... 

Cocaine All Increased risk of spontaneous abortion, abruptio placentae, and premature labor neonatal cerebral infarction, abnormal development, and decreased school performance... 

A. Excessive anxiety and worry (apprehensive expectation), occurring more days than not for at least 6 months, about a number of events or activities (such as work or school performance)... 

Allergic rhinitis is a major chronic respiratory disease because of its prevalence, its impact on the quality of life, its impact on work/school performance and productivity, its economic burden, and its links with asthma. 

As with other mind-altering substances, use of BZP or TFMPP may give rise to hallucinations, anxiety, panic attacks, confusion, impaired judgment, or other psychological symptoms that may jeopardize work or school performance, relationships, or personal safety or that of others. Loss of control or inappropriate behavior may cause others to view the user as untrustworthy, imma-... 

Similarly, persistent sleep problems have also been associated with learning difficulties throughout the elementary-high-school years (116). Studies of excessive sleepiness in children and adolescents due to DSPS, narcolepsy, or sleep apnea have also reported negative effects on learning, school performance, and behavior (117-119). Students who get more sleep and maintain more consistent school/weekend sleep schedules may obtain better grades because of their ability to remain alert and to pay greater attention in class and on homework. 

Wolfson AR, Carskadon MA. Understanding adolescents sleep patterns and school performance a critical appraisal. Sleep Med Rev. In press. 

Gozal D. Sleep-disordered breathing and school performance in children. Pediatrics 1998 102(3 Pt l) 616-620. 

A teen s basic personality structure is intimately intertwined with all other predictive factors of marijuana use. Researchers have long hypothesized that marijuana causes a teen to behave or act in certain ways. Often, heavy marijuana use in adolescence is associated with such traits as poor school performance, delinquency, acts of violence, laziness, mental health problems, and so on. 

Many study findings have hypothesized that marijuana causes psychological problems such as amotivational syndrome (lack of motivation), which links poor school performance to teen marijuana use. The assertion is that marijuana makes... 

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