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The Kids Research Institute Australia’s CliniKids wins national disability awardCliniKids has won the Excellence in Allied Health category at the inaugural National Disability Awards, announced in Melbourne tonight.
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Predicting Long-Term Survival Without Major Disability for Infants Born PretermApgar score, birth weight, sex, socioeconomic status, and maternal ethnicity, in addition to gestational age, have pronounced impacts on disability-free survival.
Find out about the range of Focused Therapy programs on offer at CliniKids.
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Attenuated psychophysiological reactivity following single-session group imagery rescripting versus verbal restructuring in social anxiety disorderThe current study highlights the specificity of brief imagery-based interventions in influencing psychophysiological reactivity in social anxiety disorder
Nutrition in preschool children with autistic behaviours.
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Hypertensive diseases of pregnancy predict parent-reported difficult temperament in infancyThese data suggest that the link between maternal hypertensive diseases of pregnancy and child behavioral development begins in the first year of life.
Helping children build resilience and cope with the trauma associated with medical emergencies and chronic health conditions is the focus of a promising pilot program being undertaken by The Kids Research Institute Australia.
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Treatment for Childhood and Adolescent Dissociation: A Systematic ReviewDissociative symptoms are linked to experiences of trauma, often originating in childhood and adolescence. Dissociative disorders are associated with a high burden of illness and a poor quality of life. Despite evidence suggesting that early intervention can improve outcomes, little research exists on the treatment of dissociative disorders in childhood and adolescence.
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Intellectual DisabilityAbout 2 per cent of children are estimated to have an intellectual disability. The cause of the condition is unknown in at least 50 per cent of cases.