Alec Sargood, Eamonn A Gaffney, Andrew L Krause
Fixed and Distributed Gene Expression Time Delays in Reaction-Diffusion Systems
Bulletin of mathematical biology
study aimed 1 assess effectiveness intensive multimodal day treatment program improving externalizing problems function elementaryage children 2 examine 3 predictors treatment outcome ie family functioning baseline severity comorbid disorders sample included 261 children 809 boys ages 5 12 retrospective chart review 2013 2018 prospective chart review 2018 2019 conducted extract relevant data present study parents teachers provided reports childrens externalizing problems ie aggressive behavior attention problems rulebreaking behavior level function across different domains level family functioning also reported parents clinicians assessed childrens severity disturbance diagnoses intake based parents teachers reports children showed significant improvement externalizing problems moreover children showed functional improvement home school peers hobbies end program based teachers reports children lower level severity showed less improvement attention problems comorbid developmental problems showed less improvement aggressive rulebreaking behaviors family functioning predict treatment outcome intensive multimodal day treatment program effective reducing symptoms externalizing problems elementaryage children however children less severe difficulties comorbid developmental problems showed less improvement externalizing problems