CURRENT PANORAMA IN INTERNALIZED AND EXTERNALIZED PROBLEMS IN THE SPANISH CHILD AND YOUTH POPULATION

Abstract

This symposium includes the presentation of various data related to the evaluation of a large sample of Spanish children and adolescents through the Assessment System for Children and Adolescents (SENA). The study has a special interest to attendees because of the current data and it is a large representative sample recruited from all points in the country (Spain). Firstly, it consisted on carrying out a study of the data obtained dimensionally to try to obtain the main clinical categories according to the DSM 5 classification system in the child population. Secondly, we try to check if there are variations in the prevalence of disorders by comparing our data with those obtained by other experts in the same population. Thirdly, the aim is to analyze comparatively the comorbidity of the internalized and externalized symptomatology obtained by the different informant sources: parents, teachers and children. Finally, the data on psychosomatic disorders and their relationship with internalized disorders, such as anxiety and depression, are presented.

She is currently Emeritus Professor at the School of Psychology of the UNED, where she taught Psychological Assessment for Children. Previously she was a Professor of Child Psychopathology at the University of Valencia. Her activity consisted in teaching activities and research, but she also works as a Clinical Psychologist. She worked in the General Hospital of Valencia, at the Psychology Service of Torrente City Council (Valencia). She has been the Director of the Applied Psychology Service at the UNED, where she gives clinical advise. She is a specialist in Child Psychopathology and Psychological Evaluation. She has published numerous articles in Spanish and foreign journals and book chapters on topics of psychological tools and child psychopathology. She has written numerous books about her specialty. Some of them are: “Problems in children” (Santillana, 1997), “The depressed child” (Ariel, 2007), “Children’s Emotions” (Pirámide, 2002), “Psychological Assessment of Childhood and the Adolescence”(UNED, 2002), “Psychological Evaluation in Different Contexts” (UNED, 2003), “How to prevent a child from getting depressed “(Síntesis, 2007), “Treating Childhood Depression” (Pirámide, 2008), “The book of the Family” (the defender of the minor, 2011), “Child aggression from 0 to 6 years” (Vision Books, 2011), and “Depression in children and adolescents” (Pirámide, 2013). She has been a member of the executive committee of the European Association of Psychological Assessment and President of the Clinical and Community Psychology Division of the Psychological Association of Applied Psychology. She has been awarded national prizes (Premio Aitana, 2012, Pinillos, 2016) and international awards (Fellow Reward of the IAAP, 2014). Her academic experience is combined with her experience in applied psychology; she worked as a psychologist in the General Hospital of Valencia in the Municipal clinic.