Contents | iii Volume 20, Number 1, January/February 1994 | Children with epilepsy and their families: needs and services A. LAYBOURN and M. HILL Conservation-withdrawal reaction in infancy? An undescribed entity S. MENAHEM Clumsiness in children: a defect of kinaesthetic perception? T. R. SMYTH Implications of a model of stress and coping for services to families of young disabled children H. McCONACHIE The comparative efficacy of antecedent exercise and methylphenidate: a single-case randomized trial J. M. SILVERSTEIN and D. B. ALLISON Book reviews Editorial Volume 20, Number 2, March/April 1994 71 Review: Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy N. GORDON The causes of children’s institutionalization in Romania THE CHILDREN’S HEALTH CARE COLLABORATIVE STUDY GROUP Management of infant sleep problems in a residential unit R. LEESON, J. BARBOUR, D. ROMANIUK and R. WARR Breaking bad news to parents with disabled children — a cross-cultural study A. H. KRAuss-Mars and P. LACHMAN iv Contents 115 Social support received by mothers of chronically ill children L. PELLETIER, G. GODIN, L. LEPAGE and G. DUSSAULT 133 Book reviews Volume 20, Number 3, May/June 1994 137 Parental psychiatric disorder: clinical prevalence and effects on default from treatment S. J. Dover, A. LEAHY and D. FOREMAN Social class, social support and obesity risk in children L. B. GERALD, A. ANDERSON, G. D. JOHNSON, C. HOFF and R. F. TRIMM Early detection of childhood autism: a review of screening instruments and rating scales P. VosTANIS, B. SMITH, M. C. CHUNG and J. CORBETT Comparisons of school nurse and auxologist height velocity measurements in school children with short stature. (The Hackney Growth Initiative) W. H. MasrowskI, S. HEARN, C. ROHAN, S. JENKINS, A. M. COTTERILL and M. O. SAVAGE The impact of war upon the pupil’s growth in southern Croatia M. RUMBOLDT, Z. RUMBOLDT and S. PESENTI Groups for parents of pre-school children with severe disabilities P. STALLARD and F. DICKINSON 209 Correspondence 211 Book reviews Volume 20, Number 4, July/August 1994 215 Editorial: Ethicology E. BOWER 219 The effect of a waiting list on attendance at initial appointments in a child and family clinic G. STERN and R. BROWN Contents v Prealence of giardiasis among primary school children L. F. NIMRI Sensitivity of perceptuomotor measures for very low birthweight (VLBW < 1500 g) pre-schoolers K. G. LIE Early parental adjustment of visible congenital disfigurement E. T. BRADBURY and J. HEWISON The effectiveness of group therapy in treating children’s sleeping problems D. J. MESSER, L. LAUDER and S. HUMPHREY Muscle and brain disease: an update N. GORDON Book reviews Volume 20, Number 5, September/October 1994 295 Early language screening in City and Hackney: the concurrent validity of a measure designed for use with 2!/5-year-olds J. LAw Siblings of a child with cancer T. HAVERMANS and C. EISER Infant crying patterns in Manali and London I. St JAMES-ROBERTS, J. BOWYER, S. VARGHESE and J. SAWDON Language development in a non-vocal child S. M. RoGow The availability of advice regarding infant feeding to immigrants of Vietnamese origin: a survey of families and health visitors A. SHARMA, M. LYNCH and M. L. IRVINE Book reviews vi Contents Volume 20, Number 6, November/December 1994 361 Differences in motor performances of children attending or not attending nursery school in Sénégal E. BENEFICE and A. BA How are children’s growth problems diagnosed? D. JELLINEK and D. M. B. HAL Sleep problems in pre-school children: a review of the literature S. KERR and S. JoweTI Children with liver disease: maternal reports of their adjustment and the influence of disease severity on outcomes R. BRADFORD Evaluating therapy in cerebral palsy E. Bower and D. L. MCLELLAN Book reviews Editorial Author index vp