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The General Movements in children with Down syndrome
No full textAim of our study was to describe the character of General Movements (GMs) in children with Down Syndrome (DS)
Behavioural and temperamental characteristics of children and adolescents suffering from primary headache
No full textTo examine indices of behavioural and emotional problems and temperamental traits in clinically referred children and adolescents suffering from tension headache or migraine. Headache in childhood and adolescence (<18 years) has been associated with the presence of behavioural and emotional difficulties, but limited data are available on the relationship between these problems and different types of headache. Clinically referred children and adolescents (N=114), 6-16 years of age, suffering from primary headache according to the diagnostic criteria of the International Headache Society, 47 with tension-type headache (TH) and 67 with migraine (M), and 36 normal controls without headache (NC) were assessed using the Parent Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL), Children's Depression Inventory (CDI), Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children (MASC), Conner's Parent Rating Scale (CPRS), and Emotionality-Activity-Sociability-Shyness Scale (EAS). Psychological and personality self-rating assessments were obtained also on the children's parents and siblings. Although most headache patients had scores within the normative non-pathological range, both TH and M patients had higher CBCL total, internalizing, and externalizing scores than NC (P<0.001), and TH patients had higher scores than M patients. TH and M had higher CDI and MASC scores than NC (P<0.05), with no difference between the headache groups. TH patients had higher Emotionality and Shyness scores, and lower Sociability scores than M patients. Clinically referred children and adolescents with TH and M had higher scores of behavioural and emotional symptoms, both of internalizing and externalizing type, than normal peers. The TH group had greater psychological and temperamental difficulties than the M group
Hypomanic mood in a child patient treated with interferon-α 2a: Case report
No full textWe report on a male child born in Rumania, adopted by an Italian family, and who at 10 years of age was submitted to interferon-alpha 2a therapy for chronic hepatitis B. About 30 days after the beginning of the treatment he developed hypomanic mood and psychogenic seizures. Psychological evaluation showed hyperactivity, distractibility, excessive talkativeness, grandiosity and racing thoughts. Temperamental traits were characterized by an elevated emotionality. The patient was successfully administered risperidone and cognitive-behavioral therapy; six months of treatment with interferon led to positive outcome of hepatitis B. Since affective symptoms may occur in children treated with IFN, a careful evaluation of psychiatric disturbances and adequate intervention are needed
Emotional impact in β-thalassaemia major children following cognitive-behavioural family therapy and quality of life of caregiving mothers
No full textCognitive-Behavioural Family Therapy (CBFT) can be an effective psychological approach for children with beta-thalassaemia major, increasing compliance to treatment, lessening the emotional burden of disease, and improving the quality of life of caregivers
The Need to Develop More Sensitive Tools to Accurately Detect Clinical Response to Treatment in ADHD Reply
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