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Irritability in children and adolescents: past concepts, current debates, and future opportunities

Fernanda Valle Krieger; et al
7 de outubro de 2013
Irritability is defined as a low threshold to experience anger in response to frustration. It is one of the most common symptoms in youth and is part of the clinical presentation of several disorders. Irritability can present early in life and is a predictor of long-term psychopathology...


Polydrug use among college students in Brazil: a nationwide survey

Lúcio Garcia de Oliveira; et al
7 de outubro de 2013
ccording to Martin, polydrug use describes a wide variety of substance use disorders. In this regard, it is commonly classified as either concurrent polydrug use (CPU) or simultaneous polydrug use (SPU), depending on the timing of use of the involved drugs....


Methylphenidate and Its Under-recognized, Under-explained, and Serious Drug Interactions: A Review of the Literature with Heightened Concerns

Robert M. Nevels; et al
7 de outubro de 2013
Methylphenidate arguably is the most successful psychiatric medication in history. Response rates in some studies are as high as 78%, and, despite opposition to medicating children with psychostimulants, the use of methylphenidate in the treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder...


Frequency and Types of Anxiety-Related Emotional Disorders in Secondary School Children in an Urban Population from India

Anjali Joshi; et al
7 de outubro de 2013
Anxiety disorders are very common in secondary school children with little epidemiological data from countries like India. The objective of this study was to determine the frequency and type of anxiety disorders in children of a secondary school...


Mania in a Ten-Year-Old Child

Prerna Malik; et al
7 de outubro de 2013
Once thought rare in pre-adolescents, paediatric bipolar disorder is now increasingly diagnosed in children, including preschoolers. The drugs used to treat it include mood stabilizers and antipsychotics, which carry the risk of significant side effects...


Efficacy of Cognitive Retraining Techniques in Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Gaurav Rajender; et al
7 de outubro de 2013
Pharmacotherapy using stimulants has emerged as a primary mode of treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). However, these stimulants often do not ameliorate all the problems (especially attentional problems) that these children experience...


Rett’s Syndrome: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Dilemma

Manish Bathla, Shalu Chandna, Jagdish C. Bathla
7 de outubro de 2013
Rett’s syndrome, a pervasive developmental disorder, is a rare, progressive, neurodevelopmental disorder that has been reported only in the girl child. A case of an 8-year-old girl with Rett’ syndrome is presented here. This girl had normal development till the age of 3 years...


Psychiatric Comorbidity in Prader-Willi Syndrome: A Case Series

Rajesh Jacob; et al
7 de outubro de 2013
Prader-Willi syndrome is a genetic disorder. Psychiatric comorbidity can occur in persons with Prader-Willi syndrome varying from emotional and behavioural disorders characterised by impulsiveness, temper tantrums, with occurrence of other psychiatric disorders in the form of obsessive compulsive...


Prolactin Levels During Long-term Risperidone Treatment in Children and Adolescents: a Cross-sectional Study

Kurt Buhagiar; Joseph R. Cassar
7 de outubro de 2013
Risperidone is a commonly prescribed antipsychotic in children and adolescents with a wide spectrum of mental illnesses. Of all atypical antipsychotics, it has the greatest propensity to induce hyperprolactinaemia. This study assessed the correlation between treatment with risperidone and serum...


Impact of co‑morbid attention‑deficit/hyperactivity disorder on self‑perceived health‑related quality‑of‑life of children with specific learning disability

Sunil Karande; Rohini Venkataraman
7 de outubro de 2013
About 12-24% of children with specific learning disability (SpLD) have co-occurring attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). According to "parent-proxy reports", co-occurring "untreated" ADHD adversely impacts the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of children with newly diagnosed SpLD...



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