144 research outputs found
Behavioural disorders in children and adolescents: A conceptual review about the therapeutic alliance with family and school
Aim: In disruptive behavioral disorders, given the wide range of symptomatic manifestations and the complexity of the sociofamiliar contexts in which they develop, it is now proven that more visible and more stable results can be achieved over time through multimodal and multidimensional interventions. These are accomplished through the integration of psychotherapeutic interventions for the child and parents, counseling interventions for all the various practitioners who come into contact with the child in school, sports, and social settings, through the possibility of organizing multiple settings in patient can be followed by several health professionals such as child and adolescent neuropsychiatrist, neuropsychomotricist, occupation therapist, psychologist
Review about comorbidities of behavioural disorders in children and adolescents: The focus on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
Disruptive behavior disorders (DBD) present high comorbidity rate mainly for opposite-defiant disorders that are frequent among children, adolescents and adults affected by with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), probably as result of common temperamental risk factors such as attention, distraction, impulsivity. ADHD tend to manifest in about 50% of individuals diagnosed as disruptive behavioral disorders
The behavioral parenting interventions (BPT) for support and mandatory integrative therapy for children and adolescents affected by disruptive behavioural disorders: A brief review
The behavioral parenting interventions (BPT), commonly abbreviated as parent training, is a program conducted by an expert with the specific purpose of improving or modifying parental practices in order to promote the child's well-being, increasing parenting skills in the daily management of the child, problem solving and reducing the level of parenting and family stress. BPT presents many positive effects on children or adolescents affected by neurodevelopmental disorder such as ADHD, autism and cognitive dysfunction but BPT appears to improve also other proximal outcomes such as parenting competence and parenting stress
Serum Levels of Soluble IL-2R, CD4 and CD8 in Chronic Active HCV Positive Hepatitis
The aim of the present study was to compare serum levels of soluble
forms of interleukin-2 receptor, CD4 and CD8, released by
lymphocytes during activation ofthe immune system, in patients with
histologically verified chronic active hepatitis associated to
hepatitis C virus infection, with those in healthy subjects.
Significantly higher levels of soluble IL-2R and soluble CD8 were
found in patients with chronic active hepatitis compared with
controls. In contrast no difference was found for soluble CD4 values
in the two groups. No correlations were found for both sIL-2R and
sCD8 and these two molecules with other parameters of liver
function. These results indicate that in these patients there is a
general activation of the immune system, but the lack of correlation
with parameters of liver function strengthens the suggestion that
this activation does not play a role in the pathogenesis of chronic
type C hepatitis
Eating and feeding disorders in pediatric age
Eating and feeding disorders are common in pediatric age and may be important to discover and recover the early symptoms in order to optimize the treatment and management
MOTION SICKNESS IN CHILDHOOD MIGRAINE
Background: Migraine is a chronic, progressive, and debilitating disorder that has an impact on the lives of millions of individuals.
The origins of the disability can be traced into childhood and adolescence for most adult migraine sufferers. The group
of periodic syndromes consists in symptoms related to migraine, thought to be migraine equivalent or precursors.
Aim of this study is to assess the role of MS as risk factors for childhood migraine.
Materials and methods: 441 subjects (211 Females) aged 6-13 years (mean 9.20; SD 2.42), consecutively referred between
October 2007 to March 2009 for primary headaches to pediatric Centers for Headache in Childhood. Control group consisted
of 365 subjects (175 F) aged 7-13 years (mean 9.08; SD 3.02).
Results: Two groups were not different for age (F=0.390; p=0.539) and sex ratio (Chi-square=0.002; p=0.966). Headache
percentage distribution was the following: MoA 38.32%, MA 11.11%, FETTH 16.78%, CTTH 20.63%. Logistic regression shows a
greater OR for CVS and MS associated for migraine group (MoA and MA patients), respectively 8.28 (IC95% 2.35 - 29.16) for CVS
and 5.22 (IC95% 3.5 - 7.77); moreover, CVS cause a consistent increase in OR of 3.69 (IC95% 2.21 - 6.17) also for headache group
(CTTH and FETTH patients).
Discussion: Periodic syndromes could be considered the natural precursors of migraine almost but not only in children, as
reported in some studies in adulthood
ANGER IN CHILDREN: A MINIREVIEW
Aggressive behavior is a peculiar characteristic of most animal species playing an important role in species preservation and
two types have been identified: interspecific and intraspecific aggression. The interspecific refers purely to the instinct of predation,
while the intraspecific is the purpose for species preservation. Anger has been found in very young children between the ages of four
and seven, is manifested through vocalizations, expressions and global movements affecting the entire body of the child: it is a means
of communication privileged to express themselves and communicate. Anger must be considered a positive event, even if it may frighten
it has a positive effect: transforming an event that could only be destructive and useless in a constructive process, and channeling
the child's anger toward a specific goal
THE SYNACTIVE THEORY OF DEVELOPMENT: THE KEYWORD FOR NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS
The synactive theory of development may be considered the keyword for neurodevelopmental disorders, considering that each
one presents constantly autonomic troubles such as sleep disorders, feeding problems
Visuospatial skills in children affected by primary nocturnal enuresis: Rehabilitative proposals
The sphincterial control problems in childhood are very common, with relevant comorbidities (i.e.: difficulty in academic performance, sleep disturbances, minor neurological signs) involved in the complex process of maturation and learning, such as to cause a great deal of discomfort and related disorders in affected subjects. Enuresis is characterized by the involuntary urination in the absence of a physical disorder, socially unacceptable in places and at one stage of life where such control is acquired by the majority of subjects (about 5 years). The present study aims to evaluate the visuospatial skills in children affected by primary monosymptomatic nocturnal enuresis (PMNE). 31 PMNE children (16 males and 15 females) (mean age 10.87, SD ± 1.68) and 61 healthy children (32 males, 29 females) (mean age 11.03, SD ± 1.85, p = 0687) were evaluated for visuomotor skills with the Visual-Motor Integration Scale (VMI). PMNE subjects show a worse performance on average to VMI, especially in the total visual-motor integration test. This finding emphasizes the importance of a framework for global and more complex than is commonly implemented, across the border but framing the subject of enuretic symptoms in a more global perspective
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