Clinical Characteristics and Comorbidity of Pediatric Trichotillomania: the Study of 38 Cases in Croatia.

Background: The main goal of this study was to analyse and show clinical characteristics and psychiatric comorbidity in 38 participants aged between 10 and 17 with DSM-IV diagnoses of Trichotillomania (TTM) that we were treating at Children's Hospital Zagreb from 2008 to 2017.

Subjects And Methods: We analyzed the data obtained from semi-structured interviews by the criteria of DSM-IV, Youth Self Report (YSR) (Achenbach & Rescorla 2001) and survey that we created.

Results: From 38 participants 21 were girls.

Platelet monoamine oxidase activity in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a highly heritable developmental disorder characterized by symptoms of impulsivity, hyperactivity and/or inattention, and associated with structural and biochemical abnormalities in cortical and limbic structures innervated by dopamine, noradrenalin and serotonin. The enzyme monoamine oxidase, type B (MAO-B), is expressed in platelets, and metabolizes endogenous amines. Its activity has been proposed to represent a peripheral marker of various traits and forms of psychopathology.

Elevation of serum total triiodothironine and free triiodothironine in Croatian veterans with combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder.

Objective: To asses possible differences in serum-free triiodothironine (FT3), total triiodothironine (TT3), free thyroxine, total thyroxine, and thyroid-stimulating hormone levels between male combat veterans with chronic post-traumatic stress disorder and healthy male control subjects.

Method: Male combat veterans (N = 38; ages 23-53 years; mean +/- SD = 35.9 +/- 7.

Psychiatric help to psychotraumatized persons during and after war in Croatia.

Aim: To present organization of psychosocial support and treatment of traumatized persons during and after the 1991-1995 war in Croatia.

Method: Description of application and results of community-based National Program of Psychosocial Help to War Victims, and retrospective analysis of hospitalizations for psychotrauma at the National Center for Psychotrauma, Dubrava University Hospital.

Results: During the 1991-1995 war in Croatia, the population faced severe traumatic events, and the need for organized psychosocial help to traumatized persons was great.