Risk factors of post-traumatic stress disorder after hospitalization in a pediatric intensive care unit: a systematic literature review.

The number of studies on post-traumatic stress disorder after hospitalization in a pediatric intensive care unit raised since 2004. The objective of this systematic review was to summarize and critically examine the literature about risk factors for these children to develop post-traumatic stress disorder following admission to an intensive care unit. The data sources were PubMed, Cochrane, Web of Science, PsycInfo, SUDOC, Scopus, and ScienceDirect.

The outcome of children placed in a welfare center or foster care before the age of 4: Prognostic factors.

Background: In child and adolescent psychiatry, many patients are placed in welfare institutions or foster care.

Objective: It is important to study their progress in the long term and to examine the psychological and social care arrangements as well as their impacts.

Population And Methods: This qualitative study designed to identify potential prognostic factors relating to the outcome of children placed in a welfare center or foster care before the age of 4 years was based on the analysis of 34 case histories of children placed in a welfare center or foster care in Angers.

Neuropsychological Features of Children and Adolescents With Mitochondrial Disorders: A Descriptive Case Series.

Background: Mitochondrial disorders (MD) are metabolic diseases related to genetic mutations in mitochondrial DNA and nuclear DNA that cause dysfunction of the mitochondrial respiratory chain. Cognitive impairment and psychiatric symptoms are frequently associated with MD in the adult population. The aim of this study is to describe the neuropsychological profile in children and adolescents with MD.

Prevalence and phenotype of eating disorders in assisted reproduction: a systematic review.

Background: Eating disorders (EDs) are common conditions that mainly affect women of reproductive age and have a major impact on fertility. Our systematic review focuses on the prevalence of EDs in patients in the process of assisted reproductive technique (ART) and describes the phenotypes of EDs identified.

Methods: Our systematic review is based on the PRISMA criteria.

Psychiatric Symptoms of Children and Adolescents With Mitochondrial Disorders: A Descriptive Case Series.

Mitochondrial disorders (MD) are a group of clinically heterogeneous genetic disorders resulting from dysfunction of the mitochondrial respiratory chain. Cognitive impairment is a common feature in adults with MD and psychiatric symptoms are associated with MD in up to 70% of the adult population. The aim of this study is to describe the psychiatric profile in children and adolescents with MD by focusing on the description of psychiatric symptoms.

The cost of child abuse and neglect in France: The case of children in placement before their fourth birthday.

Background: Despite the high prevalence of child abuse and neglect and its consequences on health, very few studies have evaluated the trajectories of children in placement in France, and there are no cost studies available.

Objective: To estimate the cost of abuse and neglect in children in placement before their 4th birthday in France.

Participants And Setting: A cohort of children in placement before their 4th birthday in a single nursery between February 1994 and June 2001 was followed from birth until they left care.

Medical Termination Of Pregnancy For Psychosocial Reasons.

The requesting of medical termination of pregnancy (MTP) for psychosocial reasons invites several questions concerning progress in medicine as well raising necessary and legitimate ethical questions. The law currently permits MTP for maternal reasons at any stage of pregnancy if the woman's health is at a significant risk. However, conceptions of mental health risks remain a grey area and present difficulties in terms of psychiatric assessment.

Neuropsychological and Psychiatric Features of Children and Adolescents Affected With Mitochondrial Diseases: A Systematic Review.

Unlabelled: Mitochondrial diseases (MDs) are a group of clinically heterogeneous genetic disorders that arise as the result of dysfunctional mitochondria. Only few medical articles deal with neuropsychological or psychiatric aspects of MDs.

Aim: The present article aims to provide a systematic review of neuropsychological and psychiatric aspects of MDs.

Psychiatric autoimmune conditions in children and adolescents: Is catatonia a severity marker?

Objectives: Patients with autoimmune encephalitis (AE) are likely to exhibit an acute onset of severe psychiatric features, including psychosis and/or catatonia. Based on the high prevalence of catatonia in AE and our clinical experience, we hypothesized that catatonia might be a marker of severity requiring more aggressive treatment approaches.

Methods: To reach a sufficient number of cases with brain-autoimmune conditions, we pooled two samples (N = 58): the first from the French National Network of Rare Psychiatric diseases and the second from the largest Italian neuro-pediatrics center for encephalopathies.

The French Version of the Revised Ritvo Autism and Asperger Diagnostic Scale: A Psychometric Validation and Diagnostic Accuracy Study.

The early recognition of ASD in adults is challenging, in particular due to the lack of appropriate and robust diagnostic tools. We performed a psychometric validation and diagnostic accuracy study of the French version of the RAADS-R on a sample of 305 adults: 105 with ASD without ID, 99 with psychiatric disorders, and 103 non-psychiatric control groups. The French version of the RAADS-R demonstrates good reliability and diagnostic validity, suggesting that it can help clinicians during the diagnostic process in adults with ASD without ID.

Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding in adolescents with severe obesity: Psychological aspects, decision makers of surgery, and 2-year outcomes. A case series.

Background: The results of medical treatment of severe obesity in the adolescent population (balanced diet and physical activity) are often unsatisfactory, and bariatric surgery is questioned. The psychological determinants for requesting bariatric surgery in these adolescents are unclear. The objective of this study was to report the psychiatric and psychological aspects as well as the determinants of the medical decision for surgery in a cohort of obese adolescents requesting bariatric surgery by laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding.

[Organic troubles with psychiatric symptoms: What is the appropriate childhood and adolescence psychiatric care? Reflections on disimmune encephalitis cases].

Organic mental disorders are different and further revealed by increasingly advanced research. They are nevertheless misunderstood, without consensus, and raise clinical, diagnostic, and therapeutic questions. These disorders require effective collaboration between practitioners such as pediatricians and child psychiatrists.

Psychiatric and Psychologic Impact of Surgery While Awake in Children for Resection of Brain Tumors.

Background: Intraoperative direct stimulation during surgery while awake is considered to be the gold standard for identifying eloquent cortical sites. Only a few studies have referenced the psychologic impact of this event in the pediatric population.

Objective: The aim of this clinical study is to present the psychologic aspects of surgery while awake in children.

Rationale and protocol for using a smartphone application to study autism spectrum disorders: SMARTAUTISM.

Introduction: Longitudinal studies on the evolution of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) symptoms are limited and have primarily used repeated measurements performed several months apart. However, measurements of changes in everyday life should more closely reflect the 'real life' of the patient and his or her family. We propose to study the child's ASD symptoms and their effect on the quality of life, psychological status and anxiety of the child's parents over a 6-month period using SMARTAUTISM, a smartphone application.

[Should we review, on ethical grounds, the conditions of access of men who have sex with men to blood donation?].

In France, men who have sex with men (MSM) were "permanently deferred" of blood donation. This measure reflected the fact that according to scientific research data, MSM have a higher risk to be infected notably by the human immunodeficiency virus. This "permanent postponement" was the subject of much debate as discrimination criterion.

[Course and progression of children admitted before 4 years of age in a French child welfare center].

Aim: The purpose of this study was to determine the institutional trajectory and future of young children in child welfare.

Materials And Methods: A catamnestic study - based on data from the child welfare office in Maine and Loire, France, from 1994 to 2001 - was conducted by a child psychiatrist and a psychologist. Medical, judicial, and educational data (development, health, pathways in child protection services) were collected and analyzed regarding the status of these children 15 years later, adding information gathered by interviewing the child welfare and foster family consultant.

[Quality of life after kidney transplantation in adolescence].

After a general reflection on the concept of quality of life in medicine, and an outline of the psychological problems relating to kidney transplantation, we report the main results of a prospective study (8 French CHU) involving 40 young people awaiting a kidney graft. The results for quality of life (before and 6 and 18 months after the transplant) are analyzed in the light of the adolescent process. While this study confirms that young kidney graft patients generally have good quality of life, no quantitative parameter or score can fully reflect this aspect or replace interviews with the teenager and his or her family.