Patients with disorders of sex development undergoing surgical treatment: A psychosocial evaluation in adolescence.

The surgical outcomes of disorders on sex development (DSD) are comparatively well studied in the literature, whereas studies investigating its impacts on mental health are scarce. In this study, we aimed to evaluate psychiatric diagnoses, sex roles, quality of life, and adolescents who were surgically treated because of DSD as well as parental attitudes in their parents. The study group consisted of 19 patients diagnosed with DSD and the control group consisted of 20 age- and gender-matched healthy peers.

Psychopathology, quality of life, and related factors in pediatric liver transplantation candidates and recipients.

Background: Liver transplantation (LT) has been accepted as a standard treatment of pediatric liver diseases that can progress to end-stage liver disease or lead to acute liver failure. However, there is a lack of studies clarifying quality of life (QoL) and the characteristics and the prevalence of common psychiatric disorders in children before and/or after LT. Thus, this study aimed to investigate QoL and the prevalence of anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in children and adolescents before and after LT and to compare them with healthy controls.

Can gestation be considered as trauma in adolescent girls: post-traumatic stress disorder in teen pregnancy.

Although post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adolescent pregnancy has been reported at high rates in the limited research in this area, no studies have evaluated gestation as trauma in teens. This study, aimed to evaluate PTSD in this high risk group. All pregnant adolescents who presented to our obstetrics and gynaecology clinics in a one-year period were invited to participate in the study.

Psychopathology, health-related quality-of-life and parental attitudes in pediatric asthma.

Considering that unknown psychopathology might play a role in the management of pediatric asthma, this study examines how self-esteem and psychosocial family environment (child-raising attitudes and parental coping strategies) influence the physical and psychosocial well-being of these children. Hence, this paper aims to predict psychosocial factors influencing health-related quality-of-life (HRQL) in children with asthma without a documented history of mental illness. 32 patients with asthma and 32 controls aged 8-18 years were included in the study.

Increased Hyperacusis with Risperidone in an Autistic Child.

Autistic spectrum disorder is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by qualitative impairment in social interactions and communication skills. In addition to these core features, sensory processing abnormalities such as auditory hypersensitivity have been frequently reported. Although the cause of auditory hypersensitivity remains unknown, it is thought to be associated with decreased inhibitory processing, possibly resulting from an abnormal sensory gating system or dysfunction of inhibitory interneurons.

Psychopathology in pediatric bone marrow transplantation survivors and their mothers.

Background: Bone marrow transplantation (BMT) is used to treat various hematologic, oncologic and metabolic diseases. While the treatment is lifesaving, it is also associated with anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and psychosocial problems both in children and parents.

Methods: The aim of this study was to investigate the psychopathology in pediatric BMT survivors and their mothers compared with healthy controls.

Post-traumatic stress disorder and health-related quality of life in the siblings of the pediatric bone marrow transplantation survivors and post-traumatic stress disorder in their mothers.

Although BMT is lifesaving in many childhood diseases, it was found to be related to anxiety, depression, and PTSD in parents, and PTSD, anxiety and overall low self-esteem in siblings. Research on siblings' HRQoL is limited. The aim of this study was to investigate PTSD and HRQoL in siblings (donor and non-donor) of pediatric BMT survivors and PTSD in their mothers, compared to the healthy controls.

Living with the unknown: Posttraumatic stress disorder in pediatric bone marrow transplantation survivors and their mothers.

Bone marrow transplantation (BMT) is used to treat children with various hematologic, oncologic, and metabolic diseases. Although the treatment can be lifesaving, it is also physically and psychologically demanding for both the child and caregivers. In previous studies, BMT is found to be related with anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and psychosocial problems both in children and parents.

Attachment styles and psychopathology among adolescent children of parents with bipolar disorder.

Background: The aim of this study was to compare attachment styles and psychopathology in adolescent children of parents with bipolar disorder (BD) with a healthy control group.

Material And Methods: We studied 25 adolescents who had at least 1 parent with BD (BD group) and 28 adolescents who had no parents with BD (control group). The adolescent participants were between the ages of 12 and 17 years.