Difference in Psychic Distress Lived by Parents With ADHD Children and Parents With Healthy Children: Focus on Gender Differences.

ADHD has a complex and negative influence on the family system. The aim of this study was to analyze the perception of emotional distress in a group of parents of children with ADHD. A sample was recruited from the public health system ADHD Unit at Sant Joan de Déu Hospital (Barcelona).

[Side effects of methylphenidate in children and the young].

Introduction: The use of psychostimulants has been present in common medical practice since the 20th century and has undergone an exponential growth in terms of the number of prescriptions.

Aim: To review the current state of knowledge about the side effects of psychostimulants in the child and teen populations.

Development: A review was performed by searching in different databases and included clinical analyses, observational prospective studies and systematic reviews.

[Evaluation and treatment of sleep problems in children diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: an update of the evidence].

Introduction: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects approximately 5% of all children and adolescents, and these patients frequently suffer from sleep problems. The association between sleep disorders and ADHD, however, is multifaceted and complex.

Aims: To explore the relationship between sleep disorders and ADHD.

Sacral nerve stimulation for fecal incontinence.

Objective: to analyze short-term outcomes and complications for our first fifty patients with fecal incontinence undergoing sacral root stimulation.

Patients: fifty patients with fecal incontinence receiving sacral neuromodulation in 4 hospitals are reviewed. Discussed variables include: age, sex, incontinence duration, incontinence cause, prior surgery for incontinence, Wexner scale score, anorectal manometry parameters, and endoanal ultrasonographic findings.

Specific gel-cream as adjuvant to oral isotretinoin improved hydration and prevented TEWL increase--a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study.

Background: Hydrating and emollient products are often recommended to patients under isotretinoin therapy to control the most frequent mucocutaneous side effects and to improve adherence to treatment.

Aims: To assess, using noninvasive biophysical tests, the clinical and instrumental effectiveness of a hydrating gel-cream compared with placebo as an adjuvant to isotretinoin for treatment of facial skin in patients with inflammatory acne.

Methods: Prospective, double-blind, randomized study, using MULTI SKIN MC750, on the adjuvant effect of a hydrating gel-cream for acne (active product) vs.