To go or not to go: School refusal and its clinical correlates.

Problematic school refusal that is child motivated is a serious but common presentation and a child psychiatric emergency. Mental health professionals, paediatricians, educators and parents are often required to work in tandem to alleviate concerns due to this. Prolonged absence from school may lead to immediate (educational backwardness) and far-reaching effects (psycho-social and educational maladjustment).

Blood CRP levels are elevated in children and adolescents with functional neurological symptom disorder.

There is accumulating evidence that patients with functional neurological symptom disorder (FND) show activation of multiple components of the stress system-the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, autonomic nervous system, and brain regions involved in arousal- and emotion-processing. This study aims to examine whether the immune-inflammatory component of the stress system is also activated. C-reactive protein (CRP) blood titre levels were measured in 79 children and adolescents with FND.

6,7-Dimeth-oxy-2,4-di-phenyl-quinoline.

In the title structure of the title compound, C23H19NO2, two conformationally similar mol-ecules (A and B) comprise the asymmetric unit. The dihedral angle between phenyl rings bridged by the quinoline moiety are 76.25 (8)° in mol-ecule A and 70.

4-(4,5-Diphenyl-1H-imidazol-2-yl)-N,N-di-methyl-aniline.

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C23H21N3, consists of two symmetry-independent and conformationally different mol-ecules [the comparable dihedral angles between the imidazole ring and the three benzene rings being 38.5 (2)/61.5 (3)/3.

4-[5-(4-Benzoyl-oxyphen-yl)-1,2,4-oxa-diazol-3-yl]phenyl benzoate.

In the title compound, C28H18N2O5, the dihedral angle between the terminal benzoate rings is 20.67 (12)°. The central oxadiazole ring is almost coplanar with its two benzene ring substituents, making dihedral angles of 4.