Predictive validity for the clinical diagnosis of a new parent questionnaire, the CABI, compared with CBCL.

Background: The questionnaires completed by the parents give a first general information on the behavioral problems of the child-adolescent, as a useful orientation to the clinical evaluation. The Child and Adolescent Behavior Inventory (CABI) is a 75-item parent questionnaire, which explores a large number of problem areas. The study of its predictive validity for the clinical diagnosis, in comparison with the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders ()-oriented scales of the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), can assess whether its use may be advantageous.

An observational study of fixed-dose Tanacetum parthenium nutraceutical preparation for prophylaxis of pediatric headache.

Background: Migraine is one of the most prevalent chronic pain manifestations of childhood. Despite the multitude of available treatments, parents are often concerned about chronic therapies and pediatricians have insufficient confidence in prescribing prophylactic drugs. Therefore, there is now growing interest for natural supplements used to control recurrent migraine headaches.

Headache attributed to aeroplane travel: the first multicentric survey in a paediatric population affected by primary headaches.

Background: This multicentric survey investigates the prevalence and characteristics of Airplane Headache in children affected by primary headaches.

Methods: Patients with symptoms of Airplane Headache were recruited from nine Italian Pediatric Headache Centres. Each patient was handed a structured questionnaire which met the ICHD-III criteria.

Epileptic headache: A rare form of painful seizure.

Purpose: To describe the concept, features and mechanisms of epileptic headache (EH).

Methods: Analysis of all published articles concerning EH and related subjects.

Results: There are more than 30 published case studies of patients with headache as the only manifestation of a seizure, a condition that has been variously called "EH", "ictal epileptic headache", "hemicrania epileptica", "cephalic pain seizure".

Child and Adolescent Behavior Inventory (CABI): Standardization for Age 6-17 Years and First Clinical Application.

Background: The Child and Adolescent Behavior Inventory (CABI) is a questionnaire designed to collect information from the parents of children and adolescents, both for the preparation of screening and epidemiological studies and for clinical evaluation. It has been published in CPEMH in 2013, with the first data on 8-10 years old school children. Here we report an extended standardization on a school population 6-17 years old and the first results of the application in a clinical sample.

Child and Adolescent Behavior Inventory (CABI): A New Instrument for Epidemiological Studies and Pre-Clinical Evaluation.

Background: Some questionnaires have already been elaborated to collect information from parents of children and adolescents, both as preparation for clinical evaluation and for screening and epidemiological studies. Here a new questionnaire, the CABI, is proposed, and it is validated in a population of 8-10 year-old children. Compared to existing questionnaires, the CABI has been organized so as to be of medium length, with items concerning the most significant symptoms indicated by the DSM-IV-TR for the pertinent disorders, and covering a wider range than existing instruments.

Pure epileptic headache and related manifestations: a video-EEG report and discussion of terminology.

We present the first video-EEG recording of episodes of "epileptic headache". The case reported is that of a 9-year-old girl with brief episodes (of a few minutes) of severe frontal headache, which corresponded to the presence of concurrent spikes and slow waves, starting in the right temporal area. A dysplastic lesion of the right temporal lobe was observed by MRI and the patient received surgery, with subsequent disappearance of headaches.

Pressure-painful scalp arteries in children and adolescents suffering from migraine.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the presence of pressure-painful scalp arteries in children and adolescents with migraine.

Materials And Methods: Pressure-painful points on scalp arteries were searched in 130 consecutive children (6-12 years old) and adolescents (>13 years old) affected with migraine, 89 females and 41 males, and in 40 age-matched controls.

Results: In the absence of a migraine episode, we examined 76 patients: 54 (71.

Effectiveness and safety of antipsychotics in early onset psychoses: a long-term comparison.

The effectiveness and safety of various antipsychotics was evaluated in a long-term study on 47 patients, 29 with schizophrenia and 18 with schizoaffective disorder, aged 10 to 17 years (mean 15.5) at onset. Follow-up ranged from 3 years (all 47 patients) to 11 years (19 patients).

Painful scalp arteries in migraine.

Previous studies suggest a role of scalp perivascular structures in at least a substantial number of migraineurs. This study aimed to evaluate the presence of pressure-painful scalp arteries in patients with migraine. Pressure-painful points on scalp arteries were searched for in 100 consecutive patients affected with migraine, 84 females (F) and 16 males (M), 83 without aura (70 F) and 17 with aura (14 F), and in 30 healthy matched subjects.

Compression of superficial temporal arteries by a handmade device: a simple way to block or attenuate migraine attacks in children and adolescents.

Because a prolonged compression of the major scalp arteries blocks migraine attacks in a substantial number of patients, we studied the effect of the use of a simple handmade device in blocking an incoming headache attack in children and adolescents. Thirty-seven consecutive ambulatory patients were instructed to apply, at the onset of each migraine attack, a handmade device firmly compressing both temporal arteries. Thirteen patients interrupted treatment because of intolerance of the local pain provoked by compression of the device.

Early-onset psychoses: comparison of clinical features and adult outcome in 3 diagnostic groups.

A comparison of clinical features and adult outcome in adolescents with three types of psychotic disorders: schizophrenic (SPh), schizoaffective (SA) and bipolar with psychotic features (BPP). Subjects (n = 41) were finally diagnosed (DSM-IV criteria) with SPh (n = 17), SA (n = 11) or BPP (n = 13). Clinical evaluation took place at onset and at a 3-year follow-up in all 41, and at least after 5 years in 36 patients.

Scalp periarterial saline efficacy in migraine and relation to exploding and imploding headache.

We recently reported the possibility of blocking a migraine attack by prolonged compression of scalp arteries and by the injection of saline around them, suggesting a role of extracranial structures in migraine pain. This study attempts further characterisation of the effect of saline infiltration and the relationship of the response to headache characteristics. A total of 40 patients were examined for scalp artery tenderness (superficial temporal main trunk and frontal branch, and occipital) during migraine attacks.

Mitochondria in perineuronal satellite cell sheaths of rabbit spinal ganglia: quantitative changes during life.

We studied quantitative changes in mitochondria of perineuronal satellite cell sheaths (SCSs) of rabbit spinal ganglia from young to extremely advanced age (1, 3.6, 6.7 and 8.