Psychopathology and resilience in relation to abuse in childhood among youth first referred to the psychiatrist.

Background/aim: Child abuse may be related to adverse psychological outcomes in adult life. However, little is known about specific clinical, family and resilience profiles of adolescents that have experienced child abuse. The aim of this study was to investigate clinical symptoms, family functioning and resilience characteristics of adolescents with the experience of abuse, first referred to psychiatrists.

[Adjustment disorders in hospital treated adolescents: a follow-up study].

Introduction: Adjustment disorders represent a frequent diagnostic entity especially among adolescents. They involve a wide spectrum of various emotional and behaviour problems.

Objective: The aim was to investigate characteristics of diagnostic category known as adjustment disorders among hospital treated adolescents for the first time at the Clinical Department for Children and Adolescents of the Institute of Mental Health in Belgrade, during five consecutive years, as well as to investigate the outcome of the disorder in follow-up period.

[Influence of pins configuration to balance of general transversal stability in long bone fractures external fixation].

Biomechanical features of long bones indicate that external fixation of long bone fractures have to be balanced according to general transversal stability as more as possible. The aim of this work was to investigate the influence of orientation pins to the general transversal stability of external fixation of fractures of long bones. In this study we have used the model of fractured long bone made of wood which was treated by Mitkovic external fixator with 4 pins, in 3 different situations: (1) all pins are in one axial plane, (2) each 2 pins are in 2 axial planes with angle distances of 60 degrees, (3) each 2 pins are in 2 axial planes wich are normal to each other.

[Fractures of the upper part of the femur treated with Mitkovic selfdynamisable internal fixator (SIF)].

Unlabelled: Complex transtrochanteric and subtrochanteric fractures need dynamisation in two axis: in neck axis and in the long axis of the femur. In this study is present one new concept of the surgical treatment of the fractures of proximal femur using new double dynamic selfdynamisable internal fixator (SIF). Dynamisation along the femoral neck axis is available immediately after the fixation, while dynamisation in the long axis of the femur is activated spontaneously 4-6 weeks after the fixation.

[Deformities correction of metacarpal and phalangeal bones by the use of Mitkovic minifixator].

It is shown results of the application of the Mitkovic external mini fixator in different indication of fractures and deformities correction of metacarpals and phalanges. Series of 14 applications in 11 patients have been introduced in this study: 3 lenthenings of metacarpals, 7 correction mallunion of metacarpals and phalanges and 4 gradual correction of the posttraumatic stiffness of the joints of the 2nd to 5th fingers. Average age was 23 years (15 to 54) and follow up was 6 months to 5 years.

Depressive phenomenology in regard to depersonalization level.

Background: It has been found that in patients suffering from unipolar depression, associated depersonalization symptomatology is more intense compared to healthy controls, and also that there is a positive correlation between depression and depersonalization. According to data that may be found in the literature, there is a relatively high prevalence of depersonalization symptomatology in unipolar depressions. Our study was aimed at finding whether the presence of depersonalization was related to a specific phenomenological expression of depressive symptomatology in unipolar depression.