Tunisian Adolescents at CHR for Psychosis: A Pilot Study of Cognitive Remediation in a LMIC.

Background: Clinical high risk (CHR) youth are known to exhibit cognitive deficits at similar levels to their more severally ill counter parts. Cognitive training (CT) programs offer a promising method for early intervention and the prevention of further cognitive decline in this vulnerable population. However, there are few structured CT intervention programs addressing the needs of CHR youth in LMICs of the Middle East.

Cognitive deficits in children with autism spectrum disorders: Toward an integrative approach combining social and non-social cognition.

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is associated with neurocognitive impairment, including executive dysfunctioning and social cognition (SC) deficits. Cognitive remediation (CR) is a behavioral training-based intervention aiming to improve cognitive processes. Its first use in psychiatry interested patients with schizophrenia, in whom promising results have been shown.

Validation of the Tunisian Test for Facial Emotions Recognition: Study in Children From 7 to 12 Years Old.

Facial expressions transmit information about emotional state, facilitating communication and regulation in interpersonal relationships. Their acute recognition is essential in social adaptation and lacks among children suffering from autism spectrum disorders. The aim of our study was to validate the "Recognition of Facial Emotions: Tunisian Test for Children" among Tunisian children in order to assess facial emotion recognition in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD).

Bumetanide in the management of autism. Tunisian experience in Razi Hospital.

Background: Autism is a multifactorial disease with multiple etiologic hypotheses. Some studies suggest changes in brain GABA mediated inhibition in autism, and a higher intracellular chlorine levels in autistic children. Given these data, clinical trials are conducted to test the efficacy of diuretics in improving clinical symptoms in autism.

Quality of live among parents of children with autism spectrum disorders in Tunisia.

Background: Studies on parents of children with autistic spectrum disorders' (ASD) quality of life (QOL) agree on its alteration and seek to identify risk factors in order to target interventions.

Aims: To study the QOL of a Tunisian population of parents of children with ASD and to look for risk factors specific to the Tunisian population.

Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional descriptive study of 50 parents of 50 children who met the DSM V criteria for autism spectrum disorder.