ACTION Teens Global Survey-Türkiye Report: More Worry and Less Motivation for Adolescents Living with Obesity.

Objective: ACTION Teens (NCT05013359) surveyed adolescents living with obesity (ALwO), their caregivers, and healthcare professionals (HCPs) in 10 countries to identify attitudes, perceptions, behaviors, and barriers preventing effective obesity care. This subanalysis identified key findings from Türkiye.

Methods: In Türkiye, 700 ALwO (aged 12-<18 years), 700 caregivers, and 324 HCPs completed a cross-sectional survey (September-November 2021).

Serum peripheral markers for inflammation in adolescents with anorexia nervosa.

Background: There is a limited number of studies comparing the levels of inflammation in adolescent patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) and healthy controls based on complete blood count and platelet parameters.

Methods: This study is a retrospective cross-sectional analysis of 53 drug-naive patients with AN and 53 healthy controls.

Results: Significant differences were observed for WBC (white blood cell), neutrophil, MCV (mean corpuscular volume), MCH (mean corpuscular haemoglobin) and neutrophils/lymphocytes ratio (NLR) between the study groups.

Executive functions in adolescents with gender dysphoria.

Aim of this study is evaluating EF by performing neurocognitive tests, and to identify gender-related differences in EF between adolescents with and without GD. 8 Female-to-Male transgender adolescents (FtMs), and 14 Male-to-Female transsexual adolescents (MtFs) (Gender Dysphoria Group, GDG) and 29 boys, 21 girls (Control Group, CG), were tested in a cross-sectional study, using the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST), Controlled Oral Word Association Test (COWAT), and Stroop Color and Word Test (SCWT). The psychiatric diagnoses were established by using the KD-SADS.

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Pediatric Mental Health Emergency.

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare pre/post-coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic changes in mental health-related visits to the pediatric emergency department.

Materials And Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of all mental health-related pediatric emergency department visits to a tertiary general hospital between June and September 2019, 2020, and 2021. We described pre/post-coronavirus disease 2019 changes in the use of pediatric emergency departments, such as timing of visits, sex discrepancies, diagnostic distribution, discharge planning, and others.

Emergency mental health care for chi̇ldren and adolescents outside of regular working hours: 7 years outcomes from a tertiary hospital.

Objective: This study aims to define the clinical characteristics and management strategies of children and adolescents presenting with psychiatric crises to the emergency department (ED) of a tertiary health care facility outside of working hours, and to identify predictors of multiple ED visits among them.

Methods: From January 2012 to December 2018, retrospective records of patients presenting with psychiatric symptoms to the ED and examined by a child psychiatrist after 5 p.m.

Are neurocognitive abilities and social cognition related to social and role functioning in familial high risk group for psychosis?

Aims: In this study, we aimed to compare neurocognitive abilities and social cognitive features among adolescent offspring of psychotic individuals and healthy controls.

Methods: The study sample was composed of offspring of patients with psychotic disorders (n = 30), the high risk group (HR), and age and sex matched healthy controls (n = 32) the Control Group (CG). The psychiatric diagnoses were established by using the KD-SADS.

An Analysis of Admissions to a Refugee Child Mental Health Unit in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Background: To examine the admissions to a refugee child outpatient mental health unit in the COVID-19 pandemic and to compare them with the pre-pandemic period.

Methods: This retrospective observational study, planned through the hospital information system and patient files, included the 1-year number of outpatient unit admissions, sociodemographic, and clinical data.

Results: Before the COVID-19 pandemic (March 2019-February 2020), a total of 2322 patients (local and refugee) applied to the same unit, and 236 (10.

An overview of the mental and physical health status and post-migration psychosocial stressors of refugee toddlers and preschoolers.

Purpose: Although thousands of refugee children are being born in resettlement areas, few studies have described the mental and physical status in early childhood. We aimed to study the mental, physical status, and post-migration psychosocial stressors of refugee toddlers and preschoolers.

Design And Methods: The Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and Developmental Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood was used to assess psychiatric disorders, parent-child relational context, physical health conditions, psychosocial and environmental stressors, and developmental competencies of children who were evaluated at the clinic site.

Executive Functions and Social Responsiveness in Children and Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

Objective: To evaluate the executive functions and social reciprocity of children and adolescents diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and compared them with healthy controls.

Material And Method: Patients aged 6-17 years diagnosed with ASD ( = 33) and ADHD ( = 37) and healthy controls in the same age range ( = 33) were included in the study. Behavioral Rating Inventory of Executive Functions (BRIEF) sub-scales and Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS) were used for evaluating executive function areas and social responsiveness.

Effect of Impairment on the Prevalence and Comorbidities of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in a National Survey: Nation-Wide Prevalence and Comorbidities of ADHD.

Objective: This study aimed to determine the prevalence and comorbidities of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) by evaluating a large-scale nation-wide sample of children.

Method: The inclusion criterion was being enrolled as a 2nd, 3rd, or 4th-grade student. A semi-structured diagnostic interview (K-SADS-PL), DSM-IV-Based Screening Scale for Disruptive Behavior Disorders, and assessment of impairment (by both parents and teachers) were applied to 5,842 participants.

Coping and psychopathology in children with malignancy and bronchiectasis.

Aim: We aimed to evaluate the coping styles and social support perceived by the children with two different chronic diseases (cancer and bronchiectasis), their mothers' coping styles and compare them with a control group without any chronic physical or psychiatric disorder.

Methods: Our sample consisted of 114 children and adolescents, with an age range from 9 to 15 years. The data were collected by using schedule for affective disorders and schizophrenia for school-age children-present and lifetime version, kid-coping orientation to problems experienced (Kid-COPE), social support appraisals scale (SSAS), and COPE.

The prevalence of childhood psychopathology in Turkey: a cross-sectional multicenter nationwide study (EPICPAT-T).

Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of childhood psychopathologies in Turkey.

Method: A nation-wide, randomly selected, representative population of 5830 children (6-13 years-old) enrolled as a 2nd,3rd or 4th grade student in 30 cities were evaluated for presence of a psychiatric or mental disorder by a Sociodemographic Form, Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School Age Children-Present and Lifetime Version (K-SADS-PL), and DSM-IV-Based Screening Scale for Disruptive Behavior Disorders in Children and Adolescents scales. Impairment criterion was assessed via a 3 point-Likert scale by the parent and the teacher independently.

Impact of psoriasis in the quality of life of children, adolescents and their families: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Psoriasis is a chronic and inflammatory disease that impairs quality of life and causes psychological symptoms. Despite the high prevalence of psoriasis in pediatric patients, studies investigating the impact of psoriasis in the quality of life of children, adolescents and families are sparse.

Objective: To investigate the impact of psoriasis in the quality of life of children and adolescents with psoriasis and their families and to determine depression and anxiety levels of the patients.

Autistic Traits and Executive Functions in Children and Adolescents With Gender Dysphoria.

We aimed to examine the autistic traits and executive functions that may require clinical attention in children and adolescents with gender dysphoria (GD). The study sample consisted of 25 patients with GD and 50 controls (aged five to 17 years). The instruments were the Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS) and the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF).

Sleep habits, parasomnias and associated behaviors in school children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Considerable clinical data support an association between sleep problems and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). We aimed to investigate the sleep habits, associated parasomnias and behavioral symptoms in primary school children with ADHD. Forty primary school children with a clinical diagnosis of ADHD and 40 age-sex-matched healthy community controls were recruited.

Association of sleep duration with socio-economic status and behavioural problems among schoolchildren.

Aim: In this population-based study, we aimed to determine the total sleep duration (TSD), its association with socio-economic status (SES) and behavioural symptoms among schoolchildren.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed among schoolchildren in Istanbul. A structured questionnaire evaluating the sleep schedule variables was filled out by their parents.

Executive dysfunction in Turkish children at high risk for schizophrenia.

Objective: To explore different aspects of executive function (i.e. sequencing, set shifting and mental flexibility) in children who are at high risk for schizophrenia by comparing them with normal controls.