Clinical and Sociodemographic Characteristics that May Affect Delays in Child Sexual Abuse Disclosures: Ten Years in Practice.

This study covers Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) survivors who had never disclosed the abuse until their psychiatric interview. There is a clear lack of understanding of which factors contribute to delays in the disclosure of CSA. Thus, we aimed to examine the risk factors and sociodemographic variables that may inhibit CSA disclosures.

Voluntary imitation of dynamic facial expressions in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a facial-behavior analysis.

Objective: The difficulties involved in social interaction among children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have been shown in many studies. Based on the knowledge that the imitation of facial expressions is a key factor in social interaction and functionality, the focus of prior studies has been on the evaluation of facial expressions in individuals with ADHD. However, little is known about voluntary facial mimicry in individuals with ADHD.

Validation of SMA screening kits with SMN1 gene analysis in a Turkish cohort.

Objective: It is crucial to start early treatment in Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) with available drugs to stop the progression of the disease, therefore making SMA screening preferable. This study assessed Quantitative Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (qRT-PCR) compared to Multiplex Ligation-dependent Probe Amplification (MLPA) for detecting Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) through SMN1 gene copy number analysis in a Turkish cohort.

Methods: We analyzed 249 DNA samples, previously tested for SMN1 and SMN2 gene deletion via MLPA, using qRT-PCR kits from three different companies.

Objective Parameters in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Eye and Head Movements.

Objective: We aimed to evaluate eye and head movements, which are objective parameters in ADHD. Method: While the children were watching the course video task, which included the relevant (teacher and smart board) and irrelevant (any regions outside the relevant area) areas of interest, their eye movements were evaluated through eye tracking, and video recordings were made simultaneous. Head position estimation was made using through video recordings.

Psychometric Properties of the Turkish Version of the Children's Saving Inventory in a Clinical Sample.

Objective: The Children's Saving Inventory (CSI) is a measurement tool developed to assess hoarding behavior in children. This study aims to investigate the psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the CSI in a clinical sample of children and adolescents.

Materials And Methods: The study sample consisted of 52 children and adolescents diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder in the 8-17 age group and their families.

Toward the detection of reduced emotion expression intensity: an autism sibling study.

Introduction: Expressing emotions through spontaneous facial expression is an important nonverbal social communication skill. In our study, we aimed to demonstrate that both children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and the non-ASD siblings of children with ASD have deficits in this skill.

Method: In this study, we analyzed the six core facial emotion expressions of three distinct groups of children - those diagnosed with ASD (n = 60), non-ASD siblings (n = 60), and typically developed children (n = 60).

Assessing sustained attention of children with ADHD in a class flow video task.

Objective: The aim of the study was to evaluate sustained attention performance of children with ADHD and effect of distractors on sustained attention through an eye-tracking during a class-flow video task.

Method: Data were collected using an eye-tracking during a class-flow task conducted with 60 children (ADHD and control groups). Two areas of interest were determined in the task, these are relevant (teacher and whiteboard) and irrelevant (any regions outside the relevant area) areas.

Determinants of Leaky Gut and Gut Microbiota Differences in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder and Their Siblings.

Leaky gut hypothesis is one of the well-known theory which tries to explain etiology of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Unfortunately there is still a gap of evidence to investigate the corner points of the hypothesis. The aim of this study was to investigate the determinants of leaky gut in children with ASD, their siblings and healthy controls.

Is Serum Progranulin Level a Biomarker in Autism and Cognitive Development Disorders?

Objective: Cognitive developmental delay is a picture of the group of early-onset chronic diseases that affect 1.5-10% of children. Autism spectrum disorders are neurodevelopmental diseases with a genetic basis and abnormal brain development, characterized by disorders in areas that make up interpersonal relationships, such as communication, social cognition, and processing of emotional signals.

The Relationship between Psychopathology, Self-esteem, Body Perception and Serum Sex Steroids in Pubertal Gynecomastia.

Objective: The current study aimed to investigate the psychopathology behind gynecomastia and potential associated problems regarding self-esteem and body perception, and the relationships of these variables with sex steroid levels in adolescents with pubertal gynecomastia.

Methods: The study included 50 normal weight male adolescents aged between 11 and 18 years with gynecomastia but without any chronic organic pathology, and 50 healthy pubertal male adolescents matched for age. The adolescents underwent psychopathology assessment by Development and Well-Being Assessment interviews; self-esteem was assessed using the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale; body perception was evaluated using the Body Image Perception Scale, and the relationship between these variables and sex steroid levels were explored.

Prevalence and correlates of hoarding behavior and hoarding disorder in children and adolescents.

Although hoarding symptoms are reported to begin in childhood and adolescence, the true prevalence of the disorder in this age group is unknown. This study aims to estimate the prevalence of hoarding disorder (HD) in children and adolescents. The present study was planned as a two-stage epidemiological research.

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.

Mitochondrial DNA copy number may be associated with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder severity in treatment: a one-year follow-up study.

Objective: Studies on etiopathogenesis of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are increasingly focussing on mitochondrial dysfunction. Children diagnosed with ADHD who had significantly higher mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) copy numbers than healthy children in our first study were re-examined in 1-year follow-up to investigate effects of severity and treatment of ADHD on mtDNA.

Methods: Twenty-eight patients who participated in previous study were included in this follow-up study.

Effects of chronotype and sleep duration on life quality and psychopathology in childhood obesity.

Introduction: Childhood obesity is associated with various levels of deterioration in the quality of life and many serious medical conditions such as psychiatric problems.

Aim: The objectives of this study are to investigate whether a difference in terms of chronotype among obese and non-obese children and adolescents, and restricted sleep duration, is associated with obesity and whether chronotype and sleep duration in children and adolescents with obesity are associated with quality of life and comorbid psychiatric disorders.

Material And Methods: Forty-two participants diagnosed with childhood obesity were included in the study as the study group, and thirty-five participants without childhood obesity were included as the control group.

Integrating Telepsychiatric Services into the Conventional Systems for Psychiatric Support to Health Care Workers and Their Children During COVID-19 Pandemics: Results from A National Experience.

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Mitochondrial DNA Copy Number is Associated with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

Background: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most common psychiatric disorder in children. Several hypotheses have been proposed to explain its etiology. Mitochondrial dysfunction (MD) is suggested to be one of the causes of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

Nablus Mask-Like Facial Syndrome with Moderate Developmental Delay.

Nablus mask-like facial syndrome (NMLFS) is defined by distinctive craniofacial appearance including tight-appearing glistening facial skin, blepharophimosis, telecanthus, severe arched eyebrows, flat and broad nose, long philtrum, distinctive ears, unusual hair patterns, mild developmental delay and "happy" disposition. We aim to report a 7-year-old boy diagnosed with NMLFS and moderate developmental delay. Literature emphasis that Intellectual Disability is common in this syndrome though it has been diagnosed to only a few people worldwide.

Do we need to re-think on subthreshold childhood psychiatric cases? A follow-up study.

A remarkable number of children all over the world have psychiatric disorders, which cause severe impairments in functionality. In the development of future mental health planning, not only determining epidemiological data is sufficient, but also follow-up studies are needed. This study aimed to determine the course of subthreshold psychiatric disorders in three-year follow-up process, and whether there is a relationship between sociodemographic factors, parental attitudes and SDQ scores and the escalating escalation from SPD to psychopathology or the disappearance of SPD symptoms.

Is it possible to recognize children diagnosed with ADHD from their facial anthropometric measures? A case-control study.

The recent main focus of the researches on Attention-deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is on identifying behavioral phenotypes. For this purpose, neuroanatomical factors have recently become a focus. This study aimed to investigate whether the individuals diagnosed with Attention-deficit Hyperactivity Disorder differ from healthy individuals in terms of facial anthropometric measurements.

Psychometric Properties of Turkish Version of the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire for Age 2-4.

Introduction: Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire for 2-4 year olds (SDQ 2-4) is one of the best of these scales developed to screen children in early childhood for psychosocial problems. The aim of this study is to investigate the psychometric properties of SDQ 2-4 in Turkish for the age group of 2-4 years.

Methods: The study was conducted with 159 participants.

The prevalence of childhood mental disorders in different habitations: are we underestimating their prevalence in rural areas?

Recently, the number of epidemiological studies of child psychiatry has increased, but most of these studies focus on children living in city centres. Unfortunately, one-third of the global population lives in rural areas, and various habitations exist in cities, including city centres and slums. Moreover, despite having a high risk for psychopathology development, individuals who have symptoms but fall outside the limits specified for diagnoses due to having fewer symptoms than those mentioned in diagnostic systems and individuals who do not fulfil the impairment criteria listed in diagnostic systems are not addressed in these studies.

Serum NGF levels may be associated with intrauterine antiepileptic exposure-related developmental problems.

Objective: It has been shown that maternal epilepsy and antiepileptic drug use during pregnancy have adverse developmental outcomes in children. The aim of this study was to investigate the developmental outcomes of maternal epilepsy and prenatal antiepileptic exposure. We also looked for the associations between serum levels of glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) and nerve growth factor (NGF) and developmental outcomes.

The Role of Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) and Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (GDNF) in Tic Disorders.

Objectives: Tic disorders are associated with neurodevelopmental origin, changes in dopaminergic neurons, and the formation of immunoreactivity, it is thought that neurotrophic factors may be crucial in the emergence of tic disorders. In this study, we targeted to explore role of neurotrophic factors in tic disorders. The aim of this study was to investigate serum Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (GDNF) and Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) levels in patients with tic disorder and healthy controls.

Myasthenia Gravis Attack after Oral Risperidone Treatment: A Case Report.

Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disease, which can be triggered by anticholinergic agents. The 6-year-old female patient was admitted to the outpatient clinic. She was had been previously diagnosed with comorbid attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and conduct disorder and was receiving short-acting methylphenidate and risperidone, as recommended by a child psychiatrist.