Safety of Atypical Antipsychotics in a Child and Adolescent Inpatient Setting: A Naturalistic Study.

Background: This study's objective was to investigate the adverse effects of atypical antipsychotics (AAPs) on the metabolic, hematological, and endocrinological systems in the inpatient environment for children and adolescents with diverse psychiatric disorders.

Methods: A retrospective assessment of 208 children's and adolescents' medical records was conducted. All patients were on AAP monotherapy.

Analysis of the Relationship Between Emotion Regulation Difficulties and Impulsivity and Cognitive/Metacognitive Skills in Adolescents Diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder.

Background: Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a significant psychiatric disorder among children and adolescents. It is important that the relationship with depression is analyzed in adolescents in which cognitive and metacognitive processes are different from adult individuals.

Methods: Forty-five patients and 44 healthy controls were included in our study.

Illness-related outcomes of illicit substance use disorder in adolescents with early onset schizophrenia: a multicenter study.

Objectives: Lifetime co-occurring substance use disorders are common at the time of presentation for the treatment of primary psychosis. Our aim was to investigate the clinical characteristics of adolescents with early-onset schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder (EOS), categorized as either with (EOS + SUD) or without SUD (non-SUD/EOS), in a multi-center sample.

Methods: Between 2016 and 2022, 255 patients were evaluated across three tertiary-care inpatient units.

Are Communication Skills, Emotion Regulation and Theory of Mind Skills Impaired in Adolescents with Developmental Dyslexia?

This study investigates pragmatic language impairment, Theory of Mind (ToM), and emotion regulation in adolescents with Developmental Dyslexia(DD). The Social Responsiveness Scale-2(SRS) and Children's Communication Checklist-2(CCC-2) scores were found to be statistically significantly higher in the DD group than in healthy controls. DD group had lower performance in ToM skills and they have more difficulties in emotion regulation.

INTERNET GAMING DISORDER AND PROBLEMATIC INTERNET USE: THE LINKS BETWEEN CYBERBULLYING, AGGRESSION, LONELINESS AND PSYCHIATRIC COMORBIDITIES.

Aims: To compare adolescents clinically diagnosed with Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) and problematic internet use (PIU) in terms of cyberbullying, aggression, and loneliness.

Methods: Male adolescent patients (N=124, 14.3±1.

Searching the underlying mechanisms of specific learning disorder: An emotion recognition and social cognition aspect for Turkish clinical youth population.

This study aimed to investigate impairments in social cognition in youth with specific learning disorder (SLD) through a cross sectional study. Eighty six adolescents which include of 43 SLD and 43 typically developing (TD) children completed a battery of tests to analyze social cognition, emotional process and clinical psychopathological profile. SLD group performed significantly worse than healthy controls in facial ER total accuracy score (Cohen = .

Social Information Processing and Executive Functions in Male Children and Adolescents with Internet Gaming Disorder.

In recent years, in addition to its clinical importance, interest in the social-cognitive aspect of internet gaming disorder (IGD) has increased. This study aimed to investigate autistic traits, executive functions, and self-regulation abilities of patients with IGD. Eighty-seven male patients with IGD and eighty-three male healthy controls (HC) were included in the study.

Psychomotor agitation and irritability in adolescents with manic episode: Clinical data from three inpatient units.

Objectives: We aimed to investigate the characteristics of adolescents with Bipolar disorder-I with irritability and agitation (Mania+IA) compared to those without irritability and agitation (Mania-IA) in a multi-center representative sample.

Methods: Data of 145 patients from three tertiary-care inpatient units between 2016 and 2021 were obtained. Psychomotor agitation was defined as a score of ≥3 on the YMRS "Increased Motor Activity--Energy" item, irritability as a score of ≥4 on the YMRS 'irritability' item, and severity anchors of speech and thought disturbance on the YMRS '6 and 7' items.

Psychometric Properties of The Clinician Affective Reactivity Index for Assessment of Irritability in a Clinical Sample of Turkish Children and Adolescents.

Background: No clinician-oriented scale exists to assess irritability in Turkey. This pilot study aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Turkish version of The Clinician Affective Reactivity Index (CL-ARI).

Method: A total of 116 children and adolescents aged between 10 to 17 years (14.

The effects of catechol-O-methyltransferase single nucleotide polymorphisms on positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

The catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) gene is thought to have an important role in the etiopathogenesis of schizophrenia, but there are conflicting results regarding its role in clinical presentation. We aimed to elucidate the relationship between the single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the COMT gene and the severity of positive and negative symptoms. In order to investigate the relationship, the PubMed, PubMed Central, Scopus, and Cochrane CENTRAL databases were screened for eligible articles.

When to Use Amisulpride in Adolescents: A Retrospective Chart Examination of Inpatients.

Purpose/background: Despite increasing interest in amisulpride, current knowledge about its use in the pediatric population is scarce. This chart review aimed to investigate the use of amisulpride in a naturalistic adolescent population.

Methods/procedures: Electronic medical records of a tertiary care adolescent inpatient unit were screened between January 2015 and April 2021.

The association between pragmatic language impairment, social cognition and emotion regulation skills in adolescents with ADHD.

Objective: Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is associated with significant pragmatic language impairment and theory of mind deficits, but there are only a handful of studies have investigated the relationship between them in these conditions. This study aimed that investigate two different aspects of Theory of Mind (ToM) (ToM decoding and reasoning), pragmatic language impairment, and emotion regulation in patients with ADHD.

Method: Seventy adolescents with ADHD were compared to matched 64 healthy controls.

Impaired theory of mind and emotion recognition in pediatric bipolar disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Social cognition is impaired in patients with severe mental disorders. We aimed to investigate impairments in social cognition in youth with pediatric bipolar disorder (PBD) through a systematic review of the literature and the meta-analysis.

Method: Following the PRISMA guidelines, we searched in PubMed, Scopus, and Cochrane CENTRAL for studies reporting on the theory of mind (ToM) and emotion recognition (ER) abilities of patients with PBD compared to healthy controls (HC).

ADHD and Risk of Childhood Adiposity: a Review of Recent Research.

Purpose Of Review: Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is considered as a risk factor for childhood adiposity and obesity. Studies on ADHD have provided limited data concerning the connections between eating habits, body mass index, and obesity. The purpose of this review was to examine the current literature regarding recent cohort and cross-sectional studies to determine the links between ADHD and childhood adiposity.