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Schizophrenia
Despite the fact that adolescence marks the beginning of a critical period for early intervention for many individuals with schizophrenia and other...
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Divergent Patterns of Social Cognition Performance in Autism and 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome (22q11DS)
Individuals with developmental disorders frequently report a range of social cognition deficits including difficulties identifying facial displays of...
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Behavioral Phenotypes and Genetic Syndromes
Over the past few decades genetic advances have resulted in increasing understanding of the etiology of intellectual disability (ID) syndromes while...
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Genetic and Environmental Influences on Intellectual Disability in Childhood
Intellectual disability is characterized as a limitation both in cognition and adaptive behavior. Its prevalence reaches 10–20 per 1,000, but lower...
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Mood and Anxiety Disorders
Common mental disorders (depressive and anxiety disorders, obsessive–compulsive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder) are often seen in...
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Assessment of Executive Functioning Using the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF)
The Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF) was one of the first attempts to measure executive function via self- and informant...
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Neuropsychological Profile of Italian Children and Adolescents with 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome with and Without Intellectual Disability
As individuals with chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11DS) show a wide range of IQs, intellectual heterogeneity could mask the...
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Cognitive, Behavioural and Psychiatric Phenotype in 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome
22q11.2 Deletion syndrome has become an important model for understanding the pathophysiology of neurodevelopmental conditions, particularly...
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Laterality Preference and Cognition: Cross-Syndrome Comparison of Patients with Trisomy 21 (Down), del7q11.23 (Williams–Beuren) and del22q11.2 (DiGeorge or Velo-Cardio-Facial) Syndromes
We report on a cross-syndrome comparison of hand, foot, eye and ear laterality in three groups of individuals with different genetic disorders...
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From Molecules to Behavior: Lessons from the Study of Rare Genetic Disorders
Rare diseases are defined as conditions with a prevalence of less than 1/2,000. To date between 6,000 and 7,000 rare diseases have been identified...
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The Etiology of NVLD
In this chapter we will discuss the extent of our knowledge, as well as our uncertainty, regarding the causes of NVLD. Unfortunately, as is the case...
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Catechol-O-methyltransferase polymorphism modulates cognitive control in children with chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome
Dopamine plays a critical role in regulating neural activity in prefrontal cortex (PFC) and modulates cognition via a hypothesized inverse U...
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Cluster A Personality Disorders: Schizotypal, Schizoid and Paranoid Personality Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence
Cluster A personality disorders (PD), including schizotypal personality disorder (SPD), paranoid personality disorder (PPD), and schizoid PD, are...
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Abnormal Transient Pupillary Light Reflex in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Computerized binocular infrared pupillography was used to measure the transient pupillary light reflex (PLR) in both children with autism spectrum...
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Autistic Spectrum Disorders in Velo-cardio Facial Syndrome (22q11.2 Deletion)
The extent to which the phenotype of children comorbid for velocardiofacial syndrome (VCFS) and autism spectrum disorders (ASD) differs from that of...
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Systematic Screening for Subtelomeric Anomalies in a Clinical Sample of Autism
High-resolution karyoty** detects cytogenetic anomalies in 5–10% of cases of autism. Karyoty**, however, may fail to detect abnormalities of...