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Aripiprazole Monotherapy in Children and Young Adolescents with Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Background: Pervasive developmental disorders (PDDs) are severe psychiatric disorders characterized by impairment in social interactions, in verbal and non-verbal communication, and by restricted...
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Pharmacotherapy in Paediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Background: Pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) can cause substantial impairment in academic, social and family functioning. Even though cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) is an effect...
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Effectiveness of Lithium in Children and Adolescents with Conduct Disorder
Background: The most severe forms of conduct disorder (CD) are disabling conditions, often resistant to treatment and likely to evolve into antisocial behaviours. Mood stabilizers and atypical antipsychotics are ...
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Temperament in Adolescents with Anxiety and Depressive Disorders and in Their Families
Aim of this study was to investigate whether specific temperamental features were associated with anxiety and depressive disorders in adolescents, in their siblings and in their parents. Thirty adolescents wit...
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Separation Anxiety Disorder in Children and Adolescents
This paper provides an overview of the phenomenology, longitudinal outcome data, assessment and management of separation anxiety disorder (SAD) in children and adolescents.
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Panic Disorder in Clinically Referred Children and Adolescents
Prevalence, phenomenology, comorbidity, functional impairment and familial correlates of juvenile panic disorder (PD) are described in this study. A clinical interview (Diagnostic Interview for Children and Ad...
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Depressive Comorbidity in Children and Adolescents with Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Aim of this study is to examine the effect of depressive comorbidity in 108 children and adolescents with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD). Fifty-five patients with GAD and depression were compared with 53 p...
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Psychopathological Aspects of Cryptorchidism in Children and Adolescents
In the male sexual and aggressive drives are mostly centered on the penis, whose real or fantasied features strongly affect the way children and adolescents build up their own personal and gender identity. In ...