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Gender dysphoria (GD) is defined as an apparent incongruence between assigned sex and experienced gender. Scholars across the world are attempting to achieve guidelines for a universal approach for children and adolescents experiencing GD. Recent studies have highlighted the importance of the biopsychosocial model as a holistic template for gender dysphoria. Youth with gender dysphoria often evince emotional and behavioral problems resulting from the stress of being marginalized and being forced to inhabit a body that does not match the experienced gender. The assessment processes for young people with GD are complex: numerous crucial factors regarding gender identity and possible psychopathologies must be contemplated by a child and adolescent psychiatrist. Treatment guidelines establish different protocols of beginning treatment for different age groups; however, consensus has not yet been achieved in approaches applied to GD in discrete clinics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objectives: Agressive behaviours are an important associated developmental feature of attention-deficit/hyper-activity disorder (ADHD) and affect long term prognosis of ADHD. In this study, it's aimed to investigate the impact of sociodemographic variables, and variables related with the child such as verbal skills, the ability to decode facial expressions, social reciprocity skills and anxiety levels, on aggresive behaviours in children with ADHD. Methods: The study group consisted of 116 children between 7 and 11 year-old, who referred to a child psychiatry clinic, and were diagnosed with ADHD for the first time. A sociodemographic form, Turgay DSM-IV-Based Child and Adoles-cent Disruptive Behavioral Disorders Screening and Rating Scale (T-DSM-IV-Scale)-parent form, Social Reciprocity Scale (SRS), Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED)- parent form, Reading Mind in the Eyes Test were used for assessment. Diagnoses were established based on clinical interview, and supported by the Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia. Results: The mean age of children were 9.65±2.01. The CBCL aggressive behavior subscale score was correlated with the SCARED-parent form total score, SRS total score, and T-DSM-IV-Scale-parent form hyperactivity/impulsivity (H/I) subscale score. In multiple lineer regression analysis, the three control measures were found to be the predictive factors of aggressive behavior severity, with the mean score of T-DSM-IV-S H/I subscale recording a higher beta value than the SCARED Parent Form score, and SRS total score. Discussion: In children with ADHD, it is supposed that investigating the predictive factors, and implementing the preventive interventions before the appearance of aggressive behaviours will improve the prognosis of disorder. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The physical and sexual abuse of children keep on being major mental health problems. Abuse and its complications are the important part of child and adolescent psychiatry services. Abused children are at risk of serious behavioral and emotional disorders. In many locations nationwide, multidisciplinary teams have been created to evaluate concerns of child abuse. In this paper, it is aimed to discuss risk factors for abuse, diagnosis and therapy of mental disorders, and multidisciplinary approach in a case who seriously exposed to physical and sexual abuse. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objectives: In our study, it was aimed to evaluate the traumatic symptoms and related factors that are seen in the friends of a student who lost his life by an electric shock accident in the class. Method: A detailed form for sociodemografic characteristics, Child Posttraumatic Stress Reaction Index, Childhood Depression Inventory, and Adverse Life Events List were used for assessment of adolescents. Results: 219 adolescents between 15-19 years (mean 16.92±0.74) were participated in our study. Of the 219 adolescents we found that 32.7% had mild, 18.8% had moderate, 7.9% had severe, and 3% had very severe symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder, and that 10.9% had probable post traumatic stress disorder, and 9.3% had probable depression diagnoses. The fre-quency and severity of re-experiencing and hyperarousal symptoms were considerably high on Child Post-traumatic Stress Reaction Index. Adolescents had 2.49±2.74 (min-max: 0-17) adverse life events and the severity of traumatic symptoms were predicted by Adverse Life Events List and Childhood Depression Inventory total scores. Conclusion: Accidents have trau-matic effects on adolescents. In our study, it's deter-mined that traumatic symptoms which were seen after the accident were related to the adverse events experi-enced by adolescents, and the severity of depressive symptoms of the adolescents. Focusing on adverse life events and assessment of depressive symptoms in trau-matized young people can prevent the development of traumatic symptoms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objectives: Somatoform disorders in adolescents is a little studied topic. It is hypothesized that maternal attachment style and the family system was associated with the somatic symptoms in children and adolescents. In this study, it's aimed to examine the anxiety level of adolescents with the diagnosis of somatoform disorders, anxiety level and attachment style of their mothers and their family functioning. Method: 33 adolescents with the diagnosis of somatoform disorders were compared with 28 age matched adolescents without any diagnosis of mental disorders. Adult Attachment Scale, State and Trait Anxiety Inventory, Family Assessment Device, and Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders was used to obtain data from the participants. Results: In our study, there was no significant difference between the groups in terms of age and gender. In Adult Attachment Scale, maternal avoidant attachment scores of adolescents diagnosed as somatoform disorders was higher than the control group. While maternal reports of Family Assessment Device indicated that the index group had higher scores in roles, affective responsiveness, behavior control, and affective involvement subscales, child reports implied no difference between the groups. Anxiety levels of adolescents and maternal anxiety levels was higher in the index group. Conclusion: It's known that adolescents diagnosed with somatoform disorders have poor skills in coping with stress and inconvenient responses to life events. Being anxious and having anxious mothers, deterioration in family functioning and maternal avoidant attachment style may contribute to the formation of somatoform disorders by effecting the responses of the adolescents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objectives: The aim of this study was to examine the diagnosis of mental disorders and sociodemografic variables of children and adolescents who referred to child psychiatry outpatient department with the request of criminal report. Method: Children and adolescents aged 6-18 years who referred to Sakarya Training and Research Hospital Child Psychiatry Outpatient Department for criminal reports were examined retrospectively in terms of diagnosis of mental diseases, intelligence levels and sociodemographic characteristics. The study was carried out on the basis of delinquent children (n=51), cases of abuse (n=100), and cases of early marriage (n=26) that make up the vast majority of criminal cases. Results: Mental disorders were detected in 71% of cases of abuse, 56.7% of delinquent children, and 11.5% of adolescents with request of early marriage. The most common mental disorders were posttraumatic stress disorder among abuse cases, conduct disorder among cases of delinquency, and major depressive disorder among cases of early marriage. Conclusion: Our study revealed that high rates of mental disorders were diagnosed in cases of abuse and delinquent children. Our results highlighted the importance of training for different requirements of criminal cases in the field of forensic child psychiatry and taking necessary precautions for children and adolescents that were subjected to forensic events. Mental health services that provide comprehensive screening, assessment and treatment of mental disorders for these children and adolescents should be developed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: Social interactions in children with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are inappropriate and such social problems may originate from a failure to attend to the appropriate cues of affect. The present study aimed to determine the factors predictive of social reciprocity in ADHD and their relationship to sociodemographics., Materials and Methods: Participants were required to interpret emotional cues depicted in pictures of facial expressions with a test that was adopted from the Reading Mind in the Eyes Test (RMET). Diagnoses were established based on the Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia (K-SADS-PL). Moreover, a detailed sociodemographic form, the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), and the Social Reciprocity Scale (SRS) were used for assessment., Results: This study included 133 children; 64 in the ADHD group and 69 in the control group. There wasn't a significant difference in mean age between the ADHD group (13.22 ± 1.28 years) and control group (12.97 ± 1.27 years). In all, 50% of the ADHD group and 49.3% of the control group were male. The mean RMET score was significantly lower in the ADHD group than in the control group (ADHD group: 20.52 ± 3.95; control group: 23.70 ± 3.55) and the mean SRS score was significantly higher in the ADHD group than in the control group (ADHD group: 65.84 ± 18.83; control group: 36.04 ± 16.32). In the ADHD group attention problems and lower level of ability to interpret emotional facial expressions were predictive of impaired social reciprocity., Conclusion: The findings show that both the ability to decode facial expressions and social reciprocity were impaired in the ADHD group. These findings highlight the difficulty children with ADHD have with social functioning and interpretation of emotions based on facial expressions.