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Objective: The world is struggling with the damage caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Most countries have applied quarantines to combat the spread of coronavirus disease 2019. The aim of this study was to determine the mental health of smoking adolescents and the change in smoking behavior compared to their peers during the coronavirus disease 2019 quarantine. Materials and Methods: This study was conducted with adolescents registered in the adolescent outpatient clinic with no record of psychiatric illness. The mental health of smoking (n = 50) and non-smoking (n = 121) adolescents was evaluated using the Brief Symptom Inventory. Smoking adolescents have been questioned about the change in smoking behavior since quarantine began. Results: The rates of depression and hostility symptoms were significantly higher in smoking than in nonsmoking adolescents. Male smokers had significantly higher depression and hostility symptoms than male non-smokers. However, no significant difference was observed between the rates of female smokers and non-smokers. It was determined that 54% (27) of the smokers reduced their smoking, while 14% (7) smoked more than before and 3.5% of former smokers stated that they quit smoking during quarantine and these people were included in the non-smoker group. Conclusion: It is not surprising that the mental health of adolescents was affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 quarantine. Our findings revealed the necessity to closely monitor the mental health of smoking adolescents, especially males smokers. The results of our study suggest that encouraging adolescents who smoke to quit during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic may be more effective than before quarantine. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background. The new coronavirus pandemic affected many people's both physical and mental health around the world, psychiatric problems and anxiety was common during the pandemic. We aim to evaluate the anxiety and quality of life (QoL) of children and their parents who were followed up with the diagnosis of asthma during the COVID-19 pandemic comparing with an age-matched control group. Methods. This study was conducted after the first lockdown of the coronavirus pandemic, namely the new normalization period. Demographic features were noted, all adolescents completed the State-Trait Anxiety Inventories for Children (STAI-C) state and trait scales, and Pediatric QoL inventories (PedsQL). Parents also filled PedsQL parent version, STAI state and trait scales. Asthma control test (ACT) was completed only by the asthma group. Results. Totally 121 adolescents [61 asthma group (59% female); 60 control group (73.8% female)] were included in the study. The mean age of the patients was 15.4 ± 1.69 years and their parents was 41.52 ± 6.04 years. In the asthma group 65.6% of the patients used asthma medications regularly and 73.8% of them continued asthma follow-up during the pandemic. There was no significant difference in terms of PedsQL from both the child's and parent's perspective, STAI-C and STAI scores between study groups. The QoL was associated with asthma severity, all of the PedsQL scores were significantly lower in the uncontrolled asthma group. Asthma severity was also correlated with anxiety, as the uncontrolled asthma group reached the highest STAI-C trait scores. Girls with asthma had significantly lower physical PedsQL and ACT scores than boys. Conclusions. Although the quality of life and anxiety scores of children with asthma did not differ from the control group, good asthma control in adolescents with asthma may improve QoL. Adolescence is a sensitive age group, and requires meticulous consideration by caregivers. The parents' awareness of anxiety and other psychological symptoms may help them to cope with the challenges during the pandemic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objective: In this study we aimed to investigate the properties and strong and weak parts of the psychodrama group therapy techniques in adolescents with social anxiety disorder and tried to create a psychodrama group therapy model for adolescents. Methods: The group consists of adolescents aged 16-18 years old who were diagnosed with social anxiety disorder in the child and adolescent psychiatry outpatient clinic of a research hospital for psychiatric and neurologic disorders in İstanbul and who were volunteer to join the group. The adolescents with a psychotic disorder, autism spectrum disorder or mental retardation were not included in the study. The group was started when the number of volunteer adolescents have reached ten and group meetings were planned as once a week lasting 1.5 or 2 hours. Results: In this group therapy programme using psychodrama techniques, totally 14 sessions were done. The total time of sessions have changed between 70 and 150 minutes according to the needs of the group and the related topic. Minimum 2 group members and maximum 8 group members attended to the group sessions. We observed in the meetings with low attendance, co-therapists' acting and taking roles as group members maintained the group permanency and increased the assertiveness of the inhibited group members. Also we observed that spontaneity and creativity increased if the co-therapists joined the group games. Using symbolic items like toys facilitated the expression of emotions in this group for the adolescents. Discussion: While using psychodrama with adolescents with social anxiety disorder in order to minimize the problems of low attendance and warrant the group permanency it is useful to conduct the group with at least two co-therapists and to begin with more than ten or twelve group members at the beginning. Groups should be conducted weekly and interest areas of adolescents should be taken into account while preparing group games and symbolic items should be used often. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Background: Population data on clinical and demographic characteristics of children who are sexually abused in Turkey is very limited. This paper aims to investigate the demographic and abusement characteristics of sexually abused children and adolescents who were referred for forensic examination to our child and adolescent psychiatry outpatient clinic. Methods: All of the 135 children and adolescents who were sexually abused and examined on request by the legal offices for the last year at the Bakırköy Mental Health Hospital, child and adolescent psychiatry department were included in the study. All written material including court files were analyzed retrospectively. Demographic (age, gender) and abusement characteristics of victims (relation of victim and perpetrator, type and duration of abusement) were evaluated. Results: The girls experienced more sexual abusement than boys (female 80.7%, male 19.3%). In 80.0%, the victim knew the suspected perpetrator well or he was a family member. Adolescents were more often abused more than once compared to the younger children. The sexual abuse events were mostly fondling (24.4%) and penetration of the vagina (27.4%). The mostly used method was using force by perpetrators (51.1%), or deceiving (29.6%) during sexual abuse. Conclusion: Results suggest that girls experienced more sexual abuse than boys; adolescents were more often abused more than once compared to the younger children. It is important to educate all children and adolescents about sexual abusement and to make special centers for them to report the abusement and to get psychiatric support. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: In addition to the relationship between substance use and personality, the personality traits such as hopelessness, anxiety sensitivity, impulsivity, and sensation seeking are known to be particularly predictive of later substance misuse. These personality traits can be used as markers to provide early prevention intervention against substance use disorders. The present study aims to evaluate the relationship of the personality traits to substance use disorders (SUDs). Method: The sample for the first analysis consisted of 13-18-year-old outpatients with SUDs (n=30), outpatients with any psychiatric disorders other than SUDs (n=30), and community-based non-matched healthy controls (n=30). And then, the analysis for comparison among SUDs patient group and another healthy control group matched for age and sex (n=30) was repeated to minimize bias because of the gender heterogeneity in the groups. Substance abuserelated personality traits were measured with the Substance Use Risk Profile Scale (SURPS). Also, Beck Hopelessness Scale, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Barratt Impulsivity Scale and Arnett Inventory of Sensation Seeking were used as data collection tools. Using independent samples t-test or one-way ANOVA and Tukey posthoc tests among two or more groups, the relationship was evaluated. Results: Results show that there is no clear relationship between substance use disorders, and substance abuse-related personality traits measured by SURPS, with significant limitations. Discussion: Our study is the first study assessing this relationship in a sample of Turkish adolescents. Further studies should be planned to determine whether the result of our study reflects objective reality or is affected by the limitations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Suicide in adolescence is one of the important etiological factors of mortality and morbidity. Family malfunctioning and parental psychopathology are environmental risk factors of adolescence suicide. In this study it was aimed to evaluate the relationship between suicidal ideation and behavior of 31 adolescents who committed suicide and mothers' psychopathology, and family functioning. To evaluate psychopathology of adolescents Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia-Present and Lifetime (K-SADS) was applied, and Suicidal Ideation and Suicidal Behavioral Scales (SIS, SBS), were filled. Mothers filled SCL-90-R and McMaster Family Assessment Device (FAD). SIS scores of adolescents were significantly higher in those whose mother had psychopathology. Communication, roles and affective responsiveness subcale scores of the FAD were significantly positively correlated with SIS scores. In conclusion, mothers' psychopathology and dysfunctional family increase an adolescent's suicidal ideation. It is important to be careful about suicide risk during evaluating adolescents who have ineffective family functioning and whose mothers' have psychopathology and to include family in treatment process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]