Catatonia in childhood and adolescence

Diabetes in Childhood and Adolescence

Narcolepsy in childhood and adolescence.

The objective of this study was to evaluate clinical, polysomnographic and the multiple sleep latency test (MSLT) features in young narcoleptics. We evaluated 14 patients with mean age of 13.6 years old (ranging from 6 to 18 years); 11 were males and 3 females. Daytime sleepiness was the main complaint in all cases and started at the ages of 6 to 17 years. Cataplexy was described in 10 cases an...

Depression in childhood and adolescence.

OBJECTIVE To review recent evidence on child and adolescent depression. METHOD Narrative review. RESULTS Rates of unipolar depression are low before puberty, but rise from the early teens, especially among girls. Concurrent comorbidity with both disruptive and emotional disorders is common, especially among younger children; across age, youth depression may be preceded by both anxiety and d...

Obesity in childhood and adolescence.

Last year it was reported that a 9-year-old boy had died at school from sleep apnoea and Pickwickian syndrome. He weighed between 105 and 120 kg, and despite the overseeing medical doctor insisting that he be admitted for further investigations and treatment, his parents refused. He had been falling asleep in the classroom on a regular basis for 2 months before his tragic death. Obesity rates a...

Osteopenia in Childhood and Adolescence

Osteopenia, term of child pathologies, is a decrease in bone mass relative to chronological age, being an intermediate state between normal bone mass and osteoporosis. It has multiples etiological factors, comprising a heterogen group of diseases of the connective tissue with genetic determinism and osteopenia gained in various pathological conditions affecting bone homeostasis. Early diagnosis...