Childhood versus adulthood-onset autoinflammatory disorders: myths and truths intertwined.

A Look at the Myths and Half-truths about Profit and Non-profit Hospital Performance

Functional abdominal pain in childhood and long-term vulnerability to anxiety disorders.

BACKGROUND Cross-sectional studies link functional abdominal pain (FAP) to anxiety and depression in childhood, but no prospective study has evaluated psychiatric status in adulthood or its relation to pain persistence. METHODS Pediatric patients with FAP (n = 332) and control subjects (n = 147) were tracked prospectively and evaluated for psychiatric disorders and functional gastrointestinal...

P42: OCD in Children

Unfortunately, many people, including many psychotherapists, mistakenly think that Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in children and adolescents is rare. Recent research indicates that approximately half of all adults with OCD experience clinical symptoms of the disorder during their childhood. OCD in childhood is a chronic and distressing disorder that can lead to severe impairments in socia...

P161: Attachment Anxiety

Anxiety is one of the most controversial issues in mental disorders that its prevalence is increasing in today's society. Preclinical anxiety that is causing some anxiety disorders in adults can help us in the prevention of mental disorders. In this paper an attempt has been made to have an analytical review of attachment anxiety and its significance in childhood and adulthood. Attachment patte...

Autoinflammatory diseases in childhood

Autoinflammatory diseases are defined as recurrent attacks of systemic inflammation that are often unprovoked (or triggered by a minor event) related to a lack of adequate regulation of the innate immune system. Within the past decade, the list of autoinflammatory diseases has included cryopyrin-associated periodic syndromes, familial Mediterranean fever, mevalonate kinase deficiency, tumor nec...