Difficulties in Emotional Regulation May Mediate the Relationship Between Low Mindfulness and High Emotional Eating in Adolescents with Obesity.

Although the effect of mindfulness on emotion regulation is known, the relationship between mindfulness and emotional eating has not been well-studied in adolescents to date. In this study, we investigated whether mindfulness has a direct effect on the level of emotional eating or whether this association is mediated by emotional dysregulation in a sample of adolescents with obesity. Our sample consisted of 80 adolescents with obesity.

Lifestyle and SSRI Interventions in Pediatric Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome: Rethinking First-Line Management.

: Cyclic vomiting syndrome (CVS) is a functional gastrointestinal disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of intense nausea and vomiting. Despite increasing awareness, a standardized treatment approach remains lacking in pediatric populations. Lifestyle factors and anxiety are common triggers, yet their systematic management has not been fully incorporated into therapeutic strategies.

Psychotropic Polypharmacy and Related Factors in Children and Adolescents.

Objective: We aimed to investigate the clinical characteristics of patients presenting to child and adolescent psychiatry outpatient clinics across different age groups, and to assess the prevalence of polypharmacy along with its associated factors within a clinical sample.

Methods: A total of 569 patients with complete file data were included in the study. Psychiatric diagnoses were made by a clinician based on the diagnostic criteria stipulated in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition.

The Relationship Between Familial Functioning and Social Media Use Among Children with Depression and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Comparative Study with Healthy Controls.

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between social media use (SMU) in children diagnosed with major depression (MD) or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and various psychosocial factors, including familial functioning, parental SMU, and parent-reported internalizing and externalizing symptoms. A healthy control group was included for comparison.

Methods: The study included 121 children and adolescents aged 10-18 years (36 with MD, 41 with ADHD, and 44 healthy controls).

Insecure Attachment, Temperament, and Character Traits Associated With Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms in Children.

Objective: Based on the view that cognitive disengagement syndrome (CDS) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are distinct clinical conditions, we aimed to investigate differences between CDS and ADHD symptoms in terms of insecure attachment, temperament, and character traits in children.

Methods: We assessed 80 children with ADHD (24 girls and 56 boys, aged 9-12 years) through Turgay's DSM-IV Based ADHD and Disruptive Behavior Disorders Screening Scale, Barkley Child Attention Scale, Kerns Security Scale, and the Junior Temperament and Character Inventory. Exclusion criteria included the presence of other psychiatric disorders or neurological diseases.

Cognitive disengagement syndrome symptoms in obsessive-compulsive disorder with and without attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Objective: Comorbidity between Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) appears complex in terms of etiology, phenomenology, and treatment. There is a need to identify possible factors which are related to the co-occurrence of OCD and ADHD in adults. Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome (CDS) may contribute to this comorbidity through its associations with ADHD, emotional dysregulation, cognitive processes, and neuropsychological deficits.

The relationship between parental obsessive-compulsive disorder and children's cognitive disengagement syndrome (Sluggish Cognitive Tempo).

Although the impact of parental obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) on children is well known, there is a still need to investigate additional psychopathological effects that parental OCD may have on children. To our knowledge, the relationship between Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome (CDS), previously referred to as Sluggish Cognitive Tempo CDS in children and parents' OCD has not been investigated to date. In this study, we examined the relationship between parental OCD and children's CDS, while adjusting for parental anxiety, depression, as well as symptoms of internalization, externalization, and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in their children.

Perceived Social Support and Parental Emotional Temperament Among Children with Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder.

Background: This research examined how the emotional temperaments of parents of children with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder correlated with their perceptions of their children's social support from friends, teachers, and families. Additionally, the parents' emotional temperaments in terms of their association with children's low and high perceptions of family support were examined.

Methods: The study included 50 children with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder, 40 neurotypical control subjects, and their parents.

Empathy in Social Anxiety Disorder: The Association with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

: Our main hypothesis in this study was that patients with social anxiety disorder (SAD) and comorbid attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) had lower empathy levels than those without ADHD. Also, after controlling for the severity of SAD and depression, we hypothesized that ADHD symptoms contributed to lower levels of empathy in SAD patients.: 72 patients (46 females, 32 males) with SAD between the ages of 18-65 years were divided into two groups as those with (n = 32) and those without ADHD (n = 40).

The relationship between theory of mind and sluggish cognitive tempo in school-age children with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder.

Sluggish cognitive tempo (SCT) is considered as a cognitive-emotional style. Theory of mind (ToM) skills form the basis of human cognition and social behavior. The aim of this study is to contribute to SCT literature by examining the relationship between SCT and cognitive and affective ToM in school-age children with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Separation Anxiety Disorder in Panic Disorder Patients with and without Comorbid Agoraphobia.

: Previous studies have focused on the relationship between childhood separation anxiety disorder (SAD) and adult panic disorder (PD)-agoraphobia. It is not clear enough whether SAD, which continues into adulthood, is associated with PD with and without comorbid agoraphobia in adult patients. Our primary hypothesis was that PD patients with comorbid agoraphobia had a higher rate of SAD that continues into adulthood than those without agoraphobia.

The affective temperament traits and pregnancy-related depression in mothers may constitute risk factors for their children with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder.

We investigated whether the affective temperaments of mothers and maternal depression before and during the index pregnancy are related to the development of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in their children. One hundred and twenty children were screened for the diagnosis of ADHD. After exclusion and inclusion criteria were applied for children and their mothers, we compared the mothers of children with ( = 63) and without ADHD ( = 60) in terms of affective temperament traits, depression before and during the index pregnancy, and some environmental risk factors.

ADHD symptoms in relation to internalizing and externalizing symptoms in children: the mediating role of sluggish cognitive tempo.

Although internalizing and externalizing disorders have received considerable attention among young population, the mechanisms that explain the relationships of internalization and externalization symptoms with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children and adolescents are not well understood. Since sluggish cognitive tempo (SCT) symptoms had significant associations with ADHD, and internalization/externalization disorders, we examined whether SCT may mediate between ADHD symptoms and internalizing/externalizing problems during childhood. We performed a retrospective chart-review of 95 children and adolescents (76 boys and 19 girls, aged 6-16) with ADHD.

The subthreshold autistic traits in patients with adult-onset obsessive-compulsive disorder: a comparative study with adolescent patients.

Objective: The primary objective of this study was to compare the adult-onset and adolescent obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) patients in terms of the subthreshold autistic traits.

Methods: 29 adolescent, and 45 adult-onset OCD patients were assessed by Autism-spectrum Quotient (AQ).

Results: The ratio of males to females, the frequency of ritualistic compulsions, and the mean number of lifetime compulsions were significantly higher in adolescents with OCD compared to adult-onset patients.

The importance of avoidant personality in social anxiety disorder with and without attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

In the present study, our primary aim was to compare the generalized social anxiety (GSAD) patients with and without attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in terms of avoidant personality disorder (AVPD), and some clinical variables. We also investigated the relationship of AVPD and depression with ADHD and GSAD. We hypothesized that ADHD may be associated with AVPD in patients with GSAD.