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.

Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics of Children Who Lose the Autism Spectrum Disorder Diagnosis.

Background: The objective of this research is to present the demographic and clinical features of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the past, who have achieved an optimal level of improvement. One of the recurrent inquiries of the parents of children with an ASD diagnosis pertains to the prognosis of their offspring and the potential for improvement. This study aims to investigate children who lose the ASD diagnosis (LAD).

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.

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.