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Adolescent Psychiatry - Volume 8, Issue 3, 2018
Volume 8, Issue 3, 2018
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Mentalizing Mediates the Association Between Childhood Maltreatment and Adolescent Borderline and Narcissistic Personality Traits
Authors: Josée Duval, Karin Ensink, Lina Normandin and Peter FonagyBackground: Childhood maltreatment is theorized to undermine the development of mentalizing and to disrupt the consolidation of healthy narcissism and the integration of personality at the level of affect and interpersonal regulation. Consistent with this, mentalizing can be expected to mediate the relationship between childhood maltreatment and vulnerable and grandiose narcissism as well as borderline personality trai Read More
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Borderline features in Youth with Bipolar Spectrum Disorders
Background/Objectives: Differentiating bipolar disorder (BD) from a borderline personality disorder (BPD) can be diagnostically challenging as symptoms such as, depression, aggression and interpersonal relationships are common to both conditions. Identifying related and unrelated items between BD and BPD may improve diagnostic accuracy since both diagnoses have varying treatments which can be implemented befor Read More
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Problematic Internet Use, Sleep Quality and Academic Achievement In Turkish University Students
Authors: Funda Evcılı and Ilkay YurtseverBackground: Problematic internet use (PIU) is continuous failure to control the use of the internet by individuals themselves along with the impairment of their lives in important dimensions such as health, family and business. PIU causes psychological, social and physical health problems especially among young people. Objective: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between PIU, sleep quality and academic ach Read More
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Electronically-Delivered Interventions to Reduce Cannabis Use in Adolescents: A Systematic Review
Authors: Kammarauche Asuzu, Asna Matin, Megan Van Noord and Edore Onigu-OtiteBackground: Cannabis use in adolescence is associated with multiple psychosocial problems. Barriers to care limit access to evidence based interventions. Electronic devices can facilitate access to interventions designed to reduce cannabis use. Objective: We conducted a systematic review of randomized trials employing electronically delivered interventions to assess for feasibility and effectiveness of this modality in Read More
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Chronic Absenteeism: A Brief Review of Causes, Course and Treatment
Authors: Cameron Kiani, Kevin Otero, Shilpa Taufique and Iliyan IvanovBackground: Chronic absenteeism from school is a pervasive problem with complex causes and long-reaching consequences. School refusal has been associated with increased likelihood to engage in criminal behavior, sexual risk behaviors, abuse of illicit substances, and dropout of school entirely. Objective: Based on a review of the available literature, the aim of this paper is to describe the current state of research on sch Read More
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Transitional Age Youth with Serious Mental Illness: High Acuity Patients Requiring Developmentally Informed Care in the Inpatient Hospital Setting
Authors: Timothy Van Deusen, Cynthia Wilson, Hyun J. Kim, Zheala Qayyum, Hun Millard and Susan ParkeBackground: Transitional Age Youth (TAY), the period between 15-25 years old, is now recognized as a unique developmental stage and a highly vulnerable time period for the onset of Serious Mental Illness (SMI). Objective: The study aimed to inform readers about TAY with SMI to improve recognition of their developmental needs and improve patient care. Methods: The authors describe their work with TAY experiencing SM Read More
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder with Suicide Obsessions Triggered by News Reports about the “Blue Whale Game”
By N.A. UvaisBackground: Obsessive-compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a relatively common psychiatric disorder among children and adolescents. Apart from the commonly reported obsessions, childhood OCD can present with unusual or unfamiliar obsessions, making the diagnosis difficult. Suicidal ideas and attempts are high in OCD patients. Very rarely OCD patients also present with suicidal obsessions which need to be differentiated from a Read More
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