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..Weight loss such as that seen in anorexia nervosa may severely interfere with the efficacy of antidepressant agents...

..This focus should not obscure the fact that other forms of suicidal behavior such as those related to demoralization or wounded honor (narcissism) may well have different underlying genetic diatheses...

..The aim of this study was to summarize results of a blinded review of potential suicidal events and analyses comparing incidence rates between paroxetine- and placebo-treated pediatric patients...

..Lack of continuity of care places patients at an elevated risk for additional suicide attempts...

..Survivors experience actual or potential threats to future health; more than half have medical cognitive or psychological problems...

..The findings may not be generalizable to female adolescents or to other countries or time periods. The findings thus point to contrasts, as well as similarities, between groups of adolescents with different types of suicidal symptoms...

..The findings suggest that polymorphism A218C has no major relevance to the pathogenesis of adolescent suicidal behavior, but may have a subtle effect on some related phenotypes...

..40; p=.027) and a negative correlation between platelet count and trait anxiety (n=32, r=-.42; p=.034) were observed...

..003). The relevance of this finding to increased depression severity in suicidal adolescents, if replicated, is as yet unclear...

..54; p=0.01] in 71% of the cases. The perception of the quality of maternal bonding may be an important correlate of suicidal behavior in adolescence and may guide therapeutic strategies and prevention...

..2 to 0.7). All of the psychosocial diagnostic entities were common and relevant to our patient population. We conclude that it is possible to make reliable and relevant psychosocial diagnoses in severely ill adolescents...

..Thus, low self-disclosure may well be a risk factor worthy of further evaluation in the attempt to understand adolescent suicidal behavior...

..To evaluate the rate of depressive symptomatology and possible underlying factors in adoptive mothers during the transition to motherhood...

..The biological mechanism behind the serotonin dysregulation in suicidal adolescents requires further investigation...

..Further studies are needed to investigate related variables, wider patients groups, and the use of different instruments...

..The present study compared the effect of gender on suicide among 4 groups of psychiatrically hospitalized adolescents using a cross-sectional design...

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..Although the unipolar depression-eating disorder comorbidity is adequately documented, examination of the role of depressive personality styles in eating disorders is relatively scarce...

..There are specific kinds of SLE that occur in childhood and in the year preceding the first episode. SLE has a less significant role in the maintenance of this illness...

..Finally there is an attempt to summarize the major points and future directions...

..Mental health services planning of national suicide prevention programs should take into account these poor mother-adolescent agreement findings...

..Adolescents with schizophrenia who have insight into their illness are at higher risk for suicidal behavior and the development of PPD...

..04 vs. 5.36+/-4.03; P = 0.029). This study suggests that the 5-HTTLPR polymorphism is unlikely to have major relevance to the pathogenesis of suicidal behavior in adolescence but may contribute to violent behavior in this population...

..This study, conducted in a socioeconomically disadvantaged population, suggests that kindergarten children with poor VMI might benefit from the positive and meaningful relationships inherent in NDSI...

..To evaluate the safety, tolerability, and benefit of fluvoxamine for the treatment of major depressive disorder or anxiety disorders in children and adolescents with cancer...

..This study used a family-based method and one homogenous ethnic group to overcome ethnic stratification in order to test this association...

..Further studies are required in adolescents with mental retardation to better delineate psychiatric morbidities and their appropriate treatment in this at-risk population...

..Premonitory urges seems to be related to obsessions, compulsions, and depression in older children and this may have implications for the developmental psychopatholgy of these symptoms...

..To investigate the prevalence and correlations of suicidal behavior in obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) among adolescent psychiatric inpatients...

..RESULTS: We report an aggravation in the food-related symptoms and a consequent weight gain in an adolescent with Prader-Willi syndrome, who was treated with fluvoxamine and fluoxetine...

..Thus, EE has a beneficial effect on anxiety-like behaviour, stress response and NK cell activity. The effect on NK cell activity is promising, due to the role of NK cells in host resistance...

..Recent data from the study of COMT. MAO and serotonin receptors genes polymorphisms are controversial at this stage. Future directions for research includes alternative phenotypes, endo-phenotypes and genome scan...

..No increase in suicidality was observed during the study. Citalopram was moderately effective, generally well tolerated and safe for the acute treatment of depressed and anxious children and adolescents...

..Thus, quantity, quality, and specificity of life events may be associated with AD in young people, especially OCD. This association may be related to the personality characteristic of harm avoidance...

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..Our aim is to test the hypothesis that mental pain is a general risk factor for suicidal behavior and communication difficulties are a particular risk factor for medically serious suicidal behavior...

..CONCLUSIONS: In adolescent patients with schizophrenia, suicidal behavior is associated less with the number of life events and more with their perception of the events as negative and the impact of these events on the individual...

..The act of killing in warfare is more important to understanding suicidal terrorism than the act of suicide. This explains why psychological profiling of suicidal terrorists has to date not been successful...

..The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of training, experience, and other factors on pediatricians' satisfaction with their abilities to care for children with developmental, behavioral and psychosocial problems...

..Indeed, clinicians have commonly avoided the use of methylphenidate in children with VCFS because of concerns about ineffectiveness or psychotic exacerbation...

..The risk and protective haplotypes may carry molecular variations in the COMT gene or its vicinity that are relevant to the pathophysiology of restrictive anorexia nervosa in the Israeli-Jewish population...

..The present review summarizes the updated literature on adolescent suicide...

..The recent treatment of identical schizophrenic twins has allowed us to review the literature and revisit some of these issues...

..2%) had psychotic disorder. The results of our study suggest that there is a strong association between VCFS and early-onset OCD. This finding may be significant in the understanding of the underlying genetic basis of OCD...

..This discussion is vital for the development of suicide prevention programs...

..It is concluded that different subtypes of the attention deficit disorders are characterized by different attention profiles and that methylphenidate improves scores on test of continuous performance...

..An emphasis is put on serotonergic genes such as the serotonin transporter (5-HTT) and additional genes known to be active in the CNS...

..The distinctive quality of depression among suicidal adolescents suggests assessment and treatment strategies for these individuals...

..The policy of mandatory general hospitalization for suicide attempters may need reevaluation...

..These data support the utility of collaborating with schools so as to foster better child mental health in such under-resourced communities...

..032). These preliminary findings suggest that the repeated televised promotion of a documentary on suicide may raise the risk of suicide in vulnerable populations. Further investigations in bigger populations are needed...

..The purpose of this study was to construct a reliable and valid measure of perceived stress and support by adolescents in the Israeli military, and to explore its structure and psychometric properties...

..We conclude that the nature of suicidal behavior in adolescents with BPD differs from that seen in MDD with respect to the role of anger and aggression...

..Adolescent inpatients with schizophrenia and schizoaffective who use substances possess differential clinical characteristics and particular correlates that justify adopting a specific approach to this high-risk clinical subgroup...

..This sharing difficulty was most significantly marked between the adolescent and his/her family and seemed to be mediated by feelings of depression and anxiety...

..These characteristics should be taken into account when developing a treatment plan for these difficult-to-treat inpatients...

..The aim of this study was to investigate the link between the use of specific types of substances and suicidality in adolescent inpatients with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder...

..The authors studied weight gain mechanisms and energy balance in patients treated with olanzapine...

..Thus, suicidal behavior in general may be related to the amount of SLE. However, different disease-specific life events may precipitate suicide attempts in adolescents with MDD and BPD...

..These findings further implicate KCNN3 as a significant contributor to predisposition to AN...

..Environmental factors play an important role in the course of schizophrenia in adolescents and should remain a focus of study. Object relations theory may be of heuristic value in the investigation of these factors...

..This side effect should be taken into consideration before prescribing these medications, especially in patients at high risk...

..There is a case for performing a full prospective, comparative investigation of this treatment approach...

..Some developed nations have implemented national suicide prevention plans. Although these plans generally propose multiple interventions, their effectiveness is rarely evaluated...

..RESULTS: Analysis of variance showed highly significant effects of omega-3 on symptoms using the CDRS, CDI, and CGI. CONCLUSIONS: Omega-3 fatty acids may have therapeutic benefits in childhood depression...

..The aim of this study was to use empirical methods to examine the differentiation between self and parental representations in suicidal inpatient adolescents...

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..The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between body image and suicidal tendencies in anorexia nervosa (AN)...