M Roccella

Summary

Country: Italy

Publications

  1. ncbi The quality of life of children with pervasive developmental disorders
    R Montalbano
    Infant Neuropsychiatry, Department of Psychology, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
    Minerva Pediatr 61:361-70. 2009
  2. ncbi [Neuropsychological profiles in preterm low birth weight children]
    M Roccella
    Dipartimento di Psicologia, Universita degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy
    Minerva Pediatr 56:97-107. 2004
  3. ncbi [Children of homoparental families: psychological and sexual development]
    M Roccella
    Dipartimento di Psicologia, Universita degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo
    Minerva Pediatr 57:73-82. 2005
  4. ncbi [New addictions in the third millennium: anabolic steroids as a substance of abuse]
    M Roccella
    Dipartimento di Psicologia, Universita degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo
    Minerva Pediatr 57:129-35. 2005
  5. ncbi Symbolic function explored in children with epilepsy and headache
    S La Grutta
    Department of Psychology, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
    Minerva Pediatr 59:745-54. 2007
  6. ncbi [Description and evaluation of creative thinking in preterm low birth weight infants]
    L Parisi
    Unità di Neuropsichiatria Infantile, Dipartimento di Psicologia, Universita degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy
    Minerva Pediatr 59:121-8. 2007
  7. ncbi A rare unbalanced translocation 1;18 in a child with epilepsy, mild dysmorphology and mental retardation
    D Vecchio
    Unit of Infant Neuropsychiatry, Psychology Department, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
    Minerva Pediatr 64:365-7. 2012
  8. ncbi Maternal hyperphenylalaninemia syndrome: neuropsychological evaluation of four subjects during childhood and adolescence
    G Corsello
    Department of Pediatrics, Child Health Institute, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
    Minerva Pediatr 58:557-69. 2006
  9. ncbi Primary nocturnal enuresis and learning disability
    M Esposito
    Department of Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry, Center for Sleep disorders in childhood, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
    Minerva Pediatr 63:99-104. 2011
  10. ncbi Risk behaviours among young people. Evaluation and descriptive analysis
    M Roccella
    School of Infant Neuropsychiatry, Department of Psychology, University of Palermo, via Dei Mille 972, 90123 Palermo, Italy
    Minerva Pediatr 58:347-55. 2006

Collaborators

  • E Trombini
  • Mario Giuffrè
  • S La Grutta
  • T Di Filippo
  • L Parisi
  • D Vecchio
  • R Lo Baido
  • A Vecchio
  • E Salzano
  • M Esposito
  • R Montalbano
  • G Schiera
  • L Sarno
  • G Corsello
  • C Caponetto
  • M Carotenuto
  • I Sarno
  • A Cali
  • G Trombini
  • D Testa
  • L Firrigno
  • M Ciaccio
  • L Cicero
  • M Piccione
  • L Nastri
  • F Pusateri
  • M Guarneri
  • R Di Napoli

Detail Information

Publications20

  1. ncbi The quality of life of children with pervasive developmental disorders
    R Montalbano
    Infant Neuropsychiatry, Department of Psychology, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
    Minerva Pediatr 61:361-70. 2009
    ..The aim of this study was to assess the effect of living with PDD on the person's quality of life and to highlight the factors that impact on the person and his/her family...
  2. ncbi [Neuropsychological profiles in preterm low birth weight children]
    M Roccella
    Dipartimento di Psicologia, Universita degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy
    Minerva Pediatr 56:97-107. 2004
    ....
  3. ncbi [Children of homoparental families: psychological and sexual development]
    M Roccella
    Dipartimento di Psicologia, Universita degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo
    Minerva Pediatr 57:73-82. 2005
    ..The present study investigated the psychological and sexual development in a group of children of homoparental family...
  4. ncbi [New addictions in the third millennium: anabolic steroids as a substance of abuse]
    M Roccella
    Dipartimento di Psicologia, Universita degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo
    Minerva Pediatr 57:129-35. 2005
    ....
  5. ncbi Symbolic function explored in children with epilepsy and headache
    S La Grutta
    Department of Psychology, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
    Minerva Pediatr 59:745-54. 2007
    ..When the body gets ill, the attack on the ability to think is one of the possible effects that can be observed. The aim of this study is to explore symbolic functions in children with epilepsy and primary headache...
  6. ncbi [Description and evaluation of creative thinking in preterm low birth weight infants]
    L Parisi
    Unità di Neuropsichiatria Infantile, Dipartimento di Psicologia, Universita degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy
    Minerva Pediatr 59:121-8. 2007
    ..This study describes the development of creative thinking in a group of children born preterm...
  7. ncbi A rare unbalanced translocation 1;18 in a child with epilepsy, mild dysmorphology and mental retardation
    D Vecchio
    Unit of Infant Neuropsychiatry, Psychology Department, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
    Minerva Pediatr 64:365-7. 2012
    ..The importance of a following better molecular characterization through array comparative genomic hybridization and especially the DNA sequence analysis around its breakpoints are discussed...
  8. ncbi Maternal hyperphenylalaninemia syndrome: neuropsychological evaluation of four subjects during childhood and adolescence
    G Corsello
    Department of Pediatrics, Child Health Institute, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
    Minerva Pediatr 58:557-69. 2006
    ..A severe cognitive deficit was detected in all 4 subjects, with a typical profile of impaired perceptive abilities, behavioural disturbances, motor difficulties and poor familiar integration...
  9. ncbi Primary nocturnal enuresis and learning disability
    M Esposito
    Department of Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry, Center for Sleep disorders in childhood, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
    Minerva Pediatr 63:99-104. 2011
    ..Assessing the prevalence of mild learning disorders in enuretic children and the role of enuresis as risk factor to develop them...
  10. ncbi Risk behaviours among young people. Evaluation and descriptive analysis
    M Roccella
    School of Infant Neuropsychiatry, Department of Psychology, University of Palermo, via Dei Mille 972, 90123 Palermo, Italy
    Minerva Pediatr 58:347-55. 2006
    ..CONCLUSIONS: The conclusion is drawn that the new modalities of the assumption of risk by young people would correspond to the climate of vagueness, lack of limits, meanings and values which characterize the present society...
  11. ncbi Hypomelanosis of Ito: neurological and psychiatric pictures in developmental age
    L Parisi
    Child Neuropsychiatry, Department of Phychology, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
    Minerva Pediatr 64:65-70. 2012
    ..Finally, the goals of psychological and social support are to help the parents accept their child's handicap, understand the child's behavior, plan future pregnancies, and foster an environment for their child's integration...
  12. ncbi People with Down's sindrome: adolescence and the journey towards adulthood
    S La Grutta
    Department of Psychology, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
    Minerva Pediatr 61:305-21. 2009
    ..This is even more true when the disability includes mental retardation...
  13. ncbi Psychopathological assessment in children affected by Duchenne de Boulogne muscular dystrophy
    M Roccella
    Chair of Infantile Neuropsychiatry, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
    Minerva Pediatr 55:267-73, 273-6. 2003
    ..Some studies tried to establish a correlation between the distal deletion of the dystrophin gene and low intelligence levels...
  14. ncbi Evaluation of creative thinking in children with idiopathic epilepsy (absence epilepsy)
    T Di Filippo
    Department of Psychology, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
    Minerva Pediatr 64:7-14. 2012
    ..The aim of this study was to describe the development of creative thinking in a group of children with absence epilepsy...
  15. ncbi [The quality of life in developing age subjects with chronic renal diseases]
    M Roccella
    Dipartimento di Psicologia, , Palermo, Italy
    Minerva Pediatr 57:119-28. 2005
    ..Besides, they are faced by possible collateral effects of the illness and of its treatments on development...
  16. ncbi A case of femoral-facial syndrome in a patient with autism spectrum disorders
    D Vecchio
    Department of Psychology, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
    Minerva Pediatr 63:341-4. 2011
    ..We describe the first case of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in a patient with FFS, emphasizing that this rare association could be one of many unrecognized underlying features...
  17. ncbi [The evaluation of creative thought: a comparison of methodologies]
    C Caponetto
    Dipartimento di Psicologia, , Palermo, Italy
    Minerva Pediatr 53:285-96. 2001
    ....
  18. ncbi Fetal alcohol syndrome in developmental age. Neuropsychiatric aspects
    M Roccella
    Division of Child Neuropsychiatry, Unit of Child Neuropsychiatry, Department of Psychology, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
    Minerva Pediatr 55:63-9, 69-74. 2003
    ..This study describes 6 subjects with FAS who express various characteristics of the clinical spectrum of the syndrome...
  19. ncbi The Smith-Magenis syndrome: a new case with infant spasms
    M Roccella
    Department of Psychology, University of Palermo, Italy
    Minerva Pediatr 51:65-71. 1999
    ..However, by reviewing the literature, no descriptions of patients affected by infant spasms are pointed out. This report refers to a new case of Smith-Magenis syndrome in a nine-month-old girl with spasms in extension...
  20. ncbi Expressions of discomfort in adolescents. Clinical reflections resulting from an exploratory study of a group of students
    S La Grutta
    Department of Psychology, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
    Minerva Pediatr 58:513-24. 2006
    ..These behaviours are symptoms of the normal process of adolescent development. We should pay particular attention to behaviours with a low relational gradient because they indicate a possible interruption in their development...