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Umberto Balottin

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Alexithymic characteristics in pediatric patients with primary headache: a comparison between migraine and tension-type headache

2015

Background: Alexithymia is a personality construct characterized by difficulties in verbal emotional expression and a limited ability to use one’s imagination. Evidence of alexithymic characteristics was found in adults suffering from headache, while little is known about children. The aim of this study was to establish the prevalence of alexithymia in two different subgroups of children and adolescents suffering from primary headache. We also looked for correlation between alexithymia in children and in their mothers. Methods: This study involved 89 participants: 47 (11 males, 36 females, aged 8 to 17 years) suffering from tension-type headache (TTH), and 42 (18 males, 24 females, aged 8 t…

AlexithymiaMaleAlexithymia; Alexithymia Questionnaire for Children; Migraine; Tension-type headache; Toronto Alexithymia ScaleToronto Alexithymia ScaleAlexithymiaMigraine DisorderSurveys and QuestionnairesPrevalenceSurveys and QuestionnaireEmotional expressionChildmedia_commonMothermedicine.diagnostic_testAlexithymia; Alexithymia Questionnaire for Children; Migraine; Tension-type headache; Toronto Alexithymia Scale; Adolescent; Analysis of Variance; Case-Control Studies; Child; Female; Humans; Male; Migraine Disorders; Mood Disorders; Mothers; Prevalence; Surveys and Questionnaires; Tension-Type Headache; Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine; Neurology (clinical)General MedicineSettore MED/39 - Neuropsichiatria InfantileFemaleHeadachesmedicine.symptomCase-Control StudieResearch ArticleClinical psychologyHumanmedicine.medical_specialtyMood DisorderAdolescentMigraine Disordersmedia_common.quotation_subjectClinical NeurologyMothersmedicineHumansPersonalityPsychiatryMigraineAnalysis of VarianceMood Disordersbusiness.industryAlexithymia Questionnaire for ChildrenTension-Type Headachemedicine.diseaseAnesthesiology and Pain MedicineMigraineMood disordersCase-Control StudiesToronto Alexithymia ScaleInternational Classification of Headache DisordersNeurology (clinical)businessThe Journal of Headache and Pain
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Osmophobia as an early marker of migraine: a follow-up study in juvenile patients.

2012

Background: Osmophobia is frequent in children with migraine (20–35%) but can also occur in up to 14% of cases with tension-type headache (TTH). So far, the prognostic role of this symptom in children with primary headaches has never been evaluated. Methods: A longitudinal prospective study was conducted on 90 young patients with TTH (37 with osmophobia, 53 without osmophobia). We evaluated whether osmophobia could predict the diagnosis transformation from TTH to migraine after a 3-year follow-up. Results and Discussion: In our cases the rate of diagnosis change was significantly greater in cases with osmophobia (62%) than in those without (23%). Osmophobia persisted at a 3-year follow-up …

Malechildren; follow-up; migraine without aura; Osmophobia; tension-type headachePediatricsmedicine.medical_specialtyAdolescentMigraine DisordersComorbidityRisk AssessmentPhobic disorderOlfaction DisorderschildrenRisk Factorsosmophobia; juvenile primary headache; migraine without aura; tension-type headachePrevalencefollow-upHumansMedicineJuvenileSex DistributionChildbusiness.industryOsmophobiaDisease progressionFollow up studiesGeneral Medicinemedicine.diseaseComorbiditytension-type headacheCausalityOsmophobiaEarly Diagnosisjuvenile primary headacheItalyPhobic DisordersMigrainemigraine without auraDisease ProgressionPhysical therapyFemaleNeurology (clinical)businessFollow-Up Studies
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Individual Differences in Personality Associated with Aggressive Behavior among Adolescents Referred for Externalizing Behavior Problems

2017

The present study examined the extent to which individual differences in personality that have been previously associated with aggression in non-clinical subjects (Caprara et al., European Journal of Personality, 27(3), 290–303, 2013, Caprara et al., Developmental Psychology, 50(1), 71–85, 2014) account for aggression among adolescents referred to psychiatric services with diagnosis within the externalizing spectrum (i.e., conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder). In particular a conceptual model was examined in which individual differences in basic traits (i.e., emotional instability and agreeableness), lower order traits (i.e., irritab…

Agreeablenessmedia_common.quotation_subjectMoral disengagementExternalizing behavior problem050109 social psychologyPersonality traits; Irritability; Hostile rumination; Moral disengagement; Externalizing behavior problemsDevelopmental psychologymedicineAttention deficit hyperactivity disorderPersonality0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesPersonality traitsChild Behavior ChecklistPersonality traitMoral disengagementmedia_commonAggression05 social sciencesHostile ruminationExternalizing behavior problemsmedicine.diseaseIrritabilityClinical PsychologyConduct disorderRuminationmedicine.symptomPsychology050104 developmental & child psychologyClinical psychology
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Survey on treatments for primary headaches in 13 specialized juvenile Headache Centers: The first multicenter Italian study

2017

Abstract Aim The purpose of this retrospective multicenter study was to evaluate the use and the self-perceived efficacy and tolerability of pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments in children and adolescents with primary headaches. Methods Study of a cohort of children and adolescents diagnosed with primary headache, consecutively referred to 13 juvenile Italian Headache Centers. An ad hoc questionnaire was used for clinical data collection. Results Among 706 patients with primary headaches included in the study, 637 cases with a single type of headache (migraine 76% – with and without aura in 10% and 67% respectively; tension-type headache 24%) were selected (mean age at clinic…

MalePediatricsmedicine.medical_specialtyAdolescentMigraine DisordersAdolescents; Children; Migraine; Primary headaches; Tension-type headache; Treatment; Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health; Neurology (clinical)Tension-typeTriptansPizotifenPediatrics03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicinechildrenPrimary headacheBehavior TherapySurveys and QuestionnairesmedicineAcupunctureHumansAmitriptylinemigraine030212 general & internal medicineadolescentsPractice Patterns Physicians'ChildFlunarizineRetrospective Studiestreatmentbusiness.industryAnti-Inflammatory Agents Non-SteroidalGeneral Medicineadolescents; children; migraine; primary headaches; tension-type headache; treatmentPerinatology and Child Healthmedicine.diseasetension-type headacheMigraineTolerabilityItalyPediatrics Perinatology and Child HealthCohortAnticonvulsantsFemaleprimary headachesNeurology (clinical)businessheadache030217 neurology & neurosurgeryPrimary headaches; Migraine; Tension-type; headache; Treatment; Children; Adolescentsmedicine.drug
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