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E Picciocchi

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Eating and feeding disorders in pediatric age

2018

Eating and feeding disorders are common in pediatric age and may be important to discover and recover the early symptoms in order to optimize the treatment and management.

anorexia nervosa; feeding troubles; eating disordersAnorexia nervosa; Eating disorders; Feeding troublesEating disordersEating disorderAnorexia nervosaFeeding troubles
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Pediatric selective mutism and sleep disorders: A pilot restrospective case control-study

2019

Introduction: Selective mutism (SM) is characterized by the persistent inability to speak in some specific contexts (i.e. school, home, social contexts) or within interaction with peer group and/or adults when a normal verbal linguistic competence may be expected, according to DSM5 criteria. The main sleep disorders in children with neurodevelopmental disorders are represented by difficulty in falling asleep at night (51%) and nocturnal awakenings (67%).The main goal of the present study is verify the putative relationship between sleep disorders and selective mutism in children.Materials and methods: 30 children were diagnosed with SM (13 males and 17 females) with mean age 9.47 (SD +/- 12…

Sleep disorderSleep Disturbance Scale for ChildrenSelective mutism; Sleep disorders; Sleep Disturbance Scale for ChildrenSleep disordersSelective mutism
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