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This study identified three distinct parenting profiles among 266 adolescents (51% with ADHD diagnosis) and examined their association with emotion dysregulation. Findings showed parents of adolescents with ADHD were more likely to exhibit high internalizing symptoms, emotion dysregulation, and moderate authoritative parenting compared to parents of non-ADHD peers.
This study examined vaccine refusal rates among 154 parents of children with ASD or other developmental delays, finding that reported vaccine refusal increased from 3.9% before diagnosis to 9.7% after diagnosis, primarily driven by the false belief that vaccines caused their child's condition. The research documents the real public health harm from vaccine-autism misinformation while providing no scientific support for any vaccine-autism connection.
This retrospective study analyzed medical records of pediatric patients (under 18 years) admitted to a Bulgarian hospital emergency department over one year to determine prevalence, causes, and trends of traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries. Among 38,504 emergency department visits, 32% were children, with 0.3% hospitalized for neurosurgical conditions including TBI and SCI.
This study investigated associations between sex steroid hormones, antiseizure medications, and depression in 112 women with epilepsy compared to 50 healthy controls, finding a 18.8% depression prevalence and significant hormonal differences including elevated testosterone and altered FSH, estradiol, progesterone, and prolactin levels. Sex steroid hormones emerge as potential biomarkers for depression risk in women with epilepsy, with implications for treatment and prognosis.
A prospective observational study over 24 months analyzed burn injury characteristics in patients with underlying neuropsychiatric conditions, finding epilepsy as the most common disorder (66.52%) followed by intellectual disability and dementia. Female patients experienced higher rates of severe burns and scalding injuries with more frequent third-degree burns and head/neck involvement compared to males.