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Depressive phenomenology at the outset of neuropaediatric diseases

J. Narbona [REV NEUROL 2014;58 (Supl. 1):S71-S75] PMID: 25252671 DOI: https://doi.org/10.33588/rn.58S01.2014017

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Volumen 58 | Number S01 | Nº of views of the article 6.932 | Nº of PDF downloads 608 | Article publication date 24/02/2014

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INTRODUCTION Depressive phenomenology, in its diverse nosological forms, affects 8-10% of children and adolescents of general population. Most frequently mood disorders have a primary origin, following poligenic multifactorial model. Moreover there is a non negligible proportion of cases in which depressive symptoms accompany neurological illnesses or they even constitute a part of predominant manifestations at the clinical start of neurologic disease, or mark a point of inflexion in its course. The aim of the present article is to review relevant literature dealing with this topic. DEVELOPMENT. A significative higher frequency of depressive phenomenology, not explainable by hazard, can be an early manifestation in children and adolescents with: epileptic syndromes, sleep disorders, chronic recurrent cephalalgias, several neurometabolic diseases, and intracranial tumors. Points of coincidence have been shown in dysequilibrium of brain neurotransmitters (serotonine, noradrenaline, hyperglutamatergic states) which could not be hypothesized as maintaining both neurological and mood conditions.

CONCLUSIONS The suspiction of a neurological disease should be adopted in cases of mood disorder not easily explainable by familial antecedents or clear biographical stressors. The search for a brain disorder by means of a meticulous anamnesis and neurological clinical and ancillary exams makes possible to discover the brain disorder at a very early stage and ameliorate the chances of accurately manage both the neurological and mood disorders. The simultaneous treatment of both dimension of the illness helps to improve the patients’ quality of life. KeywordsADHD Brain tumour Depression in children and adolescents Epilepsy Primary chronic headache Sleep disorders CategoriesCáncer y tumores Cefalea y Migraña Dolor Epilepsias y síndromes epilépticos Neuropsiquiatría Sueño

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Depressive phenomenology at the outset of neuropaediatric diseases