Adolescenza

L'adolescente non è un "bambino cresciuto": quando il pediatra si dimentica di pensare alle malattie sessualmente trasmesse

Bellani I, Petrela S, Colella G, Zuin G, Lazzerotti A

2025/4 — pag. 93-94 — DOI

Sexually transmitted infections (STI) are an important global public health problem, affecting adolescents and young adults in 50% of the cases. Considering their wide clinical variability, they are often misdiagnosed and, unfortunately, might be res...

La dipendenza da dispositivi elettronici nei bambini e negli adolescenti

Tessa C, Giannessi M, Berloffa S.

2025/2 — pag. 97-102 — DOI

Internet addiction and, more specifically, Internet gaming disorder is a pathological condition, recently defined, particularly prevalent in adolescence. The article describes this form of behavioural addiction by analysing its temporal roots, predis...

Il ritiro sociale in adolescenza: un nuovo modo di esprimere la sofferenza

Rainò E, Ciccolella A, Romagnolo E, Carbonara C, Anichini A, Vendrametto V, Vitiello B.

2024/6 — pag. 377-382 — DOI

Social withdrawal has recently been recognized by the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (the Italian National Institute of Health) as one of the most common problems among adolescents in the post pandemic world, with an onset estimated between 11 and 13 y...

Il ruolo del pediatra nella prevenzione del suicidio in adolescenza

Davico C, Di Franco F, Lonardelli E, Bondone C, Vitiello B.

2023/8 — pag. 509-514 — DOI

Suicide is the second leading cause of death in Italy in young people between the ages of 15 and 29. Mental health problems are increasing among children and adolescents. Very often paediatricians have to manage young patients with psychiatric proble...

Le linee di indirizzo della Regione Emilia-Romagna sul ritiro sociale

Paladino MT, Malaguti M, Costa S, Brescianini C, Corvese M, Ghiretti F, Raffuzzi L, Menozzi L

2023/2 — pag. 25-30 — DOI

The Emilia-Romagna Region guidelines by a multi-professional Group analyse the psychological, social, educational and health aspects of a very complex phenomenon such as social withdrawal. Today there are important indicators, tools and aspects that ...

Il bambino che non va a scuola

Cozzi G, Barbi E, Ventura A

2021/4 — pag. 232-236 — DOI

Chronic school absenteeism is relatively common in childhood and adolescence. Most of the children with this behaviour remain at home with the awareness of their parents and complain physical symptoms as the reason for their behaviour. Paediatricians...

Autolesionismo cutaneo in età pediatrica

Ravaglia A, Fratucelli D, Longo V

2021/2 — pag. 113-118 — DOI

The article analyzes the phenomenon of self-harm in early adolescence and adolescence starting from a piece of news and taking into account the current scientific literature and the studies in the psychological field to obtain useful instructions for...

L’uso dei videogiochi

S. Amendola, V. Spensieri, R. Cerutti

2019/3 — pag. 177-182

Background - The use of the internet is a relevant part of daily life and is radically changing social relations. However, the excessive use of the web and, in particular, of online videogames can have negative impact on adolescent psychophysical w...

Petto carenato in un adolescente

F. Pederiva

2019/3 — pag. 46-46

Spero possa farcela: storia di una adolescente

A. Ravaglia

2019/2 — pag. 125-126

L’adolescente obeso: è importante valutare i genitali

B. Mainetti, M.T. Nasi, E. Valletta

2018/9

The article describes the case of an adolescent male with obesity and pubertal delay whose hormonal and imaging investigations led to the diagnosis of prolactin secreting pituitary adenoma. After cabergoline treatment, a decrease in prolactinoma size...

Lussazione della rotula in età adolescenziale

R. Oliveto

2018/7

The paper describes a patellar dislocation in an adolescent female. Patellar dislocations are a frequent musculoskeletal injury assessed in the Emergency Room and represent 3% of all knee injuries. Patients under the age of 16 tend to have higher reo...

Adolescenti perduti e madri catastrofiche

D. Sambugaro

2018/1 — pag. 53-54

“Più matti che malati”: chi, quanti, cosa succede di loro

G. Morabito, G. Cozzi, C. Bertolini, S. Ghirardo, E. Barbi, A. Ventura

2018/1 — pag. 27-34

Functional and somatic disorders are common in childhood and can become long-lasting and disabling. This study showed a 6.9% prevalence of children with emotional distress and/or mental disorders among children admitted to a third level paediatric ...

L’emergenza psichiatrica in età evolutiva: tendere una rete tra territorio e ospedale

A. Liverani, G. Barcia, T.I. Ercolanese, G. Melideo, E. Valletta

2014/8 — pag. 519-522

Neuropsychiatric services usually take care of children and adolescents with mental disease as outpatients. Although hospital admission for psychiatric disorders is infrequent, the number of children and adolescents who arrive to emergency departme...

Bullismo e rischio depressivo: una indagine esplorativa in un campione di studenti nella prima adolescenza

M.L. Pedditzi, L. Lucarelli

2014/8

Background - Cross-sectional and longitudinal interna-tional studies have explored the relationship between bul-lying and depression, showing a close link between victi-mization and depression. In 2008 CENSIS data emphasi-zed that in Italy 49.9% of p...

Il 7° rapporto sul monitoraggio della convenzione sui diritti dell'infanzia e dell'adolescenza (CRC): un meccanismo condiviso e un punto di riferimento per tutti gli operatori dell'infanzia

Arianna Saulini

2014/6 — pag. 347-349

Attacchi di panico? …Non sempre

M. Biagioni, S. Francolini, E. Moschini, G. Brusa, R. Genga, D. Carboni, N. Filomeni

2014/3 — pag. 187-188

The paper describes the case of a 13-year-old girl with diagnosis of panic attack and treated with antidepressant therapy. She had sudden episodes of air hunger and difficulty in breathing that resolved spontaneously. She had a transient initial bene...

Epidemiologia degli autolesionismi e dei comportamentisuicidari in adolescenza

C. Zanus, S. Battistutta, M. Montico, S. Cremaschi, M. Carrozzi

2010/10 — pag. 645-653

Background - Deliberate self-harm and suicide attempts are recognised as a growing health problem in adolescence. Nevertheless, epidemiological studies show a considerable variability in rates due to the difficulties in defining and recognizing sui...

La pillola del giorno dopo ovvero il “piano B” della contraccezione

E. Barbero, L. Bello, F. Olivero, L. Maglitto, L. Minioni, Maria Rosa Giolito, R. Sandrini, A. Guala

2009/2 — pag. 113-120

The term emergency contraception refers to the contraceptive methods that can be used to prevent pregnancy in case of unprotected sex or if the birth control used fails. The WHO recommends levonorgestrel in a single dose of 1.5 mg per os. Ideally, ...

Che cosa succede nella testa dell’adolescente (maschio e femmina)

F. Panizon

2009/2 — pag. 95-104

As for the brain development adolescence is not a final phase. The brain anatomo-functional development significantly continues from the end of adolescence to 22-23 years of age. It encompasses the main brain organic and functional modifications fr...

Ragazzi digitali

M. Fanni Canelles

2008/6 — pag. 349-350

TV, PC, palmari, smartphone, videotelefoni, SMS, MMS, sapete cosa sono? Forse a questo ancora ci arrivate ma quando il linguaggio si fa difficile con GUI, DVB, IPTV, UMTS, EDGE, HSDPA- WI-FI o siete un tecnico del settore oppure… semplicemente un...

Disuguaglianze nella salute, nell'infanzia e nell'adolescenza, in Campania

G. Cirillo, M. Bonati, R. Campi, E. Decampora, P. Siani

2008/3 — pag. 189-192

Luca, adolescente in crisi

A. Ometto

2007/2

Lucia e Martina: così piccole e già così sbronze

A. Biolchini, N. Aurelio

2004/11 — pag. 720-721

Cannabis e adolescenza: numeri, dipendenza (tra miti e realta')Parte seconda

S. Bertrand, T. Gerarduzzi, E. Verucci

2004/4

Cannabis e adolescenza: numeri, dipendenza (tra miti e realta')parte seconda

S. Bertrand, T. Gerarduzzi, E. Verucci

2004/4

Cannabis e adolescenza: numeri, dipendenza (tra miti e realta')parte prima

S. Bertrand, T. Gerarduzzi, E. Verucci

2004/3

L’adolescente e il giovane adulto con cardiopatia congenita

A. Benettoni, J. Somerville

2003/4 — pag. 243-249

The article addresses the needs and problems of grown-up congenital heart (GUCH) patients. The size of GUCH population is uncertain, but since 80-85% of patients born with congenital heart disease (CHD) now survive to adulthood (age 16 years), an a...

Figli di una società minore

G. Tamburlini

2002/9 — pag. 559-561

L’anoressia nervosa e i disturbi del comportamento alimentare

C. Vullo, L. Gualtieri

2001/10 — pag. 657-667

The estimated prevalence in Italy of eating disorders is 0.3-0.5% for anorexia nervosa and 1-3% for bulimia. Premature death due to the complications of the disease or suicide are observed in 10% of these patients. The article offers an overview of...

Acne volgare

F. Panizon

2000/6 — pag. 389-390