Anxiety Disorders

La tosse che faceva... tic: quando il sintomo inganna il pediatra

Falcone M, Fioretto A, Fiorenza G, Esposito S

2026/2 — pag. 42-42 — DOI

Chronic paediatric cough may often have psychogenic origins when organic causes are excluded. This report describes the case of a 13-year-old boy with a persistent, metallic, diurnal cough that lasted for one year and was unresponsive to treatments f...

Adolescenti e social media: rischi, complessità e responsabilità collettive

Marchetti F.

2026/1 — pag. 39-42 — DOI

The digital landscape significantly influences adolescents, with fifteen-year-olds spending an average of seven hours per day on devices. One-third of youth aged 11 to 15 are continuously connected to social media, raising concerns about implications...

Il disturbo da conversione

Nardin B.

2025/10 — pag. 661-663 — DOI

A young girl arrives at the hospital unconscious, although her vital signs are stable, with no signs of neurological or metabolic damage. The father reports that she has recently shown signs of anxiety and sadness due to her mother’s illness. After a...

C'è mal di testa ...e mal di testa

Barachino A

2025/3 — pag. 68-69 — DOI

The paper reports two paediatric headache cases with initially negative clinical findings but vastly different outcomes. The first regarded a girl subjected to excessive medical evaluations, reflecting parental anxiety and overmedicalization. The sec...

Cyberbullismo tra i giovani e discriminazione dei disabili: due facce della stessa esclusione

2025/2 — pag. 81-82 — DOI

Ho paura di strozzarmi

Schiulaz I.

2024/6 — pag. 397-399 — DOI

The Authors report the case of an 8-year-old child who refused food for fear of choking, which started after an acute incident. Treatment with EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) was found to be effective....

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...

La linea dei sintomi in un disturbo da sintomi somatici

Menghi A, Bellotto A, Addeo AM, Marchetti F

2023/7 — pag. 132-133 — DOI

The case of a 10-year-old boy affected by somatic disorder syndrome is presented. The graphic representation of symptoms and adverse events together with a timeline helped the mother to interpret her child’s disorder and to manage fears and anxieties...

Jack and Jill

2023/3 — pag. 149 — DOI

Screening del funzionamento psicologico: l’ottavo segno

Ghirigato E, Corona F, Cozzi G, Carucci S, Barbi E.

2023/1 — pag. 31-37 — DOI

Mental health problems are a significant cause of disability in children and adolescents. The most common are anxiety, depression, eating disorders and somatic symptom disorder. All these disorders have a negative impact on the child/adolescent funct...

La colazione dei bambini

2023/1 — pag. 11 — DOI

808s & Heartbreaks

2022/1 — pag. 13 — DOI

Il boom di accessi per disturbi neuropsichiatrici nei Pronto Soccorso

Gruppo di lavoro della Società Italiana di Pediatria

2021/9 — pag. 561-562 — DOI

La salute mentale di bambini e adolescenti: tempo di agire

Marchetti F

2021/7 — pag. 414-415 — DOI

Sequele post-acute da SARS-CoV-2 (PASC): ovvero il lungo inverno del Covid-19

Peri F, Tommasini A

2021/4 — pag. 211-212 — DOI

CIRCOLI VIZIOSI: DISAGIO MENTALE E MALATTIA CRONICA NEL BAMBINO

A. Ventura

2020/10 — pag. 633 — DOI

Covid-19 e salute mentale in età evolutiva: l’urgenza di darsi da fare

G. Abbracciavento, M. Cognigni, G. Riccio, M. Carrozzi

2020/4 — pag. 237-240

The coronavirus outbreak has shocked health systems worldwide. It is a serious situation that will pervade the entire population in their bodies and minds. Long-term implications on mental health will persist even when the outbreak will have worn off...

Appunti di Neuropsichiatra

A. Ventura, F. Marchetti

2020/3 — pag. 142-143

Chi non muore si rivede

A. Skabar

2019/10 — pag. 661-662

Quando un attacco di panico… può portare all’intubazione

M. Venchiarutti, R. Ponti, E. Passone, F. Volpones, C. Bertossi, F. Fabbro, P. Cogo

2019/2 — pag. 35-35

Più matti che dottori

2018/8 — pag. 489

Mutismo selettivo

R. Oliveto

2018/4 — pag. 259-261

“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 ...

Era entrato quasi in barella

T. Montini

2017/9

Capogiri e testa vuota

G. Morabito

2017/8

Nausea

G. Cozzi

2017/4

“Tranquillo: non c’è niente di cui aver paura”

E. Barbi

2015/7 — pag. 415-418

Una bambina troppo taciturna

C. Cocchiara, A. Armenio

2014/3 — pag. 175-176

Mutismo selettivo: un intervento sistemico efficace

G. Gorla, M. Carminati

2011/7

Selective mutism (SM) is recognized as a disorder linked to a strong anxious component in the child. The SM is considered a disorder of relevant diagnostic and, above all, therapeutic difficulty. The present work reports the experience of the treatme...

Il sintomo somatico di natura non organica

P. Costa, C. Zanus

2011/5 — pag. 296-300

Physical symptoms without evidence of somatic aetiology are common events in children and adolescents; sometimes they may be challenging for the paediatrician. The diagnosis usually comes when an organic pathology has been excluded and must be rein...

Una bambina con polipnea

M. Londero, S. Minisini, E. Faleschini, G. Messi, E. Barbi

2006/4

I farmaci della mente e non solo

F. Panizon

2005/5 — pag. 315

Dietro ogni ansia c’è sempre un perché

L. Lenti

2004/6 — pag. 398

Il pediatra inquieto

A. Spataro

2003/8 — pag. 508-510

Fluvoxamina nel trattamento dell'ansia del bambino e dell'adolescente

G. Bartolozzi

2001/6

Il bambino che non ha niente, ovvero della paura di avere qualcosa

F. Panizon

2000/9 — pag. 571-575

Moving from a description of a variety of “no disease” syndromes, all frequently encountered in the paediatric practice, the Author provides an overview of the neuropsychology and physiology of fear, and suggests to incorporate this knowledge to pr...

Valutazione degli aspetti psicologi in bambini e adolescenti con alopecia areata

1999/8

La comunicazione del disagio psicosociale attraverso il “linguaggio” della dermopatia

E. Andreoli, A. Mozzetta, PG. Foglio Bonda, M. Paradisi

1999/8 — pag. 471-472

Valutazione degli aspetti psicologici in bambini e adolescenti con alopecia areata

E. Andreoli, A. Mozzetta, A. Grassi, PG. Foglio Bonda, M. Paradisi

1999/8 — pag. 471-472