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Asperger Disorder Follow-up Period: Discussion of Five Cases in the Context of Problems During Adolescence

Asperger Bozukluğu İzlem Süreci: Ergenlik Döneminde Yaşanan Sorunlar Bağlamında Beş Olgu Üzerinden Tartışma

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Affective disorders, disruptive behavior disorders and anxiety disorder have often been seen in our cases as compatible with the literature.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Aim: We aimed to reassess the psychosocial difficulties, psychiatric diagnosis and follow-up period from childhood through adolescence of Asperger disorder cases.Materials and Methods: We reevaluated the files of five cases (four boys, one girl) between 13-17 years of age who had been up for theree to seven years.
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Key Findings & Data:The psychiatric diagnosis were major depressive disorder (n=2), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (n=1), obsessive compulsive disorder (n=1), bipolar disorder (n=1); psychotropic medications were antidepressants (n=3), antipsychotics (n=3), methyphenidate (n=1), and mood stabilizator (n=1).
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Conclusion & Impact:Affective disorders, disruptive behavior disorders and anxiety disorder have often been seen in our cases as compatible with the literature.
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Aim: We aimed to reassess the psychosocial difficulties, psychiatric diagnosis and follow-up period from childhood through adolescence of Asperger disorder cases.Materials and Methods: We reevaluated the files of five cases (four boys, one girl) between 13-17 years of age who had been up for theree to seven years. The psychiatric diagnosis and psychosocial adjustment levels during the last six months were re-evaluated by psychiatric interview. The severity of illness was evaluated with Clinical Global Impression Scale/Violence, and the improvement level with Clinical Global Impression Scale/Recovery.Results: We found that in adolescence, social adjustment problems, affective symptoms and impulse control problems were dominant in the cases. The psychiatric diagnosis were major depressive disorder (n=2), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (n=1), obsessive compulsive disorder (n=1), bipolar disorder (n=1); psychotropic medications were antidepressants (n=3), antipsychotics (n=3), methyphenidate (n=1), and mood stabilizator (n=1). The cases benefited from psychopharmacological medication and psychological arrangements.Conclusion: Psychiatric comorbidity is among the factors that affect psychological adjustment in Asperger disorder. Social adjustment problems were found to have increased and additional psychiatric disorders occurred or the existing disorders became more severe in all 5 cases. Affective disorders, disruptive behavior disorders and anxiety disorder have often been seen in our cases as compatible with the literature.

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Amaç: Yaygın gelişimsel bozukluklar başlığı altında yer alan asperger bozukluğu olgularının çocukluktan ergenliğe doğru olan süreçte yaşadıkları psikossoyal güçlükleri, psikiyatrik tanılarını ve izlem süreçlerini gözden geçirmek amaçlanmıştır.Gereç ve Yöntemler: Üç-yedi yıldır izlenen 13-17 yaş arası dört erkek, bir kız hastanın ergenlik döneminde yaşamış oldukları sorunlar, akademik işlevsellikleri, ek psikiyatrik tanıları, tedavi özellikleri ve uyum düzeyleri dosyaları taranarak değerlendirilmiş, son altı ay içindeki ruhsal durumları ve psikososyal uyum düzeyleri belirlenmiştir. Hastalığın şiddeti, Klinik Global İzlem Ölçeği/Şiddet, iyileşme derecesi ise Klinik Global İzlenim Ölçeği/Düzelme skalası ile değerlendirilmiştir.Bulgular: Olgularda ergenlik dönemi ile birlikte sosyal uyum sorunlarının, duygudurum belirtilerinin ve dürtü kontrol sorunlarının tabloya hakim olduğu gözlenmiştir. Olguların ikisinin major depresif bozukluk (=2), birinin obsesif kompulsif bozukluk (n=1), birinin dikkat eksikliği ve hiperaktivite bozukluğu (n=1), birinin bipolar bozukluk tanıları ile izlemlerinin sürdüğü, üçünün antidepresan (n=3), üçünün antipsikotik (n=1), birinin metilfenidat (n=1) ve birinin duygudurum düzenleyici (n=1) kullandığı görülmüştür. Psikofarmakolojik tedavi ve psikososyal düzenlemelerden fayda gördükleri tespit edilmiştir.Sonuç: Asperger bozukluğunda psikososyal uyumu etkileyen değişkenler arasında psikiyatrik komorbidite yer almaktadır. Sunulan beş olgunun tümünde ergenlik döneminde sosyal uyum sorunlarının arttığı ve ek ruhsal bozuklukların ortaya çıktığı ya da şiddetini arttırdığı görülmüştür. Literatürle uyumlu olarak duygudurum bozuklukları, yıkıcı davranış bozuklukları ve anksiyete bozuklukları sıklıkla karşımıza çıkan bozukluklar olarak görülmüştür.

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ERERMİŞ, H. S., KÖSE, S., BİLDİK, T., ÖZBARAN, B., AYDIN, C. (2016). Asperger Disorder Follow-up Period: Discussion of Five Cases in the Context of Problems During Adolescence. The Journal of Pediatric Research, Cilt: 3 - Sayı: 2, 91–96. https://ajindex.com/articles/362843

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