Comorbidity of psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents with alopecia areata in a child and adolescent psychiatry clinical sample
Comorbidity of psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents with alopecia areata in a child and adolescent psychiatry clinical sample
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-4632.2008.03743.x
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发表时间:
2008-11-01
影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
Ghanizadeh, Ahmad
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Ghanizadeh, Ahmad
Background This study reports the comorbidity of lifetime psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents with alopecia areata (AA) in a child and adolescent psychiatry clinical sample.Methods Fourteen patients with AA were interviewed using the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-Fourth edition (DSM-IV) criteria and the Kiddie-Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia-Present and Lifetime-Farsi Version (KSADS-PL-Farsi Version).Results The rate of at least one psychiatric disorder was 78%. The rate of major depressive disorder was 50%, and the most common anxiety disorder was obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) (35.7%).Conclusions There is a very high rate of psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents with AA. This high rate of OCD has not been reported previously. There seems to be a clinical association between OCD and AA in children and adolescents.