1. [Psychological profile of children with neurogenic syncope].
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Vallone R, Placidi S, Pennacchia M, Gentile S, and Drago F
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- Adaptation, Psychological, Anxiety complications, Child, Depression complications, Diagnosis, Differential, Dissociative Disorders complications, Humans, Incidence, Italy epidemiology, Prognosis, Syncope, Vasovagal epidemiology, Psychophysiologic Disorders diagnosis, Psychophysiologic Disorders psychology, Syncope, Vasovagal diagnosis, Syncope, Vasovagal psychology
- Abstract
At present, syncope is still a matter of great concern and anxiety for both parents and children. Neurocardiogenic syncope is the most common type of syncope in children with an incidence of 70%. It usually has a benign etiology, with rapid loss of consciousness and spontaneous resolution. In case of neurocardiogenic syncope, it is important to assess the emotional and/or adaptive capacity of the patient. From a psychological point of view, the presence of a traumatic area of development has been reported in pediatric patients with syncope. This area is characterized by symptoms of anxiety and/or depression, self-withdrawal, somatic complaints and dissociation. Neurocardiogenic syncope in pediatric age can be the expression of a psychosomatic disorder underlying psychopathological vulnerability.
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- 2014
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