The Moderating Role of Emotional Regulation on the Relationship between School Results and Personal Characteristics of Pupils with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.

This study aimed to explore the possible moderating role of emotional regulation in the relationship between problem-solving ability, visuomotor precision and visuospatial integration on the one hand and school results on the other in pupils with ADHD. A total of 241 pupils with ADHD (study group) and 207 children without ADHD (control group) were included in our research. Specific tests for the evaluation of the problem-solving ability, visuomotor precision, visuospatial integration, and emotional regulation were applied. The results showed that emotional regulation is a significant moderator of the relationship between school results and problem-solving ability, visuomotor precision, visuospatial integration, and working memory. There are statistically significant differences depending on emotional regulation, visuomotor precision, visuospatial integration, problem-solving ability and working memory in terms of school results of students with ADHD compared to children without this diagnosis. These results can be used in the development of intervention programs.

Diagnosis stability and outcome of psychotic episodes in a Romanian group of children and adolescents.

Studies on early onset schizophrenia are limited because of their low prevalence but the reported results stated that early onset is associated with a poorer outcome. The present research analyzed the stability rate of the psychotic-related disorders from childhood to adult life. The study was based on an observational, retrospective, descriptive analysis study. The subjects were selected from patients admitted to the pediatric psychiatry ward of "Alexandru Obregia" Psychiatry Hospital between 2009 and 2018 for a psychosis-related disorder, who were 18 years or older at the moment of data collection and who also had admissions into the adult's psychiatry wards of the hospital. Of the 115 subjects, 93, representing 80.87% of the total, maintained a diagnosis of psychotic spectrum disorder into adulthood. The diagnosis was maintained in 82.4% of cases with onset before 13 years old and 80.6% of cases with onset after the age of 13 years of age. Of the 42 subjects who presented affective symptoms during childhood, 71.43% also presented affective symptoms into adulthood. These findings indicate an important stability rate of psychosis from childhood and adulthood and come in accordance with the theory of overlap between psychotic and affective disorders. The results underline the importance of an accurate diagnosis of early and very early onset schizophrenia (VEOS), the need for early and multimodal intervention, but also the need for long-term management of these patients and continuing research regarding psychotic-related disorders in children and adolescents.