Psychological and Psychiatric Comorbidities in Youth with Serious Physical Illness

Nibras, Sohail; Kentor, Rachel; Masood, Yasir; Price, Karin; Schneider, Nicole M.; Tenenbaum, Rachel B.; Calarge, Chadi

doi:10.3390/children9071051

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Psychological and Psychiatric Comorbidities in Youth with Serious Physical Illness

by

Sohail Nibras

^1,*,†

,

Rachel Kentor

^2,†

,

Yasir Masood

³,

Karin Price

²,

Nicole M. Schneider

²,

Rachel B. Tenenbaum

² and

Chadi Calarge

¹

Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, 1 Moursund St, Houston, TX 77030, USA

²

Department of Pediatrics, (Primary) Texas Children’s Hospital, Psychology Service, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA

³

Department of Public Health, Brown School, Washington University in Saint Louis, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA

^*

Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

^†

These authors contributed equally to this work.

Children 2022, 9(7), 1051; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9071051

Submission received: 19 May 2022 / Revised: 27 June 2022 / Accepted: 6 July 2022 / Published: 14 July 2022

(This article belongs to the Collection Pediatric Palliative Care Update)

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An estimated one in six children in the United States suffers from a mental disorder, including mood, anxiety, or behavioral disorders. This rate is even higher in children with chronic medical illness. This manuscript provides a concise review of the symptoms that comprise mental conditions often observed in children with chronic illness or at the end of life. It further provides some guidance to help clinicians distinguish normative from pathological presentations. Evidence-based psychotherapy interventions, potentially applicable to the acute inpatient setting, are briefly summarized. Broad recommendations are made regarding both psychotherapeutic as well as pharmacotherapeutic interventions, with a review of common or serious medication side effects. Finally, delirium recognition and management are summarized.

Keywords: anxiety; chronic illness; delirium; depression; medically ill; palliative care; psychological distress

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Nibras, S.; Kentor, R.; Masood, Y.; Price, K.; Schneider, N.M.; Tenenbaum, R.B.; Calarge, C. Psychological and Psychiatric Comorbidities in Youth with Serious Physical Illness. Children 2022, 9, 1051. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9071051

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Nibras S, Kentor R, Masood Y, Price K, Schneider NM, Tenenbaum RB, Calarge C. Psychological and Psychiatric Comorbidities in Youth with Serious Physical Illness. Children. 2022; 9(7):1051. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9071051

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Nibras, Sohail, Rachel Kentor, Yasir Masood, Karin Price, Nicole M. Schneider, Rachel B. Tenenbaum, and Chadi Calarge. 2022. "Psychological and Psychiatric Comorbidities in Youth with Serious Physical Illness" Children 9, no. 7: 1051. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9071051

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Nibras, S., Kentor, R., Masood, Y., Price, K., Schneider, N. M., Tenenbaum, R. B., & Calarge, C. (2022). Psychological and Psychiatric Comorbidities in Youth with Serious Physical Illness. Children, 9(7), 1051. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9071051

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