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Assessment and Treatment of a Young Adult with Congenital Heart Disease and ADHD
CASE: Phillip is a young man born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome referred to your practice for a range of mental health concerns. He underwent palliation to an extracardiac Fontan in infancy and experienced multiple complications over the next decade including valvular regurgitation and arrhythmias necessitating a pacemaker. Phillip continued to have systolic heart failure with New York Heart Association class II symptoms, managed with 4 medications and anticoagulation. Despite this complex history, Phillip had intact cognitive abilities, achieved typical milestones, and performed well academically in secondar...
Source: Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics - May 1, 2021 Category: Child Development Tags: Challenging Case Source Type: research

COVID-19 mental health impact among children with early brain injury and associated conditions
This study describes the impact of COVID-19 among a clinical research sample of children with early brain injury and associated conditions. Between March 2020 and March 2021, 64 children and their parents participated. Children ranged in age between 3 and 14 years (M = 6 years, 3 months; SD = 2 years, 4 months) with a range of diagnoses (i.e., neonatal stroke, hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), congenital heart disease (CHD) and preterm birth (<32 weeks)). The abbreviated CoRonavIrus Health Impact Survey (CRISIS) was completed by parents as part of their child's routine intake for neuropsychological services. Questi...
Source: Child Neuropsychology - November 15, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Tricia S Williams Angela Deotto Samantha D Roberts Meghan K Ford Naddley D ésiré Sarah Cunningham Source Type: research