Open AccessA Long-Term Psychological Observation in an Adolescent Affected with Gardner Diamond Syndrome
Author(s) -
Fabiola Bizzi,
Lucia Sciarretta,
Matteo D’Alessandro,
Paolo Picco
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of psychological medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 0975-1564
pISSN - 0253-7176
DOI - 10.4103/0253-7176.175129
Subject(s) - emotive , psychological testing , psychology , medicine , pediatrics , clinical psychology , psychiatry , philosophy , epistemology
Gardner-Diamond syndrome (GDS) is an uncommon disease clinically characterized by a wide spectrum of psycho-emotive symptoms associated with painful ecchymoses/purpuric lesions and positivity of auto-erythrocyte sensitization skin test. Herein, a perspective clinical and psychological observation of an adolescent GDS is firstly reported focusing on her psychological features long-term monitored for a 1-year period. The administration of a standardized tools battery allowed us to define psychological features of the young patient over time and to monitored clinical course and response to treatment.