Title:
NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS AND CHILDHOOD-ADOLESCENT PSYCHOPATHOLOGY TESTED BY TRANSITION. CASE REPORT AND LITERATURE REVIEW

Authors:
Aldo Diavoletto, Franca Bottiglieri, Marianna Sessa, Anna Tortorella and Teresa Tramontano

Abstract:
Background: This contribution summarizes the critical issues and operational and cultural difficulties of the transition of skills from services for children and adolescents to services for adults regarding neurodevelopmental disorders and psychopathology. Obstacles inherent to services and patients often create a void in this phase which, instead, represents the one with the most marked care needs. It appears that there is a concrete risk of exiting the care circuits. Purpose: The authors report the case of a patient in transition from child care to adult care, highlighting the clinical and care peculiarities. The methodologies shared in the literature are also represented. Results: Recent literature and the reported case confirm the organizational and methodological difficulties that hinder the transition from child services to adult services, highlighting possible solutions and shared methodologies. Conclusions: Despite a large literature, the transition of a patient from childhood and adolescent services to adult services is still a source of difficulty and sometimes disorientation for the family, so this contribution summarizes the methodologies and recommendations of the most accredited recent works. It is necessary to insist on procedures and shared training between the two types of services, not sparing resources to treat this important care need.

Keywords:
transition, neurodevelopmental disorders, psychopathology, case report, adult services

DOI:
https://doi.org/10.37500/IJESSR.2024.7607

Date of Publication: 29-11-2024