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Un'ampia letteratura ha messo in luce il collegamento tra un cattivo funzionamento della mentalizzazione e alcuni disturbi psicologici in età adulta ed evolutiva (Sharp e Venta, 2012). Molto meno è noto rispetto alla capacità di mentalizzare degli adolescenti adottati tardivamente che, date le loro relazioni di attaccamento precoci gravemente...

This study compared an attachment-based coding system for family drawings with narrative and observational attachment measures in adopted children and those living with their natural parents ("community-based") in Italy. Attachment patterns of 41 children (ages 5–8) were assessed by: a graphic measure, the Family Drawing (FD); a narrative...

Introduzione La rilevante presenza di migranti nel contesto culturale italiano sembra trovare spesso una collocazione lavorativa nell'ambito delle professioni di cura (Vietti, 2010); in particolare in Italia settecentomila cittadini stranieri, soprattutto donne, sono impiegati nella professione di badante (Caritas/Migrantes, 2010). Pertanto...

Congenital and acquired laryngeal anomalies are a challenge for pediatric surgeons, otolaryngologists, neonatologists, and anesthesiologists. Among the more common, laryngomalacia, vocal cord palsy, congenital subglottic stenosis, and congenital web are described. For many of them, surgical approach offers good results. A multidisciplinary team...

Mediastinal cysts are rare pathologies in pediatric age that can have different nature: congenital, infectious, or neoplastic. The symptoms can be quite varied, and the radiological investigation plays a very decisive role in the surgical indication.

This paper reports on a long-term follow-up of a longitudinal study conducted in Italy that assessed attachment patterns of late-adopted children (placed between 4 and 8 years old) and their adoptive mothers, in three phases: T1, at placement; T2, in childhood (7–8 months after adoption); and T3, in adolescence (current study). The following...

Pediatric thoracic tumors are a heterogeneous group of neoplasms, accounting for 15–20% of all malignant tumors in childhood. Primary and metastatic thoracic tumors are classified according to where they originate, i.e., the lung parenchyma, the airways, the mediastinum, and the chest wall. The vast majority of pediatric thoracic tumors arise...

Introduction Jeune's syndrome, or asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy (ATD), is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by skeletal dysplasia. Ribs are typically short and horizontal resulting-in lethal variant-in severe lung hypoplasia, progressive respiratory failure, and death. Lateral thoracic expansion (LTE) consists in staggered...

Alcuni contributi hanno messo in evidenza che nei bambini late- adopted si evidenzia, già dalla prima fase post-adozione (7-24 mesi), una revisione dei Modelli Operativi Interni (MOI) dall'insicurezza verso la sicurezza, soprattutto se adottati da madri sicure (Pace et al., 2012, Steele et al., 2008). Cosa succede dopo un periodo di adozione...

Introduction: Assuming Bowlby's attachment as an active system "from cradle to grave" many researchers have focalized on the study of attachment construct in romantic couples, emphasizing the importance of the matching of attachment patterns between partners, defined by Fisher and Crandell (2001) as "complex attachment". Crowell and Waters...

Congenital lung malformations (CLM) include different types of lesions secondary to lung developmental abnormalities. Diagnosis can take place in the prenatal period with the identification of the typical ultrasound morphological aspects: macro-micro cysts and solid forms. The malformation must be suspected in the first months of life through a...

Literature in the attachment field have highlighted that one or both adoptive parents with secure attachment states of mind and without any indexes of irresolution with respect to loss or abuse could be a good protective factor for late-adopted children, who were previously maltreated and neglected, allowing them to revise their insecure and/or...

Introduction: Posterior tracheopexy (PT) directly addresses the posterior trachealis membrane intrusion in severe tracheomalacia. During PT, the esophagus is mobilized and membranous trachea is sutured to the prevertebral fascia. Although dysphagia has been reported as a possible complication of PT, in the literature there are no data...