Case Report: Burden of Illness in Narcolepsy Type 1: Hikikomori in a Teenage Girl

Narcolepsy type 1 (NT1) deeply impacts on quality of life, especially during adolescence, with NT1 children and adolescents that frequently report difficulties in integration with peers and decreased participation in after-school activities. Here we describe the case of NT1 teenager girl presenting...

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Autores principales: Filardi, Marco, Blunda, Vincenza, Vandi, Stefano, Musetti, Alessandro, Posar, Annio, Visconti, Paola, Pizza, Fabio, Plazzi, Giuseppe, Franceschini, Christian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
Materias:
Psychology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7995606/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33776861
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.634941
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Sumario:Narcolepsy type 1 (NT1) deeply impacts on quality of life, especially during adolescence, with NT1 children and adolescents that frequently report difficulties in integration with peers and decreased participation in after-school activities. Here we describe the case of NT1 teenager girl presenting with severe physical and social withdrawal, fulfilling the proposed diagnostic criteria for hikikomori, together with the classic NT1 symptoms. Social withdrawal is an overlooked phenomenon among NT1 children and adolescents that, if present, require a multidisciplinary approach and personalized interventions, but patients can benefit from NT1 pharmacological treatment.

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