TY - JOUR
T1 - Case Report
T2 - Burden of Illness in Narcolepsy Type 1: Hikikomori in a Teenage Girl
AU - Filardi, Marco
AU - Blunda, Vincenza
AU - Vandi, Stefano
AU - Musetti, Alessandro
AU - Posar, Annio
AU - Visconti, Paola
AU - Pizza, Fabio
AU - Plazzi, Giuseppe
AU - Franceschini, Christian
N1 - Ricercatore distaccato presso IRCCS a seguito di Convenzione esclusiva con Università di Bologna (Posar Annio, Pizza Fabio);
Ricercatore distaccato presso IRCCS con convenzione esclusiva con Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia (Plazzi Giuseppe)
PY - 2021/3/12
Y1 - 2021/3/12
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - actigraphy
KW - adolescent
KW - delayed sleep phase
KW - hikikomori (social withdrawal)
KW - narcolepsy
KW - sodium oxybate
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U2 - 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.634941
DO - 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.634941
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85103324099
SN - 1664-1078
VL - 12
JO - Frontiers in Psychology
JF - Frontiers in Psychology
M1 - 634941
ER -