Table of Contents Table of Contents
Previous Page  430 / 812 Next Page
Information
Show Menu
Previous Page 430 / 812 Next Page
Page Background

S426

24th European Congress of Psychiatry / European Psychiatry 33S (2016) S349–S805

2

Psychiatric Hospital - Region of Southern Denmark, Psychiatric

Research Academy Odense, Odense C, Denmark

3

Psychiatric Hospital and University of Southern Denmark, Child and

Adolescent Psychiatry, Odense C, Denmark

Corresponding author.

Introduction

Attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder (ADHD) is

the most frequent psychiatric disorder present in childhood, and

sleep-problems are a prominent, pervasive and clinically important

feature of ADHD. Our understanding of whether sleep-problems

mimic or exacerbate daytime ADHD-symptom expression remains

insufficient. Furthermore we lack knowledge about the connec-

tion between objective measuring and subjective observations in

children with early symptoms of ADHD.

Objective

Future research that examines sleep-problems and

daily activity in very young children with and without ADHD-like

symptoms might help us identify early risk factors and achieve a

better understanding of the importance of sleep in ADHD.

Aims

To investigate if sleep-problems and activity level during

day time is associated with early signs of ADHD.

Methods

A sample of 50 preschool children ages 2–3 and their

parents recruited in a birth cohort are invited to participate and

divided into two groups of 25 cases and 25 controls based on

ADHD-symptom score. An actigraph on the child’s non-dominant

wrist measures sleep and daily activity. Sleep-latency, total sleep

time and awakenings are examined. Moderate-to-vigorous-activity

(MVPA) is the measure for daily activity. Subjective observations

fromparents are provided through questionnaires. Furthermorewe

examine the stability of the sleepproblemscore fromchildbehavior

checklist, which parents fulfilled when their child was 27months

old and again at the age of 5.

Results

The results will be presented at the EPA March 2016 in

Madrid.

Conclusion

Results from this study together with other findings

of risk factors in the cohort may lead to a preschool ADHD risk-

index, which can guide future early intervention.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their decla-

ration of competing interest.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.01.1225

EV241

Relationship between coping and

anxiety in young university

population

K. Cabas-Hoyos

, N. German-Ayala , E.D.L. Nadia , M.B. Loreina ,

U.U. Alicia

Grupo CAVIDA, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Pontificia

Bolivariana, Sede Montería, Cra. 6 No. 97A, 99, Montería, Colombia,

Cordoba, Monteria, Colombia

Corresponding author.

In Latin American countries the University Entrance occurs before

17 years of age, in adolescence. The literature proposes some tasks

of this stage as the search for identity and definition of the plan of

life (Casullo et Fernández-Liporace, 2001). This stage is character-

ized by changes that may lead to stress (Frydenberg et Lewis, 1991)

and strategies and styles should be deployed to deal with situa-

tions surpluses. The aim of this paper is to explore the relationship

between coping styles and anxiety in young university students.

The total sample consisted of

n

= 216 university students (53.2%

female,

n

= 115, 46.8%male,

n

= 101; between16 and18 years of age:

m= 17.32, SD = 0.70). The subjects answered the ACS (Frydenberg,

1997) which assesses coping styles in young people and the AMAS-

E (Reynolds, 2007) assessing anxiety. The design was corelational,

the data were analyzed using SPSS 21.0 statistical program.

Results and discussion

As used style Troubleshooting reduces test

anxiety, the tendency of these two variables is negative (

P

= 0.01).

Implement the style Relating to others it will decrease test anxiety,

the tendency of both variables is negative and statistically signifi-

cant (

P

> 0.05). Stress in young people increases as gets underway

unproductive type (

P

= 0.00). The results are consistent with the lit-

erature that suggests that late adolescents in academic challenges

cause such hardship (Marote et Martínez, 2001).

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their decla-

ration of competing interest.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.01.1226

EV242

Strange behavior as defense

mechanism related to sensorial

impairment in autism

M.C. Cancino Botello

, A. Pe˜na Serrano ,

M.D.L.A. Canseco Navarro , J.M. Hernández Sánchez ,

F. Molina López

Consorcio Hospital General Universitario, Psychiatry, Valencia, Spain

Corresponding author.

Introduction

So far, autism etiology is not known yet, it is

believed that is due a combination of neurobiological, structural,

genetic and environmental factors. This disorder is characterized by

social interaction and communication impairments and presence

of restricted and repetitive behaviors. Some authors have spoken

about Sensorial Perception Theory that tries to explain how senso-

rial impairment of people with autism causes “strange” conducts,

as a protective mechanism to stimuli they perceive as disturbing.

Objectives

To highlight the role of sensorial perception in people

with autism in their way of interacting over the environment.

Method

systematic review of the literature in English (PubMed),

with the following keywords: “Autism”, “sensory perception”, and

“Asperger syndrome”.

Results

According to Sensorial Perception Theory, people with

autism perceive sensorial information from environment in dif-

ferent ways. It is believed that each sense operates as a hyper or

hyposensitive sense, according to the intensity and the moment

the stimulus is produced. This fact provokes “abnormal” responses

as repetitive or restricted behavior, in order to protect themselves

form the disturbing stimuli.

Conclusions

Sensorial hyper o hyposensitive may be related to

the strange behavior that can be present in people with autism. If

we could interpret such conducts, we will be able to imagine how

patients are perceiving the world and then we could help them to

develop strategies in order to function more properly.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their decla-

ration of competing interest.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.01.1227

EV243

ADHD and bipolar disorder challenge

in diagnosis in children and

adolescents

P. Cano Ruiz

1 ,

, A. Gómez Peinado

1

, S. Ca˜nas Fraile

1

,

P. Sanmartin Salinas

2

1

HNSPS, Psiquiatría, Albacete, Spain

2

Univeridad de Alcalá, Systems Biology, Alcalá de Henares, Spain

Corresponding author.

Introduction

The professionals in charge of children and adoles-

cents with attention deficit disorder and hyperactivity disorder

(ADHD) should be prepared to treat a wide variety of psychiatric

symptoms, asmost have at least one comorbid psychiatric disorder.

Sometimes the differential diagnosis between ADHD and bipolar

disease is difficult because of overlapping symptoms between the

two disorders (Geller et al., 1997; Biederman et al., 2000; Singh

et al., 2006).