TY - JOUR

T1 - The importance of genetic counselling for turner syndrome transition

AU - Villarreal, Eva M. Lafuente

AU - Prado, Sara Chulián

AU - Schack, Anne Kristine

AU - Sánchez, Sara Álvaro

AU - Casado, M. Aroa

AU - Krych, Lukasz

AU - Garrido-Navas, M. Carmen

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2024.

PY - 2024

Y1 - 2024

N2 - The healthcare transition (HCT) is the process of planning, monitoring, and adjusting the clinical management from children’s care to adult specialists. Although this practice is common for all children, it is especially crucial (and challenging) for those with chronic disorders and genetic conditions that also involve mental health issues, requiring a multidisciplinary approach. In this review, we aim to assess the current status of transition for girls and young women with Turner syndrome (TS) as a model as it is one of the most common sexual chromosomal aneuploidies. We first describe the syndrome highlighting some of the challenges regarding behavioural, neurodevelopmental, and mental health characteristics that must be addressed for a successful HCT. Finally, we emphasize the importance of genetic counselling within multidisciplinary groups for the successful implementation of HCT, especially for girls and women with TS, to facilitate their adaptation and adhesion to the transition process.

AB - The healthcare transition (HCT) is the process of planning, monitoring, and adjusting the clinical management from children’s care to adult specialists. Although this practice is common for all children, it is especially crucial (and challenging) for those with chronic disorders and genetic conditions that also involve mental health issues, requiring a multidisciplinary approach. In this review, we aim to assess the current status of transition for girls and young women with Turner syndrome (TS) as a model as it is one of the most common sexual chromosomal aneuploidies. We first describe the syndrome highlighting some of the challenges regarding behavioural, neurodevelopmental, and mental health characteristics that must be addressed for a successful HCT. Finally, we emphasize the importance of genetic counselling within multidisciplinary groups for the successful implementation of HCT, especially for girls and women with TS, to facilitate their adaptation and adhesion to the transition process.

KW - Genetic counselling

KW - Health care transition

KW - Mental health

KW - Turner syndrome

U2 - 10.1007/s00787-024-02547-y

DO - 10.1007/s00787-024-02547-y

M3 - Review

C2 - 39115686

AN - SCOPUS:85201004398

JO - European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Supplement

JF - European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Supplement

SN - 1433-5719

ER -