Neurological disorders
Understanding neurological disorders requires us to first look at the definition of the disease. According to Feldman, Neurological disorders are a disorder within the body's nervous system (Feldman, 2014). Certain disorders that fall into this category are: Parkinson’s disease, Epilepsy, Cerebral palsy, Attention Deficient Disorder, Muscular dystrophy, and movement disorders (2014). There are more than 600 diseases of the nervous system ranging in severity from mild to severely debilitating. The brain is the command center for the body, from birth this fascinating organ creates neural circuitry throughout a person’s lifespan.
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and neural development
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) is a broad classification …show more content…
The DSM-5 states “a history of exposure to a traumatic event that meets specific stimulations and symptoms” (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Post traumatic stress disorder is likely to develop when a person experiences helplessness, fear, trauma and helplessness which are all common features of child abuse and neglect. During early development, a child whom experiences significant trauma, through abuse or neglect, can subsequently experience alterations in the neural development involved in their stress response. In a journal written by Frank Putnam, he stated “child abuse and neglect encompasses an enormous variety of experiencing and range from single, limited incidents to prolonged experiences with multiple types of injurious, painful, degrading, and exploitative acts” (Putnam, 2006). Further, studies have shown that that childhood maltreatment can effect cortisol responses resulting in chronic activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, due to the response of high levels of stress or trauma, may cause problems in areas such as memory, cognition, and arousal to become abnormal (Tyrka, Price, Gelernter, Schepker, Anderson & Carpenter, 2009). Further, alterations in a child’s stress response can cause problems such as depression, addiction, suicide and medical issues such as heart disease and diabetes
Understanding neurological disorders requires us to first look at the definition of the disease. According to Feldman, Neurological disorders are a disorder within the body's nervous system (Feldman, 2014). Certain disorders that fall into this category are: Parkinson’s disease, Epilepsy, Cerebral palsy, Attention Deficient Disorder, Muscular dystrophy, and movement disorders (2014). There are more than 600 diseases of the nervous system ranging in severity from mild to severely debilitating. The brain is the command center for the body, from birth this fascinating organ creates neural circuitry throughout a person’s lifespan.
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and neural development
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) is a broad classification …show more content…
The DSM-5 states “a history of exposure to a traumatic event that meets specific stimulations and symptoms” (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Post traumatic stress disorder is likely to develop when a person experiences helplessness, fear, trauma and helplessness which are all common features of child abuse and neglect. During early development, a child whom experiences significant trauma, through abuse or neglect, can subsequently experience alterations in the neural development involved in their stress response. In a journal written by Frank Putnam, he stated “child abuse and neglect encompasses an enormous variety of experiencing and range from single, limited incidents to prolonged experiences with multiple types of injurious, painful, degrading, and exploitative acts” (Putnam, 2006). Further, studies have shown that that childhood maltreatment can effect cortisol responses resulting in chronic activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, due to the response of high levels of stress or trauma, may cause problems in areas such as memory, cognition, and arousal to become abnormal (Tyrka, Price, Gelernter, Schepker, Anderson & Carpenter, 2009). Further, alterations in a child’s stress response can cause problems such as depression, addiction, suicide and medical issues such as heart disease and diabetes