Child and adolescent psychiatry

numerous events, across a range of life domains (APA, 1994). Symptoms to look for in children who are questionable of this disorder are excessive worrying that is not linked to an event or situation, the child is extremely stressed over numerous things- like school, family, or future events. The child may also have symptoms of GAD such as perfectionism or they may be self…

Describe the HPI and clinical impression for the client. Lk is 26-year old married, mother of a young child age 2, brought to the inpatient treatment center under TDO for unstable mood, erratic bizarre behavior and suicidal ideation. Additionally, she has been homicidal towards her husband. Her main complaint “ I am stressed and unable to eat or sleep ”.The clinical impression based on the diagnostic criteria of DSM-5 indicates that the patient is suffering from bipolar disorder (American…

I believe there is a direct link in the aggressive violence children watch on television and how they act in real life. A child will learn from what he or she is shown, therefore television has a large impact on a child’s behavior today. It is known you should not let your children watch anything violent or aggressive on television. It could increase the risks of that child from becoming aggressive later on in life. Coyne (2016) makes her argument that children can be at risk of short-term and…

Depression is something that affects children and teens in addition to adults. In fact, 0.5% of kids 3-5 years of age, 1.4% of kids 6-11 years of age, and 5-11% of adolescents 12-17 years of age (shockingly, almost 20% of teenage girls) suffer from depression. Depression can be a family-wide issue, so your son may be at increased risk if a first-degree relative has had anxiety or depression, including postpartum depression. Kids and teens often will not tell you outright that they are depressed,…

in order to make them more effective. In addition to that, as stated above, people who have been exposed to suicide are more prone to it consequently; the feeling of pain and grief of those individuals should also be taken into consideration. As adolescents are exposed to stigma and peer pressure, they are in need of specific help and preventions of such incidents (Sartorius 2005). Not many youth look for…

As the years stroll by, it is reported by many sources that school bullying definitely has not improved and the issue still has not been resolved within schools. In the educational system, there have been a variety of statistics, all of which the ones that I will mention are brought forth in the current year of 2015. According to the website called, Nobullying.com, this website obtained data from parents, teachers, activists and community members that show how bullying is so common in schools.…

facilitate a youth’s transition into prostitution (Widom, C. S., & Kuhns, J. B., 1996). Children and young teens in a neglectful home, where sexual abuse has occurred can effect the wellbeing of a child’s life (Kramer, L. A., & Berg, E. C., 2003). Child abuse is often connected to low- income families. Research explains physical abuse cases included injuries such as bruises, welts, burns, abrasions, laceration, wounds, cuts, bone and skull fractures, and other evidence of physical injury (Widom,…

Negative symptoms are collective in the public, but not always evident in a diagnosed disorder. The last population report was the longitudinal study by Dominguez and colleagues. This study found that 15.7% of adolescents reported regular incidence of negative symptoms alone, and 5.5% reported negative and positive symptoms. The author believed they needed further information on the frequency of such symptoms in the general population. The study had 4,914 subjects…

with a mental disorder looks like. The symptoms may also make it harder for a parent not to believe that their normal child might have some extreme disorder when in reality the children are being children. In today’s society parents often use the internet when trying to figure out if their child is normal. Not everything that they read on the internet is accurate; something like a child being inattentive which is usually normal might get misdiagnosed as “ADHD” with no tests to determine…

According to the ADHD Institute (2016), adolescents with ADHD could have trouble focusing on lessons at school, which could negatively affect their grades. For an adult they might have difficulty with keeping appointments or continuously forgetting to pay the bills. (ADHD Institute, 2016). These consequences could have dire effects on a person’s life, whether it is suffering grades, job security or the possibility of…