Child and adolescent psychiatry

According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, in the United States, alcohol consumption is the third leading preventable cause of death. In 2013, 30.8 percent of all driving fatalities involved the consumption of alcohol, and in 2006 problems concerning the improper use/consumption of alcohol cost the United States $223.5 billion. Alcohol contributes to over 200 diseases and injury related health conditions annually, including cirrhosis of the liver, alcohol dependence,…

Risk for Childhood Anxiety. Journal Of Child & Family Studies, 24(3), 715-724. To locate this article, I used the search terms “anxiety and executive function in the scholarly journals tab within the Psychology Research Guide. Researchers in this study used information that had been previously gathered from a larger study. They narrowed the participants by using addition criteria that matched their target population. Their sample included 488 parent-child participants that expressed an…

The first article was Medication For Autism, by Healthwise Staff, Primary Medical Reviewer John Pope, MD - Pediatrics, Specialist Medical Reviewer Fred Volkmar, MD - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. This article was about the different types of medicines that could help prevent self-injury and other behaviors that are causing difficulty. There is no standard medicine for the cure of autism, to conclude The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) are targeting the main problem behaviors for autism…

used to search for your article. - ‘emotional abuse of children’ - ‘consequences of child abuse’ - ‘effects of child abuse’ - ‘health consequences of child abuse into adulthood’ 2. Provide the full reference for your article as if you were citing your chosen article in a reference list. (fix reference) Stirling, John, and Lisa Amaya-Jackson. 2008. "Understanding the Behavioural and Emotional Consequences of Child Abuse". American Academy of Paediatrics 122 (3): 667-673. Accessed March 29,…

while being treated (Gowers et al., 2007). A similar result was found in a randomized trial in Germany. Most professional organizations recommend home-based treatment, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and the Canadian Pediatric Society. An article by Frisch in the International Journal of Eating Disorders reported on a survey of the leading residential facilities in the US. The survey found that none of these residential…

mental health view, schizophrenia is a chronic mental illness that effects 50 million Americans (Potvin, Lungu, Tikasz, & Mendrek, (2017). Schizophrenia is recognized for its abnormal hallucinations and delusions which is known to manifest in late adolescent and early adulthood (Gasso, Sanchez-Gistau, Mas, Sugranyes, Rodriguez, Boloc, & Castro-Fornieles, 2016; Telles-Correia, Moreira, Marques, Saraiva, Moreira, Antunes, & Dos Santos, 2016). Why schizophrenia is a concern to the mental health…

despotism, by whatever name it may be called and whether it professes to be enforcing the will of God or the injunctions of men. In defense of the rights of an individual and in opposition to succumbing to despotism. I hereby affirm the resolution: adolescents ought to have the right to make autonomous medical choices. Seeing that this is debate of morals based on the usage of ought in the resolution my value is Justice and my value criterion is individuality. before I begin I would like to…

of Parental Divorce on Children and Adolescents, children of one to three years of age may also endure “psychosomatic reactions,” such as night terrors or tics. More disturbing, children experiencing a parental divorce between the ages of three to six years may imitate behaviors performed by their parents, such as yelling and fighting. They may also implement “themes of sadness, aggression, [and] death in their play”…

Many others shared a similar experience at residential schools, unaware of the dangerous repercussions. The treatment and abuse in Residential Schools often caused psychological issues to the students. A study conducted for the American Journal of Psychiatry uncovers the relation between childhood abuse and the increased risk of developing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Causes of PTSD involve, exposure to trauma, such as, death, threat of death, serious injury or sexual violence, all of…

After robbing a bank in New York City, Mitchell and Brandon run through the lunchtime crowd waving their guns, holding onto a big bag of money while attempting to evade arrest. The two shoot several people that are in their way and then steal a UPS truck. In their haste to get away, they run over an elderly woman walking with a cane as she was crossing the street. The number of fatalities continues to grow as the two boys attempt to flee. After wrecking the UPS truck, the two severely beat a…