Child and adolescent psychiatry

Drug Abuse and its Impact on Middle Childhood Children and Adolescents Sarad Basnet Cerritos Collge Child Development 110 Drug Abuse and its Impact on Middle Childhood Children and Adolescents Back in Nepal, my neighbour Eku, has been into drugs for a long time. He was 13 when started smoking Marijuana and even Drinking alcohol. Me and my other friends as a child were constantly reminded by our parents to not to be like him and even not to talk to him. He was five years…

Career Description In the future I am going to be a psychiatrist for adolescents and children specifically in a mental hospital inpatient or outpatient. Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, study, and treatment of mental disorders.These include various abnormalities related to mood, behaviour, cognition, and perceptions. Initial psychiatric assessment of a person usually begins with a case history and mental status examination. Physical examinations and…

9 To what extent does body image marketing and Western media influence the rate of anorexia nervosa in young women in the United States, China, and Fiji? What is Anorexia Nervosa? Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder that was first named in 1873 by Dr. William Gull in a paper he wrote titled “V.—Anorexia Nervosa (Apepsia Hysterica, Anorexia Hysterica)” in which he examines girls ages 15 through 18. The “nervosa” portion of the name comes from Dr. Gull’s description of the…

in 1899 in Illinois. The system was a first step toward the first child psychiatry clinic in 1909 in the same state. When the courts were created, there were no restrictions or sentencing, the goal of the courts were to “help the youth return to a healthy path of development” according to May. Gregory Fritz in an article in The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter, expresses his opinion that children and adolescents are still developing in many ways. In contradiction to his…

Teen suicide is an ever constant issue that this nation and the world as a whole has to deal with on a daily basis. Thousands of adolescents every take their own life due to a multitude of issues and problems. These pointless deaths could be avoided through the direct or indirect intervention of friends, family, and even persons outside of the child’s life. At the beginning of my research, I didn’t know a lot of information pertaining to this major issue, however after thorough research I have…

The article describes how sex offenders experienced childhood behaviors that lack the development of a normal human being. Child sexual abuse, emotional neglect, and domestic violence are the most common childhood behaviors that sexual offenders encountered in the early stages of their life. On the other hand, sex offenders with parents of substance abuse, divorced, and incarceration increased their risk of criminal behaviors. Emotional and behavioral patterns increases and caused sex offender…

Summary and Critical Response: “Screening Teenagers Does Not Prevent teen Suicide” In “Screening Teenagers Does Not Prevent teen Suicide” Ellen Liversidge claims that screening teens for mental illness and suicide does not help prevent suicide in teens. She claims that the screenings are a scam to give out more drugs. Liversidge discusses how the screenings are invalid and lead to false positives. She writes about how the screenings have not shown to help prevent suicides in teens. She uses…

Adderall and its Effects on Adolescents Christine R. Perrin Florida Institute of Technology Abstract The purpose of this paper is to discuss Adderall and Adderall XR for the treatment of ADHD in adolescents. It will discuss the history of Adderall as well as present several case studies and findings including side effects both positive and negative on adolescents. Specifically this paper will focus on the history, case studies, and side effects adolescents have been known to exhibit with both…

Questions for discussion: 1. What do you think an alternative diagnosis might be given for a child with ODD-mild, who only shows symptoms at school? Simultaneously a therapist classifying a client under the disruptive, impulsive-control, and conduct disorder category, should initially eliminate the possibility of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Symptomatically, individuals who suffer from Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) or ADHD diagnostically could overlap, making it at…

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