Emotional and behavioral disorders in childhood and adolescence

Sadly, there are over 400,000 infants born each year having been prenatally exposed to alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drugs which cause a spectrum physical, emotional, and psychological problems that can prevent healthy development through these stages and persist into adulthood (National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare (NCSACW), 2013). During the first year of life an infant learns to either trust…

Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common childhood disorders. ADHD can continue through adolescence and adulthood, but can be treated. ADHD is considered a lifelong disorder, whereby 30% to 70% of children with ADHD experience impairing symptoms in adulthood (J Adnorm 437). ADHD consist of a pattern of behavior that is multiple settings where it gives rise to social, educational, or work performance difficulties (Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry, S44). ADHD has three…

spike the viewers’ interest. The broadcast seemed to provide the viewers with selective facts that enabled them portray Schizophrenia in childhood as they saw fit, but not to increase the public’s understanding of Schizophrenia in its entirety, or provide supportive ideas and resources to viewers. For example, according to Kiligus, Maxmen, & Ward (2016),…

Elimination disorders can present themselves in two ways during childhood and adolescence. The first is called enuresis, which is the "failure to control urination after one has reached the 'normal' age for attaining such control" (Nevid, Rathus, Greene p 529). With this disorder, it seems that the exact "normal" age differs among psychologists. But, in general, the child should be at least five years old, consistently wetting the bed, with it occurring at least two times per week over the…

Antisocial Personality Disorder, clinical diagnosis 301.7. This diagnosis is given to individuals who regularly violate the rights of others without remorse, guilt or regret (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). These individuals lack the ability to empathize or show true…

some variations of the disorder, however, that are more common and have become easily recognizable. For example, there are two sub-disorders within ODD: Childhood-Onset and Adolescent-Onset (Wicks-Nelson and Israel 229). The meanings behind the names are just like they sound; one type occurs during the patient’s childhood, around preschool age, and the other occurs during adolescence. There are also many disorders that are comorbid with ODD. The most common is Conduct Disorder, because…

report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, child abuse and neglect cost our society about 124 billion dollars each year. Also, since it is known that child abuse is extremely underreported, victims of abuse and neglect during childhood may develop mental health conditions that, left untreated, go on to affect…

data. Research using empirical data from known schizophrenic cases can provide ‘risk assessment’ to each individual case, by identifying well known risk factors such as genetics and obstetric complications along with developmental and behavioral problems in childhood, psychopathology and other indicators such as changes in social behavior, neurophysiology such as EEG to identify schizophrenic characteristics, and neuroimaging such as MRI, showing structural changes in the brain, to improve early…

status. She has struggled with truancy in school. Nicole experienced verbal and physical abuse, and the Department of Family Services has been involved multiple times. This paper will identify normative developmental milestones from infancy to adolescence and analyze Nicole’s life according to these milestones. Therapeutic interventions will also be discussed, in relation to the milestones that Nicole did not appear to meet. Names of people and places have been changed to be in accordance with…

Transitioning from childhood into an adolescent can be challenging. One area of focus is their psychosocial development. “According to psychologist Erik Erikson’s model of psychosocial development, children begin to struggle with their sense of identity when entering adolescent, when they begin the transition to adulthood” (Global Post, 2015, para 3). The adolescents may become vulnerable to a disorder known as Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). “From a developmental perspective,…