Emotional and behavioral disorders in childhood and adolescence

child abuse, and if so, then teens/young adults need to know how to help the child(ren). They should also be taught how to prevent child abuse in their homes and with their families. Child abuse is when a parent or caregiver causes injury, death, emotional harm, or risk of serious harm to a child. Physical abuse is when a parent…

Why binge eating disorders affect more to teenagers? Every three teenagers who seek treatment for their weight are compulsive eaters. In 1959, Albert Stunkard (a professor of the University of Pennsylvania) was the first person to describe binge eating as a medical disorder in obese people. In a study done with a group of patients with obesity, Stunkard made the observation that each of the patients had a pattern of nocturnal ingestion in which he called it “Night Eating Syndrome.” However, in…

means lying and taking advantage of others to get what they want. Lack of remorse is when a person does not care about another person’s feelings regardless of if they have been mistreated or stolen from. Many of these symptoms appear during childhood or adolescences. These individuals also start fights and engage in law breaking behaviors. There people are probably the bullies in the school. “The purpose of bullying is to harm, seek revenge, or personally attack an individual” (Gibbone & Manson…

problematic. Many psychologists believe that anxiety is a product of childhood experiences. If a child is raised in a harmful environment, it will reflect on his or her behavior during adolescence and adult life. This is not only believed for diseases, but for behavior in general. To recognize the effects of the environment on the development of anxiety disorders, it seems essential to determine if the symptoms of the disorder in young people differ from those of old people. In a study,…

Analysis ” Antisocial personality disorder is a psychosocial theory that is often referred to as psychopathy…Those that live with Antisocial Personality Disorder frequently lack empathy and tend to be heartless, sarcastic, and condescending towards the feelings, rights, and sufferings of others. They may have an exaggerated and egotistical self-appraisal and may be excessively narrow-minded, self-confident, or boastful. A personality disorder is an enduring pattern of inner experience and…

children. The World Health Organization has stated that mental health problems are a public health issue worldwide, while 20–25% of individuals develop at least one mental disorder in their lifetime (World Health Organization, 2001). While the impact of social factors on adult health leads in research, examining this topic in adolescence has become more common. Increasing poverty rates are among children and adolescents (UNICEF, 2005), and poor health as a consequence of socioeconomic…

Exposure to Maternal Depression and Cortisol Influences Infant Temperament by Davis et al. from 2007 focuses on those long term behavioral affects of prenatal stress on children born to full-term and of normal gestational birth weight. These qualifiers assess for the affects of maternal stress on fetal and infant development without confounding affects of developmental disorders in preterm or low birth-weight children already at risk for neurodevelopmental problems. In this study of 247 women…

in your stomach when your crush tells you he likes or even when your heart is pounding because you're in danger situation. Anxiety makes you feel that way and it is normal to feel that way because it can help you cope. But if you have an anxiety disorder it isn't normal as having anxiety. An anxiety…

Anxiety disorders are one of the most common psychological disorders among humans. Both, adults and children alike suffer from anxiety disorders. According to textbook, about 15-20% children and adolescents suffer from anxiety disorder (Weis, 2014). Prevalence of anxiety is much higher in girls compared to boys and adolescents have a higher chance of suffering from anxiety disorder compared to children. According to Weis (2014), anxiety disorders tends to increase with age when we take gender…

Borderline personality disorder, also commonly abbreviated to BPD, is a serious mental disorder notable for both emotional instability as well as instabilities within relationships. BPD usually starts in adolescence or early adulthood ‒although symptoms may begin showing in early childhood‒ (NIMH), and affects between 1.6 and 5.9% of the U.S. population (NAMI). Its smaller numbers, however, may be attributed to the fact that it is only a fairly recent disorder; BPD was first recorded as a…