Emotional and behavioral disorders in childhood and adolescence

Abstract There are many different disorders that one may encounter during growth and development. Elimination disorders is a common one often faced during childhood, when a child performs inappropriate elimination of urine or feces. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the diagnosis and treatment of elimination disorders. According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, “This group of disorders includes enuresis, the repeated voiding of urine into…

development. Although, there are infinite numbers of case research on various causes in emotional disturbances found in children, the investigation derived from the actual case is typically understudied. Most research tends to focus primarily on the ideal of social support system. However, researchers such as Ethier’s 2004, found evidence of a few case studies that have shown more evidence towards understanding emotional disturbances with the affliction in the direction of parental neglect and…

and young adolescence. With that said, magnetic resonaning imaging has “opened up new possibilities for studying human brain structure and function across lifespan” ( Raschle, Zuk, Ortiz-Mantilla, Sliva, Franceschi, Grant, Benasich and Gaab, 2012). With more increase in the use of fMRI and MRI with infants and young children it can also add more understanding to drain development within a specific age…

in gray matter in the brain. Then those that had not been abused. (Ola W. Barnett). Those children who are physically abused are more likely to have effects such as depression, behavioral issues, more prone to violence, or have emotional impairments. Not only does this effects alter the children in their adolescence but also in their adulthood. In many as of 88 studies did they find that corporal punishment correlated with troubled people in their adulthood, and all with negative outcomes.…

Emotional development was the focal point of chapter eleven. The chapter provided an overview of Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development, attachment, emotion, temperament and personality, and supporting children who exhibit emotional challenges. Throughout the chapter, bioecological factors were also discussed. As children grow older, they experience multiple changes with regard to their reasoning skills, cognitive processes and language abilities. Additionally, children see changes in…

Anxiety disorders are often misdiagnosed or overlooked despite high rates of prevalence. The basic commonality in all anxiety disorders is anxious apprehension, a future-oriented condition in where the individual prepares to cope with upcoming negative events (source). High levels of negative affect, chronic over-arousal and a feeling of uncontrollability, which can lead to avoidant behaviors, accompany the condition of anxious apprehension in anxiety disorders (source). The…

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The dream of every woman is to experience mother hood. The very sight of new born brings happiness. During infancy and childhood the child is dependent on its mother for everything. Initially every child is born with fundamental traits and each of the traits is triggered at respective stages of development. They begin to follow language and react to visual and auditory sounds…

in a foster home, and suffered physical, verbal and sexual abuse (Black & Washington, 2002). After removal from the foster home, to escape homelessness, Antwone joined the navy then met Commander Williams who was able to help him work through the emotional trauma experienced as a child. As a child, Antwone suffered from low self esteem, loneliness, fear, and anxiety which spilled over into adulthood. Developmental trauma extends across many…

frequency waves to creat a visual respresntation of the fetus structues. Chronic villus sampling takes a small sample of placenta to detect genetic defects. Lastly, amniocentesis takes a sample of the amniotic fluid and it is used to detect chromosomal disorders. 5. Explain some of the ways that heredity and environment interact to produce individual differences in development. There are three different ways that heredity and enviroment correlate to produce individual differences in…