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Childhood and Adolescent Psychiatric Disorders
The US Surgeon General reports that about 5 million children and adolescents in the United States have a serious mental illness. A serious mental illness is a diagnosable mental disorder that impairs a child’s daily life. The challenge that a practitioner faces is to differentiate between normal growth and development in a child who at […]
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Classification of mental disorders of childhood and adolescence
Psychiatric disorders have been estimated to occur in about 20% of children, but only about half of these experience psychosocial impairment, which is commonly used as the threshold by which to defi ne the need for treatment. ‘Psychosocial impairment’ refers to a signifi cant effect of symptoms on functioning in one of the areas in […]
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Childhood onset anorexia nervosa
Childhood onset anorexia nervosa The co-ordinal features of childhood onset anorexia nervosa are: •failure to maintain weight gain or actual weight loss in relation to age; •determined food avoidance; •abnormal concerns/preoccupation with weight and shape; and •amenorrhoea in post-menarcheal adolescents or delayed or arrested puberty. Incidence and prevalence In adolescent populations the prevalence of anorexia […]
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Treatment of mental health problems in childhood
The long-lasting biological basis for the problems needs to be emphasized to teachers and parents. Support for the family is crucial regarding management of the child. Parents need to adopt a consistent attitude to parenting with clear guidelines for acceptable behaviour. Simple time-out procedures can be used for unacceptable behaviour. Encouraging the child’s sustained attention […]
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Characteristic features of mental health problems in childhood
Characteristic features Marked restlessness, inattention and impulsiveness. Hyperactive children wriggle and squirm in their seats, find it hard to sit still in one place or experience difficulty persisting with any activity. In situations requiring attention and concentration, the child is easily distracted and seems not to listen when spoken to directly. Socially, such children find […]
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Early childhood mental health and aetiology
Aetiology There is consensus that some genetic predisposition exists. Although family factors have also been implicated, their role in severe cases is unclear. Birth complications and diet play a part in a minority of cases. Assessment is usually preceded by collecting information using the Conners’ Teacher’s and Parent’s Questionnaires. These questionnaires are used to screen […]
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Early Childhood Emotional Behavioral Disorders
Emotional disorders of childhood The Isle of Wight studies diagnosed anxiety disorders in 2 per cent of 10- and 11-year-olds. The most common anxiety disorders are separation anxiety, disorders of childhood, generalized anxiety disorder, specific phobias and social anxiety disorders of childhood. Separation anxiety disorders Anxiety arises in response to separation from parents and other […]
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Early childhood mental health information
Mental health problems in childhood Pre-school problems Pre-school problems such as sleep problems, tantrums and feeding problems are relatively common. Moderate to severe behavioural problems have been found in 7 per cent with mild problems in a further 15 per cent, with a slight male excess. Disorders starting in pre-school years can persist into later […]
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Childhood Antecedents of Dependency
The results of numerous studies indicate that over- protective, authoritarian parenting is a primary cause of exaggerated dependency needs during adolescence and adulthood. Prospective and retrospective studies of the parenting style-dependency link have produced highly similar results, allowing strong conclusions to be drawn regarding the etiology of dependent person- ality traits. Findings in this area […]
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