Depressive disorders, which include major depressive disorder (unipolar depression), dysthymic disorder (chronic, mild depression), and bipolar disorder (manic-depression), can have far reaching effects on the functioning and adjustment of young people. Among both children and adolescents, depressive disorders confer an increased risk for illness and interpersonal and psychosocial difficulties that persist long after the depressive episode is resolved; in adolescents there is also an increased risk for substance abuse and suicidal behavior 1,2,3. Unfortunately, these disorders often go unrecognized by families and physicians alike. Signs of depressive disorders in young people often are viewed as normal mood swings typical of a particular developmental
Traub (2009) discusses the reliability of Dissociative Identity Disorder identification and categorization. Many believe that the DID is a symptom after a traumatic event, he states that “… the disorder is a defensive response that results naturally from continuous and tremendous childhood trauma, particularly from physical and sexual abuse” (Traub, 2009, p. 348). He talks about different sections, addressing whether Dissociative Identity Disorders are reliable diagnosis.. In the category of childhood trauma, Traub (2009) talks about how many psychiatrists believe the cause of many of the DID cases are due to trauma when they were children, especially in those that deal with an accumulation of traumatic events. People that advocates for DID states that it is necessary for childhood trauma to be predecessor and cause of this particular disorder.
Divorce has many effects on children and however the parents adjust to the divorce relates to how the child will adjust. Divorce can change negative effects on the development of a child. It can affect A child’s feelings, behaviors, emotions, communication skills, and health (Lewis, 1999) The effects can be long lasting into their adulthood. It is important that parents communicate and help their children on how to cope with a divorce. Divorce affects each member of the family which children experience it differently.
Disruptive Behavior Disorders are often diagnosed during early childhood and associated with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. (Felix, 2004). The Disruptive Behavior Disorders are the most common psychiatric disorder of childhood, with a prevalence of 4-9% of the entire pediatric population. (Felix, 2004) Disruptive Behavior Disorders in children are characterized by poor social relationships due to extremes of aggressiveness, lying, defiance, irritability, blaming others, cruelty, stealing, destructiveness, and rage. ( Keith,n.d)The child has show some of these symptoms, and that has cause me to worry about him.
Abstract Divorce is painful and confusing for children. How a parent handles it determines a lot about how the child will be affected, both today and tomorrow. After a parents’ divorce children are the primary concern. These concerns have derived from research evidence that divorce has many costs to them. Research reveals that balanced against the benefits that might derive from the end of a parents’ conflicted marriage, children often pay the price of a significantly reduced standard of living, emotional pain, and the loss of important parenting relationships in the immediate aftermath of divorce.
ADHD is a disorder most common in children, and requires that the symptoms be present by age seven in order to qualify for a diagnosis (Amer. Psychiatric Assoc., DSM-IV-TR, 4th ed., text rev.). Other key features of the disorder are a pattern of inattentiveness and hyperactivity or impulsivity that is pervasive in nature, is more severe than in typical individuals of the same age, and persists in multiple settings (Amer. Psychiatric Assoc., DSM-IV-TR, 4th ed., text rev.). There must be significant impairment of scholastic or social functionality, and the features must not be more easily explained by a different disorder (Amer.
(Centre on the Developing Child at Harvard University, 2008) It is quite a common sense that family involvement is an effective mean of children’s success. While family engagement confers benefits on all students, those with disabilities often require a greater degree of parental involvement . Their families play a number of supporting roles. When families and educators work together as partners, it enhances the likelihood that children with disabilities will have positive and successful learning experiences. If parents are involved in their child’s therapy programs, they are involved in the development and implementation of interventions.
Children exposed to IPV are also likely to be victims of child maltreatment, as there is a high co-occurrence of both types of violence. According to this study, the children are the main factor on the reason why the mother stays in the relationship with her abusive husband. Even though they are having a hard time, just to keep the family intact however, the mothers have guilt feelings due to putting their children in that kind of stress. Other respondents thought of leaving their partners and calling
Divorce: The Negative Impact on Children Sophia Price Liberty University Abstract A choice to divorce by parents can have long lasting negative effects on their children. The consequences of this choice can have an impact on the children’s cognitive, emotional and behavioral development. Negative aftermath can be seen throughout adolescence and into adulthood. The children can experience different levels of psychological distress as a result of a divided household. This study will also suggest children of divorcees will be more likely to experience academic complications.
Children with siblings are better able to make and maintain friendships, and being able to make friends early in life is a criteria for success. In kindergarden being able to make friendships is a good way to start to have conversations and express your feelings and emotions. Another advantage to having siblings is the ability to get along with people who are different from