This perspective can also be used to explain phobias. This perspective could help us to understand a service user who has a phobia of needles. Freud would say that the phobia is a symbol of an unconscious problem or past experience in childhood e.g. a patient may have been hurt by a needle or had an awful experience – poking around for a vein. Now they are older and may need blood tests, maybe insulin dependent diabetic - they would need psychoanalysis in the day care centre to get over this phobia We need to be careful not to make assumptions about services users – their behaviour may be due to earlier childhood experiences.
Are doctors too aggressively diagnosing and treating children with ADHD? Based on my current research, my hypothesis is that doctors are not too aggressively diagnosing and treating children with ADHD. In order to dissect and help answer this question, it will help to get a little more detailed and identify 3 research problems in regards to children being diagnosed with ADHD. First, how can we identify common symptoms in children diagnosed with ADHD vs. those of children who are said not to have ADHD? What method can we use to determine if medication lessens the symptoms?
Pediatrician can perform physical examination, measure vital statistics, take blood and urine samples, and prescribes certain medication for sick children. In order to make sure that the child/children are well taken care of, the doctor must be able to explain clearly enough for the parents(s) to know what type of medication to give the child, when to take the medication, and how much the child should take in order for that child to get well. In addition to being a pediatrician, you must form the ability of knowing how to cope with the children. In other words, pediatricians have to know how to make the child/children feel comfortable and not scared by gaining their trust. Letting them know that you want physically hurt them.
According the CDC, ADHD is “neurobehavioral disorders of childhood and can persist through adolescence and into adulthood.” The symptoms for ADHD include procrastination, lack of focus and concentration, tardiness, and distractibility. Not every person classified with ADHD exhibits every symptom. Three types of ADHD have been created according to which symptoms are strongest in the individual: Predominantly Inattentive Type, Predominantly Hyperactive-Impulsive Type, and Combined Type. The Predominantly Inattentive Type the person is easily distracted, hard for the individual to organize, finish a task, and forgetful of details in daily routines. A person is Predominantly Hyperactive-Impulsive Type when he or she fidgets and talks a lot.
In addition, using psychostimulant medications to treat ADHD or ADHD-like symptoms in a child or adolescent with bipolar disorder may worsen manic symptoms. While it can be hard to determine which young patients will become manic, there is a greater likelihood among children and adolescents who have a family history of bipolar disorder. If manic symptoms develop or markedly worsen during antidepressant or stimulant use, a child psychiatrist should be consulted, and treatment for bipolar disorder should be considered. Physicians should be aware of the signs and symptoms of mania so that they can educate families on how to recognize these and report them
There is also a treatment of cognitive behavioural therapy. This is a talking therapy that can help you manage a schizophrenic patient problems by changing the way they think and behave.CBT cannot remove the problems, but can help them manage them in a more positive way. It encourages them to examine how their actions can affect how they think and feel. Also an Antipsychotics can be given this is to reduce the amount of dopamine in the brain. There are also community programmes and mental health teams to help schizophrenic patients.
Since thoughts play a role in behavior, Christopher’s mother’s feelings of inadequacy could come from depression. In the story, Christopher equates his mother’s depression medication to helping to “stop her from feeling sad “(Haddon, 2003, p. 216). With cognitive behavioral therapy, Judy could learn to change how she deals with her son’s behavior by learning to identify and change her thought patterns. Using this type of therapy would help her reflect on her behavior and allow her to see that using the strategies provided by cognitive behavioral therapy, can help her to cope with her son’s disability in a positive, healthy, manner. Person Centered therapy provides a supportive, non-judgmental environment that places clients in control of their therapeutic process while the therapist offers positive unconditional support throughout their therapy.
The Effects of Divorce on Children Terry Means Palm Beach State College Author Note This paper was prepared for Human Growth and Development, DEP2004, taught by Dr. Michael Miles. The Effects of Divorce on Children Introduction Divorce relates to a life-transforming experience that affects children once it occurs. The impact is significant and psychologists advise parents considering divorce to assess and consider the impact that divorce presents to their children. It is therefore evident that any effect on the life of the parents impacts the children, either temporary or in the long-run. Some parents remain unaware of the impacts of divorce among children aged zero to three years or infants (Levin, 2013).
The identification and diagnosis of the disorder was difficult for many therapists. It was characterized by a pattern of inner experience and behaviour that deviates from the expectations of the individual’s culture, is pervasive and inflexible, has onset on adolescence or early adulthood, is stable over time, and leads to distress or impairment. 2. DSM-IV-TR diagnostic criteria for Personality Disorders “General diagnostic criteria for the a Personality Disorder A. An enduring pattern of inner experience and behaviour that deviates markedly from the expectations of the individual’s culture.
Nonpuerperal and puerperal depression are treated similarly unless the mother is breast-feeding. Data regarding the excretion of antidepressants in breast milk are limited.32 The American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Drugs35 concluded that “antidepressants are drugs whose effect on nursing infants is unknown but may be of concern.” Based on some reports, antidepressants considered to have no adverse effects on breast-fed infants (Table 8) may be considered for use in women with postpartum depression. Electroconvulsive therapy may be of value in patients who have severe depression with psychosis and an increased risk of suicide. Some investigators have found that estrogen therapy may be effective in patients with post-partum major depression.38 Double-blind studies are necessary before this therapy can be recommended for general use. Although pharmacotherapies for depression carry some risks, untreated depression may lead to significant problems.