I. Introduction Are children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) at high risk of developing depression as adolescents or adults? This is a question that is important for many people. The families of children with ADHD should understand this topic, because if they are at high risk, then parents can be alerted to the symptoms of depression. A key part of the prognosis of any disorder or disease is early detection; known risk factors help provide an avenue for early diagnosis and treatment, and therefore an improved prognosis.
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
Also the brains function of people with bipolar disorder may differ from the brains of healthy person. Bipolar is a complex illness. Therefore there are many different symptoms and several different types of bipolar disorder. The primary symptoms of the disorder are dramatic and unpredictable mood swings. The Mania symptoms may include excessive happiness, excitement, irritability, increased energy, and less need for sleep.
There are a great diversity of childhood disorder forms and causes. Some of these disorders are primarily disorders of the brain, while others are more behavioral in nature. Whatever the cause of child’s disorders or illnesses, one basic rule applies to what to do about helping them: It is best to seek professional treatment at the earliest time possible. Early treatment and intervention for children's symptoms helps reduce the impact of those symptoms on further development. Untreated symptoms can snowball and lead to the development of sometimes severe secondary problems such as social, academic and occupational difficulties, addictions, poor self-esteem, suicide attempts, self-harm (cutting or burning oneself) and the like.
Emotional trauma at a time when the brain isn't fully developed may cause changes to the brain and decrease a person's ability to deal with stressful situations later in their life. The hope is that this paper will enlighten the reader in regard to how negative events in the early stages of development can severely affect the person in maturity. CHILD ABUSE AND ITS EFFECTS ON DEVELOPMENT 3 Child Abuse and its Effects on Development Erik Erikson's theory of psychosocial development is one of the best theories of personality in psychology. Erikson believed that personality develops in a series of stages. Erikson's theory describes the impact of social experience across one's life span.
CBT 2 Abstract Objective: Childhood psychic trauma affects several areas of the brain which in relation causes behavioral problems. Traumatized children who are victims of physical or sexual abuse, neglect or other traumatic event is generally evaluated and supervised by therapist who provides trauma focused treatment. I will be providing information on realistic strategies used for managing dysfunctional emotions and behavior problems which is broken down by the trauma focused evidence base treatment also referred to as (EBT) used for children who are highly distress. Methods: Cognitive therapy looks to help children defeat difficulties. Treatment planning includes a balance of both trauma and behavioral focal point, working on ongoing behavioral problems and behavioral crises, modify distorted thinking so that families could have the knowledge to transfer, and children can learn how to talk through their experiences.
• Manic episode – may experience pressured speech, with thoughts experienced as racing. • Hypomanic episode - mild to moderate level of mania, characterized by optimism, pressure of speech and activity, and decreased need for sleep. • Mixed affective episode - tearfulness during a manic episode or racing thoughts during a depressive episode. What is the treatment for bipolar disorder? Bipolar disorder requires long-term treatment.
Though they create anxiety in the dreamer, anxiety dreams also serve as a way for a person's ego to re-set. Causes: Anxiety dreams often from childhood trauma. A factor in this is the developing ego of the child. This is especially true of children about one year in age. At this age anxiety dreams occur because the child's ego can't integrate his or her daily experiences.
There are more complications in diagnosing adolescents with schizophrenia. Some of the same symptoms used to diagnose schizophrenia are also common for other mental illnesses such as bipolar disorder and depression (Tossell, 2003). Therefore misdiagnosis is fairly common further pointing out that ruling out other possible disorders is extremely
Abuse or Addiction Drug abuse is defined by Dryden-Edwards (2014) as a destructive pattern of repeatedly using a substance that leads to significant problem or distress in major areas of life such as relationships and employment. Adolescents are more likely to abuse a substance such as alcohol or drugs because of peer pressure and the physical changes that