Emotional and behavioral disorders in childhood and adolescence

difficulties at home, concerning odd and disruptive behaviors, obsession concerning her mother’s safety, anxiety, and declining academic performance. Diagnosis Based on her presenting symptoms, Vera meets the full criteria for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). The DSM-5 (American Psychological Association, 2013) diagnosis of OCD requires the presence of either obsessions, compulsions, or both. Obsessions are characterized by recurrent, unwanted images, thoughts, or urges that cause a person…

Childhood schizophrenia is a mental health issue that leads to emotional issues that can emerge in early childhood and can be detrimental to a child’s development physically, socially, and emotionally. In my essay, I will discuss the process in terms of how this disorder arises during childhood, the emotional challenges that youth face when interacting with people and navigating their social worlds. Furthermore, I will be focusing on how the behaviour is maintained using a behaviourist and…

hardships. People cannot learn maturity in school or from a commercial. Without understanding what maturity is, people fail to learn from issues that will eventually lead them into maturity. From infancy, to childhood, to adolescence, and finally into adulthood people emerge from personal and behavioral characteristics and hopefully develop into full development, otherwise known as…

Sociopaths are oftentimes nervous and easily agitated. Their behaviors are erratic, and they more times than not have emotional emotional outbursts. Psychopaths lack empathy, however, they often have charming personalities. "Psychopaths are very manipulative and can easily gain people 's trust. They learn to mimic emotions, despite their inability to actually feel them, and will…

Eating disorder is a type of illness where serious issues affect your everyday diet whether it will make you eat less or extremely more. This illness can occur through by genetic, biological, behavioral, psychological, and social factors. According to The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), common eating disorders include anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN), and binge-eating disorder (BED). Harvard Medical School, Department of Health Care also conducted recent studies showing…

A child suffering from behavioral or emotional problem might have difficulty during adolescence. They can also be involved in juvenile delinquency, adult criminality and/or abusive behavior. And most commonly they might be involved with alcohol and other drug abuses. A study by the U.S. Department of Justice…

or stressed one time or another during their adolescent years. Numerous students diagnosed with emotional disorders have IEPs (individualized education plans) or 504 plans which include accommodations that address their emotional disorders. Nevertheless, there is a population of students without IEPs or 504 plans that need the support of the school counselor. Students who suffer from social/emotional problems are more likely to have academic difficulties and attendance issues. The role of…

The Effects of Early Childhood Attachments On the evening of the Genovese murder in 1964, an eyewitness and neighbor, before calling police, telephoned a friend in nearby Nassau County to ask his opinion as to whether he should get involved (Gado, 2014, pp 1-12). Unthinkable to many, relying on someone else’s response as a basis for action or approval during a crisis is a normal occurrence. It is important to note, Forsyth (2014) found these actions were not associated with a lack of apathy or…

ASPD: antisocial personality disorder also know as dissocial personality disorder and Sociopathy is a personality disorder that is oftentimes characterized by a pattern of disregard, or the violation of, the rights of others (Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, 2014). With this diagnosis usually comes an impoverished sense of moral conscience. Usually a history of violence, impulsivity, aggressive behavior, crime and legal problems are present. The often try to con or trick…

In-School Suspension are great ways to punish to bring behavior change to that child. “The results of a representative German sample using multivariate analyses show that individuals who were physically punished or abused by their parents during childhood or adolescence are more punitive than non-victims of parental violence”…