Medicating Children with Behavioral and Psychological Disorders

fighting over medicating their children. We hear so much about the raise in medication and think about our own childhood where the children were not taking medication or labeled as having Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). But what a lot of us don’t know is that it was always with us. Lack of knowledge is a part of the reason for our debate over medication. In this review we will look at the pros and cons to medicating children. Before we liked to label them as "bad" children exhibiting

Substance abuse complicates almost every aspect of care for the person with a mental disorder. When drugs enter the brain, they can interrupt the work and actually change how the brain performs its jobs; these changes are what lead to compulsive drug use. Drug abuse plays a major role when concerning mental health. It is very difficult for these individuals to engage in treatment. Diagnosis for a treatment is difficult because it takes time to disengage the interacting effects of substance abuse

Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is one of the most diagnosed mental disorders today, and can often be closely linked to concurrent symptoms or disorders including physiological, behavioral, other anxiety disorders, depression and substance abuse. (Merino, Senra & Ferreiro, 2016) (Cacioppo & Fregberg, 2013, p. 688). GAD most notably produces symptoms of excessive worry and anxiety related to non-specific risks, which often leads to functional decline both socially and professionally (Roberge et

The statistics are stunning, an estimated 6.4 million school-age children (ages 4 – 17) have received a medical diagnosis of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Have you ever wondered what it is like to be diagnosed with ADHD? Take a moment and put yourself in the place of a child who has received this diagnosis. Imagine what it is like to be the boy or girl who can’t stop screaming, fighting or fidgeting. The child who stares and does not focus. Imagine the parents of an ADHD child

previous years, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has become more widely accepted as a relatively common disorder in the United States. With that, 8.8% of children were diagnosed in 2011 compared to 7% in 2007 (Pomeroy, 2013). However, as the rise in diagnostics has increased, so has the level of controversy. Many people question whether or not ADHD is overly diagnosed in the adolescent, which leads to an over-prescription of psychological attention and pharmaceuticals. Because of the

system, was put on medication for ADHD, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia without ever being diagnosed. The strength of the medication he was put on it had caused him to be extremely irritable, lose his appetite, and develop insomnia at the age of ten-years-old. The longer he was on medication, the worse his side effects would get, causing young Ke’onte to be hospitalized on three separate occasions, all of which led him to a prescription of more behavioral drugs. After being adopted out of the foster

Most often, parents do not realize there is something different about their child until he or she has entered a formal classroom environment, where sitting still and paying attention is expected. Children who are diagnosed with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) have multiple symptoms that manifest in early childhood. Symptoms for inattentiveness include: careless mistakes in schoolwork, inability to focus on tasks, not finishing tasks when started, easily losing things, distractibility

of mental health patients. "Psychotropic drugs are valuable tools in treating many mental health disorders, but inappropriate prescribing can cause serious harm" (Smith, 2012). Over-diagnosis is the act of diagnosing many with a condition they do not have. Over-medicating is the process of prescribing drugs to those who may not need them. These two problems commonly occur pertaining to the disorders: Depression, Anxiety, and ADHD. Traditionally, medication is the first alternative doctors have turned

and feet, and distorted mental and cognitive functioning. This can also be followed up with drowsy state. The same affects happen with users who introduce to their bodies in other ways (NIDA 2015). 304.20 F14.20 Cocaine use disorder, Severe 304.00 F11.20 Opioid use disorder, Severe Still living with anger and resentment towards her mother from childhood Rosa Lee shows symptoms of PTSD. She often worries feeling like she is losing control of her life which has been an emotional roller coaster. Early

Sometimes people have troubles dealing with everyday life issues, Applied behavioral science uses Psychological knowledge to help people form coping skills to enhance and maintain quality of life. Behavioral science helps analyzes and investigate human behavior, why we think the way we do, do the things we do, say the things we say, and why we feel a certain way. The case study I chose is severe depression from the Clinical Psychology perspective and is about Joe, his family history and his circumstances