Mental Health And Developmental Disorders

In this paper, readers will explore the psychological disorder of major depression. Depression is a very mental illness that affects many adolescents. Readers will also explore the symptoms of depression, like loss of interest, loss of sleep, etc. As many causes of this mental illness are categories in factors like neurological and social for depressed adolescents. Readers will read about the treatments of depression ranging from anti-depressants to electroconvulsive therapy in case studies mentioned. Finally, readers will understand what major depressive disorder is and how it could affect an adolescent in their times of trouble.

J.K was administered Children Depression Inventory (CIDI) to verify the themes found in the projective tests. Children Depression Inventory assesses the presence and severity of depressive symptoms ages 7 to 17 years. It measures Negative Mood, Interpersonal Problem, Ineffectiveness, Anhedonia and Negative Self-Esteem. Her CDI total score was 42. Her scores ranged from below average to average. CDI total score reflects the number and severity of the depressive symptoms. J.K’s CDI profile is considered normal. Her highest T score was on the subscale Ineffectiveness which corresponds with her drawings that suggest that she feels inadequate. J.K’s challenge appears to be related to her view of school and her desire for a stronger relationship

In this chapter the first this we read about was cultural beliefs about what is normal and what is abnormal. Then we read about the prevalence of mental health problems in children and adolescents. We learned that mental health disorders are quite common in young people and about 40% of adolescents have experienced a diagnosable disorder during this past year and about on in 10 children suffer from a disorder that affects their development and yet they fail to get the treatment that they need. We then read about risk factors for childhood disorders, the risk factors include genetic susceptibility, prenatal influences on the developing brain, environmental stressors, family factors, ethnic minority statues, anxiety and depressive disorders,

Children’s mental health is a very important part of learning because children need to be able to control their emotions and behaviors in order to function in developmentally appropriate ways. Mental health refers to children’s abilities to understand and manage their emotions and behaviors, to function positively with others in age appropriate and developmentally appropriate ways, and to form meaningful relationships (Amador, Daeschel, and Sorte, Pg. 416). Children are emotional rollercoasters and each one learn from adults on how to handle certain things as they grow up from the time they are

According to the DSM-5, the main feature of mood disorders is a disturbance of mood. One of the most highly prevalent mood disorders is Major Depressive Disorder, an often chronic and severe disorder. It is considered a recurrent disorder when not chronic, where clients remit from depressive episodes and symptoms go away for a period of time but may return at a later time as part of the same depressive episode, or otherwise recovering from a treated episode but a new episode recurs later in the future (Hollon, Stewart & Strunk, 2006). The current criteria used to diagnose Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) are as follows; five or more of these symptoms must be present over a consecutive 2 week period, characterised as a major depressive episode (MDE) and must be a change from previous functioning, including insomnia or hypersomnia, fatigue, feelings of worthlessness or guilt, recurrent thoughts of death and/or suicide, significant unusual weight or appetite loss, reduced ability to think and concentrate. Furthermore, either one of these following two or both symptoms are a must; depressed mood or diminished interest or pleasure in all or almost all activities. Children may have irritable moods rather than depressed. Furthermore, depressed people report less enjoyment in social interactions and lesser social contact than non-depressed people, supported by research showing that depressed people have social cognition deficits whereby they have difficulty navigating their social environment and impaired interpersonal functioning (Bora & Berk,

Developmental psychopathology is measured by three guidelines: statistical deviance, maladaptiveness, and personal distress. Statistical deviance defines a range of normal and abnormal behavior, maladaptiveness determines if a person is a danger to themselves or others, and personal distress characterizing personal suffering (Sigelman & Rider, 2012).

According to the discussion DSM p31 the intellectual developmental disorder differs from global developmental delay from specific limitation of learning or control a description is attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder {ADHD} and Autism. The intellectual developmental disorder deficits diagnoses of mental disabilities; reasoning, problem solving, planning, abstract thinking, judgement, academic learning and experience. Moreover, Intellectual developmental fails to meet personal independence of daily life as to adaptive functioning. In addition, in a community setting individuals fails to in daily life as to communication, social participation occupational functioning. Contrast global developmental delay diagnose is when an individual fail

Would you want to wake up one day and have a mental illness and realize you have money to afford help but know you can 't let it just slide? Even though mental health is expensive, it is needed as an aid for the illnesses of the people getting help. Mental health funding helps the citizens that can 't afford the help for it. They provide a stress free environment for families and citizens since they don 't have to worry about the expenses of the help.

Neurodevelopmental psychiatric disorders such as autism spectrum disorders, schizophrenia and anxiety disorders, which typically emerge in children and adolescents, have been extensively investigated worldwide for decades. The pathogenesis and mechanism remained unclear, and no effective treatment has been identified so far. Recently, a variety of studies identified prenatal stress (PS) as a risk factor for neurodevelopmental socioemotional disorders (Khashan et al., 2008, Kinney et al., 2008, Ronald et al., 2010, Monk et al., 2012). A popular thesis proposed that socioemotional disorders arise from PS-induced perturbations to early brain development, especially the neurophysiology of amygdala. Various studies have shown that the amygdala is implicated in the pathophysiology of neurodevelopmental psychiatric disorders (Quirk and Gehlert, 2003), also several studies have identified that PS affects amygdala development (Kraszpulski et al., 2006, Laloux et al., 2012). However, little is known about how PS influences the amygdala developmental trajectory. Ehrlich et al. conducted this study to first investigate whether PS has an effect on socioemotional behavior of adolescents and adults, and secondly whether and how PS alters amygdala neuron excitability. They were motivated to explain the relationship among PS, amygdala neuronal activity and socioemotional behaviors because understanding the trajectory of brain development can provide potential targets for intervention of the

Incorrect diagnosis of kids’ medical conditions can lead to the prescription of wrong treatments and overmedication. Therefore, it is extremely important that a child is diagnosed by the correct medical specialist. The diagnosis of mental disorder in kids is not an exact science. It is so complex that the chance to get the proper medication that suits the child’s condition is extremely slim. Many doctors affirm that psychiatric prescription is based on their observations of the child’s behaviors. Nowadays, modern psychiatry has reached a point where even the most normal behavior and emotions of a child have been labeled

Development of Behavioral Disorders -Bowen believes that symptoms result for stress that exceeds a person 's/system 's ability to manage it. Bowen believes the underlying factor is emotional fusion, the greater the level of fusion the more vulnerable they are to the emotionality of others, emotionally fused children try to break away which leads to emotional cutoff. Symptoms develop when the vertical problems of anxiety and toxic family issues intersect with the horizontal stress of transition points in the family life cycle. The more well differentiated the person is the more resilient they will be and the more flexible in sustaining their relationships

Psychological disorders occur when several behaviors cause impairment in a person’s life. The individual can’t function successful in many areas of his/her live.

The fourth stage is actually having depression, this is when a mother starts to really feel the depression and starts to think that they are just holding their families back from being happy. They will have symptoms like excessive crying, mood swings, loss of appetite and even severe anxiety and panic attacks. It will even get to the point where they will think about harming the baby since in their eyes Its all the babes fault that they are going through this. They will want to make the decision to just leave their families because they aren’t in a good place and don’t want to keep hurting their loves ones. They will even think “I’II never get better so there’s no point in going on (Stone 2011)” meaning they see no point in living or even getting

It provides an assessment of symptoms corresponding to criteria for diagnosing depressive disorders. She obtained a raw sore of 26, indicating she is experiencing moderate depressive symptoms. She endorsed she has experienced feeling saddness and fleeting suicidal thoughts thoughts of killing herself. However, she declined acting on those thoughts. She endorsed experiencing feelings of fatigue, restlessness, guilt, with the expectation of being punished, and expressed a dislike for herself. Ms. A is very self-critical, lacks self- worth and sees herself as a failure. She further endorsed having loss of appetite and difficulty making

The neurodevelopmental disorders, according to the DSM 5, are a group of conditions with onset in the developmental period. The disorders typically manifest early in development, often before the child enters grade school, and are characterized by developmental deficits that produce impairments of personal, social, academic, or occupational functioning. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is newly classified as such; it was once classified as “Asperger’s Syndrome.” ASD is a severe neurodevelopmental impairment. The disorder limits the functioning capabilities of children and their capacity to communicate as well as interact with others. ASD effects how children perceive the world around them; socializing with others happens to be the most vital piece of development. Onset for ASD can occur as early as infancy, some children, however, may develop normal and then begin to suddenly withdraw and become unusually aggressive with those around them, they also begin to lose vocabulary and language skills they’ve once had. Other medical conditions may be comorbid with ASD; for example, epilepsy, intellectual and structural language disorders, mental disorders, sleep disorders, and avoidant-restrictive food intake disorders, (DSM 5, pg. 59).