Child and adolescent psychiatry

Hispanic Youth and Anxiety Disorders Currently, Hispanics/Latinos are the largest and fastest growing minority group in the United States (Varela, Niditch, Hensley-Maloney, Moore, & Creveling, 2013). Approximately, 40% of the Hispanic population under the age of 18 (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2002). In addition, anxiety disorders and phobias are among the most prevalent psychological disorders that affect youth and do not abate (Bernstein, Borchardt, & Perwien, 1996; Flakierska-Prakin

Current epidemiological data suggest anxiety disorders are the most prevalent type of childhood psychological disorders. Generalized Anxiety Disorder or GAD is described by excessive worrying about a variety of events, including those in the past, present, and future. Children with this disorder worry excessively about a number of issues, including past conversations or actions, upcoming events, school, family health, their own health, competence in sports or academics, and world events. Typically

Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry from 2013, physicians define ODD as “ a pattern of disobedient, hostile, and defiant behavior directed toward authority figures. Children and adolescents with ODD often rebel, are stubborn, argue with adults, and refuse to obey. They have angry outbursts and have a hard

As bullying continues to rise amongst children of all ages, it is absolutely crucial to not only find out what implications being victimized have on a child, but also find possible ways to eliminate the negative outcomes they endure. Current research has already gathered an abundance of information surrounding the effects bullying has on its victims. One area of current focus on bullying and victimization is the health effects. Serious negative mental, emotional and physical health outcomes have

Psychiatry, replete with both its allure and pragmatism, intrigues me. However, my appreciation of this specialty did not occur spontaneously. Becoming a physician has always been a life beautiful dream that led me into medicine. Early on in medical school, I knew that I wanted several things from my career as a physician, including intellectual challenge, ongoing close relationships with my patients, and the opportunity to give quality care to patients with fewer resources. At the beginning of

Bullying in children and adolescence is becoming an ever increasing issue as it is prevalent in various forms including physical, verbal, relational, and cyber space (Wang et al., 2011). Bullying can be defined as a subtype of aggression that involves repeated exposure to negative actions with the intent to cause harm or discomfort and an imbalance of power between the bully and victim (Hong, Kral, & Sterzing, 2014). Youth who are being bullied have been found to have significant risk of developing

Loeber, Burke, and Pardini reported in clinical groups among children, ODD is listed as one of the most commonly known behavioral disorders (as cited in Kazdin, 1995). Stringaris and Goodman (2009) found ODD is apparently very important among adolescents because of its strong connection with a large assortment of fully developed mental health disorders such as (as cited by Kim-Cohen et all., 2003,

JUL: Good father, I beseech you on my knees, / Hear me with patience but to speak a word.” (3.5.157-163). This shows that Juliet is defying her parent’s wishes because she is arguing against her dad when he told her that she has to marry Paris. Adolescents

Section A Introduction: Psychiatry For this investigation I have chosen to conduct research into the medical field of Psychiatry. Psychiatry is considered to be one of the most difficult occupations to work in and thus entry into the field of Psychiatry is both difficult and challenging. In Psychiatry there is a large breakdown of additional specialist fields, all of which require a large amount of study to perform well in. In the past 5 years the field of psychiatry has had an employment percentage

According to the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP), suicide is the third leading cause of death for adolescents aged 15-24 years old. This calculates to 33,000 adolescents killing themselves each year (CDC, 2010). The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), reported that suicide amongst all individuals nation wide has declined over all, but despite the decline, adolescents between the ages of 15 and 19 have shown suicide rates that has increased by 6 percent (NCSL