...Bipolar Disorder in Children and Teens * Does your child go through intense mood changes? * What is bipolar disorder? * Who develops bipolar disorder? * How is bipolar disorder different in children and teens than it is in adults? * What causes bipolar disorder? * What are the symptoms of bipolar disorder? * Do children and teens with bipolar disorder have other problems? * How is bipolar disorder diagnosed? * How is bipolar disorder treated? * Medication * Therapy * What can children and teens expect from treatment? * How can I help my child or teen? * How does bipolar disorder affect parents and family? * Where do I go for help? * I know a child or teen who is in crisis. What do I do? * Contact us to find out more about bipolar disorder Does your child go through intense mood changes? Does your child have extreme behavior changes too? Does your child get too excited or silly sometimes? Do you notice he or she is very sad at other times? Do these changes affect how your child acts at school or at home? Some children and teens with these symptoms may have bipolar disorder, a serious mental illness. Read this brochure to find out more. What is bipolar disorder? Bipolar disorder is a serious brain illness. It is also called manic-depressive illness. Children with bipolar disorder go through unusual mood changes. Sometimes they feel very happy or "up," and are much more active than usual...
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...In today’s world there is no way for us to avoid the issues that strike us as a society and our children seem to be the ones that suffer most when decisions about the family separating or divorcing are being made. Parents seem to forget that children need stability and protection from the adult issues that can occur in their lives. These decisions will have an effect on children for their entire lives, and parents cannot imagine the long lasting effects. More and more children seem to be on the front lines of these custody battles between parents. Are parents risking the children’s psychological and emotional stability by having the children on the battle ground of a divorce? Children are very resilient but they need parental help to recover from a divorce. The court relies on what the parents are telling them as much as the other professionals and behavioral analysis examiners that have been assigned to the cases. While some parents do not mind this intrusion in to their lives, children feel as if things are not safe or stable. Parents will start to play “tug-of-war” with the children stuck in the middle. Parents who do not settle disputes over custody without the courts help will risk everyone especially the child being hurt. Courts will normally side for what has been the normal stable situation for the child, if there has not been abuse in the home. Parents who are taking the battles for custody of children to the court system should be aware if the court perceives...
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...The Effect of a Broken Family on Development by R.A. Anderson, Demand Media \ A broken family can negatively affect all domains of your child's development. ------------------------------------------------- Related Articles ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- * Family Development Activities * Social Development and Family Planning * How Does Family Structure Impact Language Development? * The Effect of an Addictive Behavior on a Family * The Effect of Divorce on Early Childhood Development * The Effect of Language Development on Social Development The University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension explains that the effects of a broken family on a child’s development depends on numerous factors, including her age when her parents separation, and on her personality and family relationships. Although infants and young children may experience few negative developmental effects, older children and teenagers may experience some problems in their social, emotional and educational functioning. Emotional After a divorce, children from pre-school through late adolescence can experience deficits in emotional development. Children of all ages may seem tearful or depressed, which is a state that can last several years after a child’s parents’ have separated, explains psychologist Lori Rappaport. Additionally, some older children may show very little emotional reaction to their parents’...
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...The Effect of a Broken Family on Development A broken family can negatively affect all domains of your child's development. ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Related Articles * Family Development Activities * Social Development and Family Planning * How Does Family Structure Impact Language Development? * The Effect of an Addictive Behavior on a Family * The Effect of Divorce on Early Childhood Development * The Effect of Language Development on Social Development The University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension explains that the effects of a broken family on a child’s development depends on numerous factors, including her age when her parents separation, and on her personality and family relationships. Although infants and young children may experience few negative developmental effects, older children and teenagers may experience some problems in their social, emotional and educational functioning. Emotional After a divorce, children from pre-school through late adolescence can experience deficits in emotional development. Children of all ages may seem tearful or depressed, which is a state that can last several years after a child’s parents’ have separated, explains psychologist Lori Rappaport. Additionally, some older children may show very little emotional reaction to their parents’ divorce. Rappaport explains that this may not be developmentally beneficial. Some...
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...The Effects of Patients' Anxiety Disorder on Their Families Courtney Schacherer Utah Valley University Abstract The struggles people diagnosed with anxiety disorders endure are well documented, but the families of those people are often not considered. It is up to the family to be the main support system while at the same time not perpetuating their loved one's symptoms. Forty million adults are affected with some form of anxiety disorder in the U.S. in a given year. That means there is a least an additional forty million people who are affected by watching a loved one deal with the hardships anxiety brings. It is the family who take up the responsibilities that the anxiety suffer is unable to perform. It can have a critical impact on the family's way of life, means of support, caring for children and on the close relationships within the family dynamic. To watch a loved one suffer with an anxiety disorder can be immensely painful, intensely frustrating and overwhelmingly stressful. The toll it can have can seriously damage family relationships if the illness is left untreated or continues for an indefinite period of time. For a person suffering from an anxiety disorder, supportive loved ones can play a key role in their recovery and treatment. But if the loved ones own needs are overlooked, it can be harmful to the treatment process and make a difficult situation worse. The Effects of Patients' Anxiety Disorders on the Families Patient J is a 29 year old stay at...
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...The Negative Effects of Bullying in Adolescents & Teens Bullying has become a national problem that has been put in the spotlight in recent years. Each week on the news, we are constantly reminded of tragedies that have struck children, teens, and young adults. The most common result we hear about are suicides resulting from bullying that goes on in schools all over the country. The main stream media often portrays these tragedies as just homosexual students who are bullied, or outted by their peers. All too often bullying is misunderstood. Bullying is often thought of as a bigger person picking on a much smaller person. Bullying is much more than just that. Bullying can come in the form of verbal abuse, such as name calling, belittling or threatening. It can be physical, such as hitting, punching or any form of fighting and physical abuse. Social bullying has also taken form in recent years with the advent of texting and such social media forums as facebook, myspace, twitter, ect. Use of these methods to bully has become more instantaneous than some of the more traditional forms such as physical or verbal. Someone spreading a rumor or facebook can often reach their intended audience much quicker than the first few methods. Another form can be cyber bullying. This can be done through social mediums such as instant messenger and the sending of threating messages via that avenue. (Bullying Statistics) A common misconception about bullying is that it is usually...
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...During the early stages of life, infants are reliant on others to take care of them. Typically they form a bond between themselves and their main caregiver. This bond is referred to as attachment. The first signs of attachment is usually between the infant and his or her mother, being that the mother is generally the main caregiver in a child’s first few months of life. Even though infants are reliant on individuals at the beginning of life, “attachment to their mothers is not instantaneous” (Weiten, 2011, p. 341). They can easily be given to another individual without much difficulty. Around 8 months is when a child begins to show attachment to his mother. Separation can be difficult and stress in the infant can result as a consequence. If separation anxiety develops, it will begin to decline as the child grows older. Studies have been conducted to explain why children develop an attachment to their mothers. One study’s theory was that by a mother feeding her infant child, the child forms the attachment through the need to be fed and the mother is providing that need to the child. However, that theory was shot down when Harry Harlow decided to raise monkeys and see what happens when a frightening stimulus was introduced. Did they go to the “mother” that fed them and was made of wires or did they go to the one that held more comfort being made of cloth? They scattered to the mother made of cloth. Harlow’s explanation was that “infants are biologically programmed to emit behavior...
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...------------------------------------------------------------ 6 - 9 Conclusion ------------------------------------------------------------ 9 Recommendation ------------------------------------------------------------ 10 III. BIBLIOGRAPHY ---------------------------------------------------------- 11 - 12 IIA. INTRODUCTION In our everyday life, we always receive opinions from other people. These can be criticisms and good or bad comments. We are free to express these opinions but there are some who express it over that sometimes they may hurt someone’s feelings. If this will be repeatedly done and is getting worse that they can really affect the mental behavior of someone, then this will be called as bullying. Bullying is the repeated and systematic harassment or attack on someone. It is a habitual abuse and forcing someone to act in involuntary manner. Actually there are three types of bullying; emotional, verbal and physical. The most common thing is the verbal bullying. It’s the bullying with the use of words. It can be a form of racial comments, sexual comments, insults and name-calling. This type of bully is done everywhere but for students, verbal bullying is common in schools. Words are...
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...PREFACE A separation is a difficult time for both parents. But through the eyes of a child is not only difficult but traumatic and confusing. Anyone of us don’t want to be a victim of this situation, because it has a terrible effect The paper is future-focused; it will apply a social analytical perspective to the issues, and a focus on children’s needs and paternal / parental responsibilities to these needs. The research defined the point of physical parental separation, different effects to the children, the reason why they are affected, and access-related problems like dangers on their part which represent not only legal challenges, but also a “bio-psycho-social-spiritual” affliction for those who suffer the consequences. So, I invite everybody to read this research which can benefit in one way or another to the reader. I would also like to thank the people who inspire me to do this research namely: my classmates, friends, my beloved parents and family and teachers. TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION ………………………………………………………… 1 II. EFFECTS OF SEPARATION …………………………………………… 1 Psychological Problems…………………………………………… 1 B. Myths about Problems…………………………………………… 2 C. Effects of Relocation ……………………………………………… 2 III. WHY CHILDREN ARE IMPACTED BY SEPARATION……………… 8 • Fear of Change…………………………………………………… 8 • Fear of Being Abandoned………………………………………… 8 • Losing Attachment. ………………………………………………...
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... The impact of divorce on children takes many different forms. From mental and physical health concerns to financial instability, children suffer the most in the divorce situation. When a couple, who have children, divorces it affects the whole family. Children of divorced parents experience school and social related problems. Their routines are disrupted and they feel disconnected from one or the other parent. Custodial arrangements are another factor of impact for the children. This causes emotional stress and behavioral problems to develop within the child. Financial instability is another factor for children of divorced parents. In some cases a single parent household cannot maintain living conditions of the previous joint household. Children of couples, who divorce, are challenged in many different ways to cope with the reality of their new situation. These children often struggle in their environment due to many different factors but there are ways to help with the situation. The Impact of Divorce on Children The impact of divorce on children takes many different forms. From mental and physical health concerns to financial instability; children suffer the most in the divorce situations. When a couple, who have children, divorces it affects the whole family. Children of divorced parents experience school and social related problems. This often causes emotional stress and behavioral problems to develop within the child. Children of couples, who divorce, should seek...
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...Diagnosing Bipolar Disorder in Adolescents Before the 1990s, it was believed that children under the age of eighteen would have been rarely diagnoses with bipolar disorder. This all changed in the mid-1990s when there were 800,000 children labeled with bipolar disease and an astonishing number were under the age of five (Carmichael, 2008). The controversial findings have alerted psychiatrists and psychologists that the disease is much more common than originally thought (Carmichael, 2008). Psychiatrists have been discontent with the number of children being labeled with bipolar disorder at alarming rates (Woziak & Biederman, 1995). Woziak, an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School of psychiatry, was educated with the idea that a professional in the psychiatric field would only see one or two cases of a child with bipolar disorder in a lifetime because of the rarity (Woziak & Biederman, 1995). Woziak, along with the famous Harvard child psychiatrist Dr. Joseph Biederman, felt that there were a number of children whose attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) problems seemed to stem beyond the normal anger characteristics of ADHD (Woziak & Biederman, 1995). Woziak and Biederman (1995) completed research to reflect a much more violent attention deficit hyperactivity disorder with children showing signs of heightened uncontrollable temper tantrums, violent hitting, screaming and kicking beyond the normal irritability. These signs included children not...
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...Being a grandmother is more important at this point. A state of constancy or commitment in the impulses through the brain replaces the urges of the estrogen and progesterone caused by the menstrual cycle as menopause begins. When menopause starts, the change in the hormone causes severe stress as it did during puberty. Since estrogen, which affects the brain's levels of the neurotransmitters that control the memory and mood, decreases, this changes how the brain functions, and hormone replacement therapy may be needed. As all of this is going on in a female's life, often the blame is put on the husband, but the female gets older and goes through the changing circuits in her brain, she becomes capable of redefining her relationship with the man in her life. The mature female brain becomes a wide-open space for females to discover, create, contribute, and lead in many positive ways. Reading the book The Female Brain was really an eye opening and learning experience since it explained the causes and meanings behind the life of females and their behaviors and emotions. Often times, females go through a roller coaster of emotions and do not know how to deal with it and feel about it. The hormones in the female brain contains so much signals and forces that leave women with all kinds of stress, worry, and an abundant amount of emotions and cannot do anything about it but go through the...
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...* * Schizophrenia is a brain disease that 1 in 100 people are diagnosed with, and is much more common than we think. This disease affects the way people perceive the outside world and emotions. Symptoms of this disease are seeing or believing certain things exist that really does not. People who are schizophrenic believe people are out to harm them and they are always in danger or even in some cases, being watched. This disease usually starts in early teens to adult hood, and it has been shown that the earlier signs begin the more serious the disease will be. Statistics also have shown that this disease is more prevalent in men rather then women. Although this is a very severe brain disease there is treatment and therapies to help these people live somewhat normal lives. * Studies have shown that black men are four to five times more likely to be diagnosed with schizophrenia more than any other group. There is no links or genetics that tie this disease to another, so it has brought up many controversial issues in why exactly are black men diagnosed with this disease than any other race or sex. In the 1920’s this disease affected mostly the white race. The thought of this disease was not a scary one, and didn’t make people feel like the needed to fear this, that it can be fixed or “nurtured.” As time went on, in the sixties and seventies, advertisements with scary black men that said “Assaultive or belligerent?” and there, it became a black disease, which then...
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...immature to endure depression. Childhood was considered to be worry free, no true concerns, happy time. Therefore, their problems were not serious enough to be labeled depression. There was never a clear understanding as to how abuse, divorce, and incest could have a long term effect on children. Childhood depression differs in many aspects from adult depression. Decrease in academic performance, withdrawal and rejection of friends and favorite activities are some of the main unrecognized signs. Some may also exhibit hyperactivity, while others complain of exhaustion and illness. Many times these symptoms are thought to be just a phase in their children, and observed as signs of depression. Children of all ages from infancy through adolescence can suffer from a disorder mood. The symptoms tend to change based on the child's level of development. Depression in infants is often determined based on the child’s failure to grow physically, act unresponsively, and inability to thrive. Although it is rarely seen in babies, it is often due to lack of nurturing relationship between the infant and the caregiver. Postpartum depression has the ability to affect the mood of the infant. It affects approximately 25-30% of mothers and is typically caused by a separation, illness, death, or a broken bond. These mothers tend to show less affection towards their child. Babies are sometimes rejected because they are unwanted, premature or abnormal. Preschoolers are more restless, self-isolating...
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...Annathur.Kalingan Wednesday, April 18, 2012 W201527095 TEST.III Learning Objectives & Review of Chapters.8, 9 &10. Chapter.8. Schizophrenia Objective.1. Discuss the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia, as well as the current criteria for brief psychotic disorder. What is the typical age of onset? What percent of people will develop this schizophrenia? Following is the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia. i. Two (or more) of the following, each present for a significant portion of time during a 1-month period (or less if successfully treated): 1. Delusions 2. Hallucinations 3. Disorganized speech (e.g., frequent derailment or incoherence) 4. Grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior. 5. Negative symptoms, (affective flattening, alogia, or avolition ii. For a significant portion of the time since the onset of the disturbance, one or more major areas of functioning such as work or school, interpersonal relations, or self-care is markedly below the level expected for the individual or achieved prior to the onset. iii. Continuous signs of the disturbance persist for at least 6 months. This 6-month period must include at least 1 month of symptoms (or less if successfully treated) that meet Criterion A and may include periods of prodromal or residual symptoms. During these prodromal or residual periods, the signs of the disturbance may be manifested by only negative symptoms or two or more symptoms listed in Criterion...
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