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Childhood Psychiatric Disorders

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In America, one in ten children have a diagnosable mental disorder such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, depression or anxiety. The severe emotional and behavioral difficulties that can accompany mental disorders in children may interfere with many aspects of a child’s life—family, school, ability to learn, friendships—and may lead to difficulties that persist throughout the lifespan. Early intervention efforts are believed to be instrumental in reducing the difficulties associated with many childhood psychiatric disorders. Therefore, early diagnosis and treatment is extremely important.

» Childhood Anxiety Disorder
Anxiety disorders can often be traced to childhood. Early diagnosis and treatment is important in preventing long-term difficulties. Anxiety in children has a genetic component, though environmental factors also likely play a role. [ read more ]

» Autism
A recent study indicates that 3.4 of every 1,000 children 3-10 years old have autism. Though early intervention is extremely important, only 50 percent of children are diagnosed before kindergarten. [ read more ]
 
» ADHD
One of the most common mental disorders in children, ADHD symptoms include impulsiveness, hyperactivity, and inattention, with impaired functioning in multiple settings. Between 3 and 5 percent of children have ADHD. [ read more ]
» Childhood Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar disorder in youth is often difficult to diagnose, as its symptoms can resemble or co-occur with other common childhood-onset mental disorders, or even be deemed normal for children and adolescents. However, unlike normal mood changes, a child with bipolar disorder is significantly impaired in many areas of life.
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» Childhood Depression
While normal varying childhood behaviors can make it difficult to discern if a child is depressed or going through a temporary phase, depression may take the form of a child pretending to be sick, clinging to a parent, refusing to go to school, or worrying that a parent may die, with older children perhaps sulking, getting into trouble at school, or being negative or grouchy.
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» Eating Disorders
Eating disorders are characterized by serious disturbances in eating behaviors, and extreme concern or feelings of distress regarding weight or body shape. Real, treatable medical illnesses, the main types of eating disorders are anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, with binge-eating disorder not yet approved as a formal diagnosis. [ read more ]
 
» Childhood Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is rare in children, affecting only about 1 in 40,000. Children with schizophrenia have difficulty managing everyday life, and display psychotic symptoms, social withdrawal, flattened emotions, and increased risk of suicide and loss of social and personal skills. [ read more ]
  

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