Pediatric Mental Health Disordersby: Dr. Lorenzo L.
In the field of mental health medicine, the goal of the health care providers is to care for those who are inundated with mental health disorders such as learning disabilities, cognitive disorders, and hormonal imbalances, behavioral disorders (Sadock & Sadock, 2007). Mental health is defined as a state in “being in balance and harmony with one’s inner self with one’s friends, family and colleagues; with one’s environment; and with one’s spirituality, “ (Seligman & Reichenberg, 2006). This is why therapists emphasize the fundamental importance of patients to experience a sense of unity with one’s self and the world. There is a sense of continuity in regards to children’s mental health and adult mental health because the presence of a positive mental health in youth populations will carry on to their adult years. A presence of negative mental health in children will ultimately carry on to their adult years, naturally (Chuan-Yu, Lawlor, Duggan, Hardy ad Eaton, 2006).
Mental health disorder is a psychological problem that is observed in a change in behavioral that manifests as either distress, disability and outside the cultural norm. Mental disorders are defined as a combination of how an individual perceives reality, the individual’s thinking processes and mannerisms. In regards to mental disorders in children, this is a bit more sensitive than adult mental disorder because the disorders in cognition, mental activity and behavior that are seen in children can affect and shape their social life, which then influences the future of the child (Cohen and Hesselbart, 1993).
There are almost five million children in the United States of America that are suffering from some form of mental illness and many more will be diagnosed every year. It is said that some 20% of American children will be diagnosed with a mental illness (Busch and Barry, 2007). Mental disorders can be quite difficult to identify for health care providers that is why it is essential they are effectively trained in mental health care compliance protocols, ethical situations. In addition they should be licensed to practice in the clinical setting and knowledgeable in the different therapeutic modules in the field of psychology including , but not limited to, classical psychotherapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, psychodynamic psychotherapy, existential therapy (Seligman and Reichenberg, 2006).
The sensitivity of childhood mental disorders is founded on the fact that children differ from adults in that youth experience a varied amount of mental, emotional as well as physical changes as they progress towards adulthood, which is part of normal growth and development. As an individual ages, he or she undergoes personality development, which was espoused by Dr. Erik Erikson, who proposed that psychosocial development continues over the entire life span and results from the interaction of our inner instincts and drives with outer cultural and social demands (Bjorklund and Bee, 2008). Personality development is integral for adult development and for the an individual to develop a stable personality, the personal must move through and successful resolve eight crises or dilemmas over the course of a lifetime. Children with mental disorders such as personality disorders, cognitive disorders, learning disabilities, anxiety disorders, and even eating disorders are unable to progress through the eight stages of psychosocial development (Bjorklund and Bee, 2008). Children mature at their own pace and there is a wide range of behavior and abilities for what are considered normal (Chartier, Walker and Naimark, 2009). The common mental disorders that are observed in children include Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Eating Disorders.
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