SCHIZOPHRENIA IN CHILDREN
Schizophrenia is a medical illness that causes strange thinking or strange feelings and unusual behavior. It is an uncommon psychiatric illness and it is hard to recognize in early phase.
View ArticleBIPOLAR DISORDER IN CHILDREN
Bipolar disorder may have an ongoing combination of extremely high (manic) and low (depressed) moods. In this disorder persons may feel both extremes of being elated and depressed in a cycle of varying...
View ArticleQUESTION AND ANSWER ABOUT CONDUCT DISORDERS
Question and Answer About Conduct Disorders
View ArticleCEREBRAL PALSY / SPASTIC IN CHILDREN : Risk Factors and Treatment
CP is a lifelong condition and cannot be cured. However, treatment may improve the quality of life by increasing independent mobility. A child with CP requires a multi team approach-from a...
View ArticleCEREBRAL PALSY / SPASTIC IN CHILDREN : Introduction,Symptoms,Causes
Cerebral palsy (CP) is a general term used to describe a group of disorders that impair muscle control due to damage to the developing brain.
View ArticleOBSESSIVE - COMPULSIVE DISORDER IN CHILDREN
Obsessive – compulsive disorder (OCD) usually begins in adolescence or young adulthood. It is characterized by recurrent obsession and or compulsions that are intense enough to cause severe discomfort.
View ArticleLEARNING DISABILITIES IN CHILDREN : Treatment
hey require special educational programs either in a separate all day classroom or as a special educational class for several hours a week. If problems are severe, these children may require a special...
View ArticleLEARNING DISABILITIES IN CHILDREN : Diagnosis
A child is suspected to have a learning disability, when there is inability to attain certain skills inspite of a normal intelligence. The actual diagnosis of learning disabilities is made using...
View ArticleLEARNING DISABILITIES IN CHILDREN : Symptoms
Parents are usually the first to notice delays in their child reaching early milestones, but the pediatrician may observe more subtle signs of minor neurological damage.
View ArticleLEARNING DISABILITIES IN CHILDREN : Types
Learning disabilities can show up in several ways as specific difficulties with spoken and written language, co-ordination, self-control or attention.
View ArticleLEARNING DISABILITIES IN CHILDREN : Introduction and Causes
earning disabilities are a group of disorders that affect a person's ability to either interpret what they see and hear or to link information from different parts of the brain. Learning disabilities...
View ArticleMENTAL SUBNORMALITY (LOW IQ)
It is broadly considered as a condition where intelligence is low. Children are usually mentally slow.
View ArticleTHE CHILD WITH AUTISM
In autism, the child does not interact in an expected manner. Instead, the child seems to exist in his or her own world. The child has total lack of social awareness or interest in others and has...
View ArticleCHILDREN WITH OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER
Oppositional behaviour is often normal part of development for two to three years old children and early adolescents. However, openly uncooperative and hostile behaviour becomes a serious concern when...
View ArticleCONVERSION DISORDERS (HYSTERIA) : Symptoms and Treatment
A Child with hysteria has to learn a lot. conversion disorders can lead to long term disturbances like chronic maladaptive behaviour.
View ArticleCONVERSION DISORDERS (HYSTERIA) : Introduction
Conversion disorder or Hysteria is a disorder whereby a person expresses emotional turmoil by converting it into a bodily symptom. It is now called as PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS AFFECTING MEDICAL CONDITIONS.
View ArticleDEPRESSION IN CHILDREN : Treatment and Prevention
To prevent recurrence of depression, mood stabilizer drugs like lithium, Carbamzepine, Na Valproate, Lamotrigine and other newer antiepileptics may be given for a long time.
View ArticleDEPRESSION IN CHILDREN : Causes and Complications
Both psychosocial factors (it acts as a seed) and genetic vulnerability (it acts as the soil in which the seed germinates) are responsible for the occurrence of depression. Any negative life event...
View ArticleDEPRESSION IN CHILDREN : Introduction
Depression is disorder of mood where the person is sad, gloomy, does not enjoy habitually pleasurable activities or may complain of a flat mood. The person may have diminished interest in all activities.
View ArticleCONDUCT DISORDER IN CHILDREN
Conduct disorders are a complicated group of behavioral and emotional problems in youngsters. These children have great difficulty following rules and behaving in a socially acceptable way.
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