Question

About 20% of children are diagnosed with a psychological disorder. Diagnosis and treatment are important to support good mental health throughout life. Select a childhood disorder. Describe the symptoms of the disorder and treatments used to address the disorder you selected.

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Answer 1

Hello!

There are many disorders that can occur during childhood due to various factors affecting directly and indirectly and the disorder I have selected is CONDUCT DISORDER.

CONDUCT DISORDER (CD)is a mental disorder diagnosed in childhood or adolescence that presents itself through a repetitive and persistent pattern of behaviour in which the basic rights of others or major age appropriate norms are violated .I want to furthur tell you that these behaviours can be considered 'Anti-social 'behaviours.

I'm writing down the symptoms below ;

* what you have to know is ,one of the primary symptom of these behaviours are lower level of fear ,

* Breaking rules without clear reason,

*Cruel or aggressive behaviour toward people or animals ,

* Not ging to school,

* Heavy drinking and drug use ,

* Intentionally seting fires ,

* Lying to get a favour or avoid things they have to do ,

* Running away ,

* Destroying properties.

Here,I'm listing down a few general symptoms (Bullying ,Fighting ,using dangerous weapon,forcing sexual activities, and stealing ).

Thear childrenoften make no efforts to hide their behaviour and they may have a hard time making friends .

Treatment;

I would say that ,for treatment to be successful ,it must be started early .The parents of these children also must be included (here , I mean involved in treatment ) .Parents can learn techniques to help manage their child's problem behaviour.

Further the treatment includes COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY, Pharmacotheraphy ,the treatments for thos disorderis complicated by negative attitudes the disorder instills .

**I cannot include any Text Citation as it is against my work ethics ** bit I have still answered the question .

Thankyou, hope this helped!