HLTHAGE 2G03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Personality Disorder, Truancy, Genetic Testing
21 Dec 2016
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To some extent, our norms of behaviour are primarily based around behaviour that is deemed as expected for middle- aged adults. There are some specific differences when it comes to criteria for childhood (less so for old age), but it"s trickythese are periods of immense change. Both children and older adults are described as facing unique challenges related to mental health. Some unique features about child and older adult mental health, e. g. emphasis on 3rd party reporting. Our norms or standards are drawn from middle aged people. There is no real special criteria for children or older adults. Childhood and adulthood are marked by immense change but mh is premised on stability. Since we think of children as still developing it is difficult or conceptually problematic to diagnose them with mds as they will carry the diagnosis throughout their lives. Emergence of psy-ences helped transform bad kids into problem children.
