HLTHAGE 2G03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Refrigerator Mothers, Mental Health, Truancy
2 Aug 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 tricky these 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. Notions of childhood have not been stable. Emergence of the psyences helped transform bad kids into problem children . Growth in psychoanalysis prompted increased interest in children and relationships to family. Since dsm-ii (1968), linked to inconsistent parenting, parental mental health problems, poverty, low educational achievement . Found in 2-16% of the us pediatric population. Repetitive and persistent pattern of dissocial, aggressive, or defiant conduct .
