FRHD 2110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Emotional And Behavioral Disorders, Virtuous Circle And Vicious Circle, Conduct Disorder

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 2110
• Professor: Robyn Pitman

Document Summary

Behaviour patterns so different that they threaten normal relationships between the child and others (medical manual) Parent-child interactional problems: separation anxiety problems. Vicious circle pattern: negative behaviour in child elicits negative behaviour in parent, influences child (cid:374)egati(cid:448)ely, i(cid:374)(cid:272)reases (cid:374)egati(cid:448)e (cid:272)hild"s (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iour. Dsm iv attention deficit disorders (add) and disruptive behaviour disorders (dbd) Conduct disorder behaviour violates basic rights of other: harm others/animals, property-damage, deceitfulness, serious violation of rules, repetitive and persistent pattern. Oppositional and defiance disorder negative, hostile, defiant recurrent pattern: loses te(cid:373)per, argues (cid:449)ith adults i(cid:373)paired i(cid:374) so(cid:272)ial o(cid:272)(cid:272)upatio(cid:374)al or a(cid:272)ade(cid:373)i(cid:272) fu(cid:374)(cid:272)tio(cid:374) Mild or moderate problems can be ameliorated with intervention. Can be taught to behave differently (cid:862)e(cid:373)otio(cid:374)ally distur(cid:271)ed(cid:863) Definitional problems: lack of precise definitions of mental health and normal, differences among conceptual models. Frhd 2110 week 4: difficulties in measuring emotion and behaviour, relationships between emotional or behavioural disorder and other exceptionalities, differences in the opinions of professionals who diagnose and serve children and youths.