PSYCH317 Lecture : Psych 317 lecture 2.docx

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH317
• Professor: Pamela Seeds

Document Summary

Better ability to distinguish among disorders has given rise to increased and earlier recognition of problems: today, problems of younger children and teens are better acknowledged , you cannot outgrow or get rid of many neurological disorders such as adhd, growing appreciation that child psychopathology can and does lead to adult psychopathology. Is it the indiv problem or in the relationship: is the child just disobedient or something about the way/interaction between that indiv that the child is disobeying and the child, through intervention you"re playing catch up , getting the child to where they should be based on their age and functioning, no behaviour happens without a reason. Factors affecting rates and expression: age differences, socioeconomic status, sex differences, ethnicity, culture, rural/urban, maltreatment, children in lower ses have a higher prevalence of mental disorders, sex differences exist externalizing problems is generally with boys; internalizing is with girls.