PSYCH 360 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Dsm-5, Autism Spectrum
19 Apr 2016
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Abnormal functioning can occur at any time in life. Adolescence can also be a difficult period: physical and sexual changes, social and academic pressures, personal doubts, and temptation cause many teenagers to feel anxious, confused, and depressed. Bullying: over one-quarter of students report being bullied frequently, and more than 70% report having been a victim at least once. Some disorders of children childhood anxiety disorders and childhood depression have adult counterparts. Children who display attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (adhd) have great difficulty attending to tasks, behave overactively and impulsively, or both. The primary symptoms of adhd may feed into one another, but in many cases one of the symptoms stands out more than the other. About half the children with adhd also have: learning or communication problems, poor school performance, difficulty interacting with other children, misbehavior, often serious, mood or anxiety problems.
