PSYC 412 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Maladjusted, Conduct Disorder, Making Money
29 Dec 2016
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Introduction to normal and abnormal behaviour in children and adolescents. Children"s mental health problems need a closer look because they differ from adults and the need for trained professionals is increasing. Talks about harm befalling herself or her family. She would brush her teeth in a certain frequency at 5 years old. It did not go and got worse and she created more rituals for counting things. Her strange counting ritual was a symptom of her obsessive-compulsive disorder. Issues that research studies in abnormal child psychology seek to address: Identifying causes and correlates of abnormal child behaviour. Defining normal and abnormal behaviour for children of different ages, sexes, and ethnic and cultural backgrounds. Developing and evaluating methods for treatment and/or prevention. Description of problems is the first step toward understanding the nature of their problems. Georgina"s diagnostic label tells a lot about the nature of her disorder, the course it may follow, and the possible treatments.
