PSYC18H3 Chapter 12: Chapter 12. Emotions and Mental Health in Childhood
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Disorders of emotional life in childhood and adolescence are states in which young people are no longer able to successfully cope, or in which they are getting into serious trouble. Concerned with extremes of emotions: intense and long-lasting states of anxiety, of depression, or of anger. disorders does not equal extremes of emotions - diff between sadness and depression. Conduct disorder: externalizing disorder of childhood and adolescence in which others" rights, or social norms, are often violated. It usually includes aggression that causes harm to others, damage to property, deceitfulness, and theft. The case of peter, who is very angry but also describes feelings of sadness and loneliness. the main system is that of psychiatric diagnosis, usually by means of an interview. diagnoses are descriptions of patterns of behaviour. Someone who fulfills defined criteria for a defined period is usually, though not always, impaired in their functioning.
