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    Childhood Psychiatric Disorders

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    This document discusses several childhood psychiatric disorders including pervasive developmental disorders like autism, Asperger's syndrome, and Rett's disorder. It describes symptoms such as poor social skills, repetitive behaviors, lack of speech, and obsessive interests. Causes may include genetic and neurological factors. Treatments involve early intervention, education, social skills training, medications, and family counseling. Childhood disintegrative disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are also covered.

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    This document discusses several childhood psychiatric disorders including pervasive developmental disorders like autism, Asperger's syndrome, and Rett's disorder. It describes symptoms such as poor social skills, repetitive behaviors, lack of speech, and obsessive interests. Causes may include genetic and neurological factors. Treatments involve early intervention, education, social skills training, medications, and family counseling. Childhood disintegrative disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are also covered.

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    This document discusses several childhood psychiatric disorders including pervasive developmental disorders like autism, Asperger's syndrome, and Rett's disorder. It describes symptoms such as poor social skills, repetitive behaviors, lack of speech, and obsessive interests. Causes may include genetic and neurological factors. Treatments involve early intervention, education, social skills training, medications, and family counseling. Childhood disintegrative disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are also covered.

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    CHILDHOOD PSYCHIATRIC

    DISORDERS
     Childhood psychiatric disorders – defined as delays or
    disruptions in developing age- appropriate thinking,
    behaviors, social skills or regulations of emotions.
    Pervasive developmental disorders

     PDD – refers to a group of disorders characterized by


    delays in the development of socialization and
    communication skills.
     CLASSIFICATION OF PDD:-
     Autistic disorder
     Rett’s disorder
     Childhood disintegrative disorder
     Asperger’s disorder
     Autistic Disorder – is a developmental disorder affecting the
    areas of the brain that affect communication and social skills.
     Early signs of Autism –
     Little or no eye contact
     Social withdrawal
     Difficulty in learning language
     Inappropriate laughing
     CAUSES :-
     Neurological implications – abnormalities in brain structure
     Early developmental problems
     Genetic - Parents
     CLINICAL MANIFESTATION :
     Poor speech
     Inappropriate laughing or crying
     Inappropriate playing with toys
     Difficulty dealing with changes in routine
     TREATMENT :-
     Early interventions and special education programs
     Family Counseling
    ASPERGER’S SYNDROME

     Asperger Syndrome – is a neurological developmental disorder


    which affects a person’s behavior, use of language and
    communication and social interaction.
     A person suffering from this syndrome tends to have an obsessive
    focus on one topic and is likely to perform the same behavior
    repeatedly.
     CAUSES :-
     The exact cause is not known.
     Environmental factors – such as problems in pregnancy and
    birth, prenatal infections – these factors may increase the severity
    of the underlying defect in genes.
     CLINICAL FEATURES –
     No response - Even loud sounds
     Echo words
     No interactions with others
     No fear
     TREATMENT
     Social skills training
     Speech language therapy
     CBT
     Parent education and training
     MEDICATIONS – Antipsychotic drugs
    RETT’S DISORDER
     Rett’s disorder is a neurodevelopmental disorder occurring almost exclusively
    in females that affects development after an initial 6 month period of normal
    development.
     CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS:-
     Loss of purposeful movements of the hand such as touching, grasping.
     Loss of speech
     Stereotyped hand movements
     Breathing problems
     Behavioral problems
     TREATMENT
     Medications - carbamazepine
    CHILDHOOD DISINTEGRATIVE DISORDER
     It is a condition in which children develop normally through age 3 or 4 .
     A disorder characterized by loss of achieved developmental skills that occurs
    after the age of three years old.
     SYMPTOMS :-
    • Loss of the ability to speak
    • Loss of social skills
    • Inability to interact with others
    • Irritability
    • Loss of ability to understand the language
    • TREATMENT :-Medication, Behaviour therapy, Environmental therapy
    ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDERS

     It is also called hyperkinetic disorder.


     Neurological disorder.
     Itis marked by developmentally inappropriate
    inattention
     EPIDEMIOLOGY :-
     A prevalence of 1.7% was found among primary school children.
     ADHD – is four time more common in boys than in girls.
     ETIOLOGY :-
     Biological Factors
     Environmental factors
     Psychosocial factors
     CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS – inattention, Hyperactivity, impulsiveness
     TREATMENT :-
     Pharmacotherapy – Clonidine, Pemoline
     Non – Pharmacotherapy – Behavior modification techniques, CBT, Social
    skills training, Family education.

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