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Mental Disorder in Minors

Dinita Bailey

Mr. Skinner

Eng 215

November 28, 2016

Mental disorder is mainly a health term that is mainly used to refer to a variety of disorders that occur out of mental illnesses. Despite the fact that the majority of mental disorders have been reported during late adolescent and in adulthood, recent statistics have pointed out that there are still prevalent among children. When these illnesses occur among children, there are different problems that can result which may range from biological, emotional and social development. This study unraveled that a majority of the mental disorders are biologically based which implies that they are mainly triggered by biological factors. The study also pointed out that a majority of the problems that are triggered by these mental disorders are mainly behavioral in nature which can have a negative impact on the children affected by affecting how the eat, dress and behave and also affect the relationship between them and their families and also peers.

Mental illnesses or disorders in over 70% of the children are mainly triggered by a failure to effectively intervene at an early age. Some of the most common problems or illnesses that result from mental disorders include attention deficit disorders which affect 5% of the children with mental disorders at a given time (Judd, 2010). This is where children find it difficult to focus their attention and therefore making them to become impulsive and hard to settle down with other children.

The other problem is anxiety disorder which affects close to 6% of the children where the children become afraid of situations and things in a way that interferes with their daily lives. The other problem is conduct disorder which affects close to 3% of children whereby children become aggressive and destructive towards other children, adults, property and pets. The children also develop a less caring attitude about the important basic rules.

Some of the common problems that will be assessed in this study include how these mental disorders affect the basic daily activities of the children, how it may affect their school performance and finally how it may affect the relationship with their peers.

The first problem whereby it affects their daily activities, a child with the aforementioned problems such as those relating to anxiety, conduct disorder and anxiety hyperactivity disorder, the children may suddenly begin having a sleeping disorder whereby the child may have difficulties in getting sleep or on the other hand exhibit a heavy sleeping habit.

The problem can also affect their eating patterns which may also lead to a heavy sleeping pattern or a slow sleeping pattern. The anxiety may also make the child to develop some phobias such as water or particular clothes phobia and the child can loathe various habits that are habitual or routine such as bathing and dressing.

The second problem on the other hand is deterioration of the school performance which can be affected by the same since the child can have difficulties in attention and thereby affecting his/her studies. When the child has a difficulty in attention or concentration, the child may also have a difficulty grasping what is taught at school which can have a negative impact on his/her performance (Organisation, 2006). This may therefore affect the progress of the child throughout school since the child may at times be forced to drop out of school or be forced to have repeat sessions.

The third problem that may be triggered by mental disorders is that it may affect the relationship between the child and the parents and/or family and the relationship between the child and the peers for instance the school mates and friends. This can particularly be triggered by the conduct disorder. The tendency to show or exhibit an aggressive behavior that is destructive to other people and the properly of other people will ultimately hamper the relationship between the child and the family or peers.

The child can constantly be involved in fights which can cause injuries on the child or on his/her peers and therefore dampening the relationship with peers. The destruction of property or pets can also anger the parents and thereby making them to punish the child and/or also discriminate the child from touching various properties (Medicine, 2015). Considering that the child is young, the sour relationship between the child and the family and peers can take a toll on the child and thereby leading to more detrimental disorders such as depression. The impulsive behavior that can be triggered by the attention hyperactivity disorder can also affect how the child interacts with other children and thereby affecting the relationship that the child has with his/her fellow peers.

In conclusion, the study reveals that there are a number of mental disorders in children which can range from attention hyperactivity disorder, conduct disorder and anxiety disorder all of which can cause various behavioral problems to the child and/or children affected. The study affirmed that the behavioral problems can have a negative effect on the children include how they eat, dress and behave. They can also affect their school life and also the relationship between them and their families and peers. Nonetheless, there are various solutions to the problem as will be addressed in our subsequent studies.

References

Judd, L. L. (2010). National plan for research on child and adolescent mental disorders. New York, NY: Diane Publishing.

Medicine, I. O. (2015). Mental disorders and disabilities among Low-Income children. New York, NY: National Academies Press.

Organisation, W. H. (2006). Multiaxial classification of child and adolescent psychiatric disorders: The ICD-10 classification of mental and behavioral disorders in children and adolescents. Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press.