PSYCH 3B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Toilet Training, Mood Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
14 Jun 2020
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Presenting problems: stomach aches, vomiting, regression in toilet training, irritability. Clinical observation: shy, muted affect, age-appropriate play, tired and fatigued. Strange situation: withdrawn from clinician but no visible distress. A lot of debate as to if they can diagnose someone with depression so young. Id:rational needs and wants and do anything to get them. Superego is the moral conscience and if it doesn"t get what it wants, then. Underlying depression is masked by symptoms such as hyperactivity or delinquency. Depression a symptom of a different problem. Typical depressive symptoms at development stages (kids exhibit depression differently than adults. ) It is a separate syndrome not a symptom. Kids get upset and throw tantrums and cry for no reason but depression and sadness is not the same. Sadness is a temporary mood and state triggered by environmental circumstances. Depression is a more chronic state that affects overall wellbeing. Prevalence rates for children range from 0. 4-2. 5% Lifetime prevalence rates are 15-20% for adolescents.
