Childhood Reveled

It is estimated that 12 percent of American children endure mental health problem, yet less than one-fifth receive treatment. Childhood revealed has been created by the New York University Child Study Center, which is dedicated to advancing research and clinical care for children. For this book, The Center invited child and adolescent clinicians and teachers nationwide to submit artwork made by c

In a society preoccupied with weight, where calories are carefully counted and percentages of body fat analyzed, one needs only to flick on the television or open a magazine to be bombarded with images of skinny models, news from the latest diet guru, or warnings about eating too much fat, sugar, carbohydrates, and whatever else. Combine these influences with the pressure to perform in school and win friends. For this reason, many children make not eating becoming their moral decision.

Psychosis may be due to many factors. Psychotic symptoms may be temporarily induced by drugs, such as cocaine, heroin, or steroids. Psychotic reactions may also result from a high fever or an illness such as meningitis, a brain tumor, or kidney failure. However, once the drug’s toxicity wears off, the physical illness is cured.

According to Erikson, the psychosocial crisis of adolescents is identity versus role confusion. Ideally, adolescents resolve this crisis by developing both their own uniqueness and their relationship to the larger society, establishing a sexual, political, more, and vocational identity in the process. Sometimes the pressure to resolve the identity crisis is too great, and instead of exploring alternative roles, young people foreclose on their options, taking on someone else’s values wholesome. Unfortunately, peer pressure can cause a teenager to take on a negative identity hence trying drugs such as cocaine and heroin, which defies the expectations of family and community. Children giving into pressure and using drugs could also mean that they posses an inborn temperament to not be cautious and are more of a risk taker.

Psychosis is a general term used to describe a state in which a person is unable to distinguish between fantasy and reality. Psychosis generally occurs in middle to late adolescents. Adolescent boys are more likely to exhibit this than girls. When people have a psychotic reaction, they are unable to make sense of the world because their brain isn’t properly processing the information it’s receiving. They may have delusions, ideas that are very real to them but have no basis in reality. Children may even hallucinate, that is, they may hear, see, or fell something even though these stimuli are absent. A diagnosis of psychosis may be determined by what doctors call negative symptoms, which are, apathy and withdrawal.

Typically, eating disorders peak around puberty, when a girl’s body begins to change and academic and social pressures increase. The problem usually begins innocently enough, with a girl’s desire to lose a pound or two. One-third of all cases last five to ten years. Eating disorders often put a child at risk for medical problems because it can stunt their growth and even heart problems. In fact, anorexia and bulimia have the highest death rate with about 5 to 10 percent.

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