... with cancer have negative self-perception of their appearance. These are all associated with psychological, academic, and social impairment.  Majority of the kids develop severe mental disorders. Anxiety, behavior problems, excessive somatic complaints, PTSD, academic difficulties, frustration, and worries about future relationships ("Psychological Impact of Childhood Cancer"). The worries about relapse and new health issues forming ... , emotionally, or behavioral. Age and treatment length are both factors in the severity of the psychological affect cancer has on a child. While most psy...

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... many ways. For instance, a child with divorcing parents may earn lower grades in school; this could lead to a change in their social patterns and cause them to develop disorders like depression. Mood disorders are a common effect anger has on the brain and cannot be ignored. Anger has a pronounced effect on a person's intellectual growth. However, there are ways to minimize ... can be understood when examining the direct relationship between anxiety and a person's IQ. According to eHow, "those born with low IQs are at increased risk of developing ˜chronic psychiatric disorders' such as...

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... complex and dangerous set of problems that include child neglect and the physical, emotional, and sexual abuse of children." (MedicineNet.com) "Child abuse is the physical and/or psychological/emotional mistreatment of children". (Wikipedia) "Institutional Abuse or Neglect is that which occurs in any facility for children, including, but not limited to, group homes, residential or public ... in behavior or school performance; Has not received help for physical or medical problems brought to the parents' attention; Has learning problems that cannot be attributed to specific physical or ...

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... African American families are the ones usually found in low-income urban neighborhoods. In those families are mothers who have had an extreme experience of child abuse which led to psychological distress in adulthood, and which contributed to them abusing their own children. The most complex part of child sexual abuse is finding out the relationship between the victim and the ... children, academic difficulty, and interpersonal conflict that children have with others (Lindsey et al., 2008). "Researchers have found that children of depressed parents are at greater risk of psychiatric dis...

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