Behavioural Disorders...
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Adjustment Disorders
An adjustment disorder is an extraordinary emotional reaction to a difficult event. In children these events may include the death of a loved one, parental divorce,...
Attachment Disorders in Children
Attachment disorders are conditions in which infants and young children fail to establish any sort of emotional bonding with their primary caregivers. This means...
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a disorder in which a child’s behaviour is largely characterised by inattention hyperactivity...
Autism in Children
Autism, which may also be known as Autistic Disorder is a disorder that affects almost all areas of a child’s social and psychological development. In a variety of ways...
Bipolar Disorder/Manic Depression
Bipolar Disorder is also known as Manic Depression. Children living with Bipolar Disorder suffer from extraordinary changes in their moods (from the manic to the...
Child Anxiety Disorders
In the modern world children are subjected to a variety of stressors each day and often children are unable to adequately cope with the stress and anxieties that fill...
Child Schizophrenia
In the United Kingdom, Schizophrenia affects one in every 100 people but rarely affects children younger than 15 years of age. Though it is rare, there are some...
Conduct Disorder (CD)
Conduct Disorder (CD) is a disruptive type of behavioural disorder in which a child routinely violates the personal rights of others and shows no care for others’...
Major Depressive Disorder
Once thought to be an adult condition, major depressive disorder is being recognised earlier in life than in previous decades. Also called clinical depression or...
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
All kids worry sometimes but in children with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), the worries are pervasive, invading the child's thoughts and compelling them toward...
Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
All kids go through difficult stages and could sometimes be described as oppositional. There is an enormous difference between the normal defiance seen in two year olds...
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can develop in children after they have lived through a particularly traumatic event. These events include...
Questionnaire: Does Your Child Have ADHD?
If you think that your child might be suffering from a particular condition, but has yet to be diagnosed, it is worthwhile speaking to other...
Selective Mutism
Selective Mutism occurs when children who are otherwise able to speak and understand language are unable to speak in specific social settings. For example, a s...
Tourette's Disorder
Tourette’s Disorder also called Tourette Syndrome (TS) is a complex medical condition and according to the Tourette Syndrome Association, can be described as a movement...
What is a Behavioural Disorder?
Behavioural disorders are conditions in which an individual experiences alterations in thinking and emotions that result in challenging behaviours. Challenging...
