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• ABNORMAL in relation to
– child’s age and gender
– developmental stage
– culture
– persistence
– extent of disturbance
– severity and frequency
• IMPAIRMENT
– causes suffering to child/distress to family
– social restriction
– impedes the child’s development
– effects on others
Which of these may be a problem?
• A 3-year-old soiling during the day
A 7-year-old soiling during the day
– PREDISPOSING
– PRECIPITATING
– PERPETUATING
• early onset
• pervasive and persistent
• boys >>> girls
6. Failures of normal
development : specific
• Asperger’s Syndrome
7. Attachment disorders
• Marked distress and social impairment as
a result of an extremely abnormal pattern
of attachment, typically repeated changes
of care-giver in early childhood
• Reactive attachment disorder
• Disinhibited attachment disorder
Abuse
• physical (non-accidental injury)
• emotional
• sexual
• neglect
• Munchaussen Syndrome by Proxy??/
Factitious Induced Illness (FII)
8. Adult type disorders
• psychoses - schizophrenia; bipolar
disorder
• depression
• post traumatic stress disorder
• obsessive compulsive disorder
• eating disorders
• deliberate self harm
Assessment
Main areas to cover in assessment.