Page 3 - psychological disorders

 in addition children may also suffer from more serious developmental disorder
called Pervasive Developmental Disorders which include severe widespread
impairments in social interation.
2. Autistic Disorder(Autism)-
 These children have marked difficulties in social interaction, sharing emotions,
communication skills, interests in activities. 70% of autistic children have
chances of being mentally retarded.
 Such children may reflect repetitive behaviours such as lining up objects or
stereotyped body movements such as rocking.
 These movements are self-stimulatory.

3. Eating Disorder:
A. Anorexia nervosa– Individual has a distorted body self-image and may
think s/he is overweight. Hence avoid eating, starve and over exercise
compulsively to lose weight.
B. Bulimia Nervosa; Individuals eat excessive amounts of food. Then purge
with help of eating medicines like laxatives or diuretics or by vomiting.
C. Binge eating: There are frequent episodes of out of control eating.

Substance use disorders:

 Substance dependence – Intense craving, withdrawal symptoms, compulsive
drug/alcohol intake.
 Substance abuse- There are recurrent and adverse consequences of taking these
substances and damage their social, family relationships and performance at
work.
 Alcohol impact:
a) All alcohol beverages contain Ethyl Alcohol.
b) This chemical is absorbed in the blood and carried into central nervous
system and spinal cord.
c) It depresses those areas in brain that control judgement, inhibition.
d) People become talkative, friendly, lose inhibitions and feel more
confident and happy.
e) They also become more emotional, loud and aggressive.

f) Speech becomes unclear, memory falters and physical movements can
become unsteady.
g) Therefore drinking and driving is not allowed under laws.

 Intellectual disability: People with IQ less than 70 show deficit or impairment in
adaptive behaviour. Lower functional, academic skills.