Understanding Mental Disorders in Childhood

Mental Disorders in Early Childhood.

BACKGROUND About 17% of all children suffer from a mental disorder in early childhood, defined as the period up to the age of 6 years. METHODS This review is based on publications retrieved by a selective search in PubMed and the Web of Science, as well as on the authors' clinical and scientific experience. RESULTS In children up to age 2, disorders of emotional and motor regulation are com...

Understanding mental disorders through Woody Allen's films.

Understanding and handling mental disorders in the aged.

THE serious psychiatric disturbances of old people are a m atter for experts, but lesser psychological symptoms and em otional disturbances are frequent and sometimes alarm ing. A good deal o f psychiatric illness in the aged goes unrecognised until it is well advanced as it develops in­ sidiously, takes the form o f physical illness, or the per­ son may not choose or even know where to go for ...

Understanding illness experiences of employees with common mental health disorders.

BACKGROUND Common mental health disorders (CMHDs) are a leading cause of sickness absence. To address this, a Fit for Work Service (FFWS) was introduced in Greater Manchester, UK, in 2010, offering case-managed and multidisciplinary interventions to early-stage sickness absentees experiencing physical health conditions and/or associated psychosocial problems, to enable a speedy return to work. ...

Sleep Disorders in Childhood Neurogenetic Disorders

enetic advances in the past three decades have transformed our understanding and treatment of many human diseases including neurogenetic disorders. Most neurogenetic disorders can be classified as "rare disease," but collectively neurogenetic disorders are not rare and are commonly encountered in general pediatric practice. The authors decided to select eight relatively well-known neurogenetic ...