文档介绍：精神病学
CHILD AND ADOLESCENTS PSYCHIATRY AND MENTAL HEALTH
SU Lin-yan .
Outline
Preface of Child and Adolescents Psychiatry
Mental Retardation
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Definition
Child and Adolescents Psychiatry is the academic and clinical discipline which studying and caring for children and adolescents with
Emotional disorders
behavioral disorders
developmental disorders
The field of child and adolescent psychiatry is quite young.
1867 Maudsley H. first described insanity of early life in his book 《Physiolgy and pathology of mind》
1950’ formal training programs in child psychiatry e popular in American
1970’ quick development
The social sciences (social munal factors, family functioning, parent-child relations)
Many basic science contribute to knowledge relevant child psychiatry
The biological science (brain development)
The child developmental psychology
Epidemiology
Child and adolescent mental health is an essential part of overall health.
World-wide up to 20% of children and adolescents suffer from a disabling mental illness (WHR, 2000).
World-wide suicide is the 3rd leading cause of death among adolescents (WHR 2000).
Major depressive disorder (MDD) often has an onset in adolescence, across diverse countries, and is associated with substantial psychosocial impairment and risk of suicide (Weissman, 1999)
Epidemiology
XIN RE(1992) CBCL %
Li XR (1993) DSM-III-R %
It means that there are 46770000 children need help in China.
Poor es
Light and Bailey (1998) report that longitudinal studies find that about half the children with psychiatric disorders exhibit the same or similar disorders years later.
Conduct disorder related behaviors tend to persistent into adolescence and adult life through drug abuse, juvenile delinquency, adult crime, antisocial behavior, marital problems, poor employee relations, unemployment, interpersonal problems, and poor physical health (Patterson, DeBaryshe, & Ramsey, 1989).