Perinatal Nursing & Adolescent Psychiatry

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry is mainly aimed in the treatment, and prevention of mental disorders in childs, adolescents and their families. Growing up of a child is susceptible to the exposure of various vulnerabilities including parental, social, which leads to the manifestation of various psychological conditions. In todays, world, peer pressure, the pressure to win the race of life often takes a toll on the children psyche. Teenagers are commonly characterized with issues like rebellious behavior, lying, cheating, school performance problems, negative attitudes, disobedience and disrespect, sibling rivalry, drug and alcohol abuse, pressures from peers, depression, and issues of sexuality. Various disorders may include psychotic, attention and behavior, mood, anxiety, eating, gender identity and developmental ailments. Medical Practitioners should be well knowledge aware and capable in identifying the behavior of children and changing the treatment procedure as per their development and differential behavioural needs.