SEMH Flashcards
Define psychiatric disorder (1) and name diagnostic bodies.
Atypical behavioural or psychological patterns that cause distress/disability.
Defined by DSM-V and ICD-16
(6) types of psychiatric disorder and examples
Organic disorders - dementia
Mood disorders - depression
Anxiety disorders - phobia
Developmental disorders - LD
Eating disorder - anorexia
Substance dependance - alcholism
(3) possible features of psychiatric disorders
May relate to LD
May be transient or chronic
Comorbidity
Define child psychiatric disorder
(5)
(1)
Severe impairments in the behaviour, development, learning, mood and social functioning of a child, not adequately explained by primary medical factors.
Who diagnoses child psychiatric disorders?
Diagnosed by child/adolescent psychiatrists and/or clinical psychologists.
What service manages children with child psychiatric disorders? (4)
CAMHS – Child and Adolescent Mental health Services.
Schools,
Social services,
MAST - Multi-Agency support teams.
What is social-emotional competence?
Able to positively engage with those around them, able to regulate or manage their emotions and how they express these emotions
(5) factors of social-emotional competence?
(1) Effect of disruption to factors
Social competence
Emotional competence
Attachment
Self-Perceived competence
Temperament
Disruptions to the above can put the child at risk of SEMH difficulties
Define social competence
child engages appropriately in social interaction
Define Attachment
A secure relationship with a primary carer from birth, which makes the child feel safe, secure and protected
Define emotional competence
child aware of their emotions and those of others and are able to manage/regulate how they express or show these emotions to others
Define Self-perceived competence:
Self-perceived competence: child is aware of their own strengths/weaknesses in relation to their peers and are able to use this in their own motivations.
Define Temperament
Temperament: child’s intrinsic personality in how he/she reacts to experiences and then manages these
Effect of language on emotional competence
need knowledge of vocabulary of emotions and how this vocabulary maps onto their emotions in order to be able to understand and express these to others.
Effect of language on social competence
adequate and appropriate social communication skills to engage appropriately in social interaction.
