Week 5 Child and Youth Mental Health and Illness

Question 1

Key terms

Answer 1

Mental health - state of wellbeing

Mental health problems - affect perceptions, emotions, behaviours and social-wellbeing

Mental disorders - clinically recognisable set of symptoms or behaviours

Question 2

What are the common mental health problems among children?

Answer 2

Prevalence: 14% of Australian aged 4 ~ 17

• ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder)
• anxiety disorders
• major depressive disorders
• conduct disorders

Question 3

What are the risks and resilience?

Answer 3

Risk factors:

• genetic and biology (child’s temperature/health)
• parent-child interaction (learning from watching)
• Things affecting parents (level of stress)

Question 4

What are the treatments and nursing skills for children with mental illness?

Question 5

Internalising disorders vs Externalising disorder

Answer 5

ID

• over-controlled behaviours, i.e. anxiety, depression
• feelings of loneliness, sadness, low self-esteem

ED

• antisocial behaviours, i.e. delinquency or aggression, ADHD.
• break rules, bullying fighting