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Reduced affect display, sometimes referred to as emotional blunting or emotional numbing, is a condition of reduced emotional reactivity in an individual. It manifests as a failure to express feelings either verbally or nonverbally, especially when talking about issues that would normally be expected to engage emotions.
One in four autistic children develops seizures, often starting either in early childhood or adolescence. [36] Seizures, caused by abnormal electrical activity in the brain, can produce a temporary loss of consciousness (a "blackout"), a body convulsion, unusual movements, or staring spells.
Pyromania is characterized by impulsive and repetitive urges to deliberately start fires. Because of its nature, the number of studies performed for fire-setting are understandably limited. However, studies done on children and adolescents with pyromania have reported its prevalence to be between 2.4 and 3.5% in the United States. It has also ...
Publicly supported programs are often inadequate or inappropriate for a given child, and unreimbursed out-of-pocket medical or therapy expenses are associated with likelihood of family financial problems; [21] one 2008 U.S. study found a 14% average loss of annual income in families of children with ASD, [22] and a related study found that ASD ...
Typically, children with mental health disorders are first exposed to stigma within their family unit before later being exposed to it in the school setting and the public. [25] While some may view stigma as a minor problem when looking at the other obstacles children with mental illness may face, others view it as a major problem because of ...
The long-term effects on mental health disorders in later life of chronic use of methylphenidate is unknown. [ 204 ] A 2009 FDA review of 49 clinical trials found that approximately 1.5% of children in clinical trials of medications for ADHD had experienced signs or symptoms of psychosis or mania.
Children with CDS seem to have more difficulty with consistently remembering things that were previously learned and make more mistakes on memory retrieval tests than do children with ADHD. They have been found to perform much worse on psychological tests involving perceptual-motor speed or hand-eye coordination and speed.
Bullying can have long term effects on an individual such as mental health issues, social isolation, and academic consequences. Speech impairments (e.g., stuttering) and language impairments (e.g., dyslexia, auditory processing disorder) may also result in discrimination in the workplace. For example, an employer would be discriminatory if he ...