Conduct Disorder<\/a> (see full Glossary<\/a>) is one of the types of mental health illnesses that may be easily missed because of a child\u2019s difficult behaviour. Children with conduct disorder may have other challenges, including learning disabilities<\/a> and attention deficit\/hyperactive disorders<\/a>.<\/p>\n Common behaviors or responses in children with conduct disorder include the following:<\/p>\n Conduct disorders require treatment and intervention for children to overcome them. Psychotherapy<\/a> (see full Glossary<\/a>) is the recommended treatment. The aim of treatment is to begin to get the child to understand the effect their behaviors and actions have on others.<\/p>\n Children with Oppositional Defiant Disorder<\/a> (see full Glossary<\/a>) usually show negative, hostile and defiant behaviors. Children with ODD<\/a>, however, do not engage in physical aggression. To determine if a child is going through a phase of defiance or may have this disorder, it helps compare his or her behaviors to those of other children in the same age range.<\/p>\n These are some of the common traits for children with ODD:<\/p>\n Sometimes medications are used to treat related mental health conditions.<\/p>\n Children with eating disorders may over-eat or under-eat, however, their feeding and nutrition needs are not being met. Eating disorders involve intense emotions and attitudes, as well as unusual behaviors associated with weight and\/or food.<\/p>\n Enuresis (or bed wetting), and encopresis<\/a> (or passage of stools) (see full Glossary<\/a>) are two disorders affecting behavior related to using the bathroom.<\/p>\n Enuresis: This is a medical condition where the child pees (urinating) during the night, while asleep. It is called enuresis only when children are older than six years old. Children may have small bladders. The normal capacity for children is 1 or more ounces per year of age.<\/p>\n Emotional problems do not cause enuresis; but they can make this condition worse than it is.<\/p>\n Encopresis<\/em><\/p>\n This is a condition in which a child 4 years old or older, accidentally or on purpose passes feces into inappropriate places (clothing, the floor). This behavior is not caused by medication or a medical condition; however, sometimes children with encopresis<\/em> become constipated.<\/p>\n Intervention options<\/a> include (a) psychotherapy<\/a>, (see full Glossary<\/a>) (b) medical treatment, (c) behavioral therapy, and (d) a combination of medical and behavioral treatments.<\/p>\n This disorder<\/a> involves distorted perceptions and thoughts.<\/p>\n Children with schizophrenia may show these symptoms<\/a>:<\/p>\n Specific interventions for any disorders should be determined by a child and youth mental health team, a medical physician or psychiatric team based on3<\/sup>:<\/p>\n Description Conduct Disorder (see full Glossary) is one of the types of mental health illnesses that may be easily missed because of a child\u2019s difficult behaviour. Children with conduct disorder may have other challenges, including learning disabilities and attention deficit\/hyperactive disorders. Common behaviors or responses in children with conduct disorder include the following: Stealing; Consistent […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":430,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[239920],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2-9-children-with-other-types-of-mental-illness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/earlychildhoodintervention2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/earlychildhoodintervention2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/earlychildhoodintervention2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/earlychildhoodintervention2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/430"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/earlychildhoodintervention2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=382"}],"version-history":[{"count":37,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/earlychildhoodintervention2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1373,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/earlychildhoodintervention2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382\/revisions\/1373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/earlychildhoodintervention2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/earlychildhoodintervention2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/earlychildhoodintervention2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
Oppositional Defiant Disorder or ODD:<\/h2>\n
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Eating Disorder<\/h2>\n
Elimination Disorders<\/h2>\n
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Schizophrenia<\/h2>\n
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1 Source: Mayo Clinic: http:\/\/www.mayoclinic.com\/health\/oppositional-defiant-disorder\/DS00630<\/a>
\n2 Source: Ferguson, T. (1979). Diagnosis and treatment of encopresis: A review of the literature. \u00a026<\/em>(1), 24-34.<\/a>
\n3 Source: http:\/\/www.nmha.org\/index.cfm?objectid=C7DF980C-1372-4D20-C8BA1DC89DBEAD32<\/a>
\n4\u00a0\u00a0Source: Facts for families from Kidshealth: http:\/\/www.aacap.org\/aacap\/Families_and_Youth\/Facts_for_Families\/Home.aspx\u00a0<\/a>
\n5 Source: http:\/\/kidshealth.org\/parent\/emotions\/behavior\/OCD.html<\/a> and http:\/\/emedicine.medscape.com\/article\/1182258-overview<\/a><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"