How Childhood Experiences Would Effect the Development of Their Mental Health

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According to the article published by Daniel L. Lafleur, Carter Petty, Elizabeth Mancuso, Katherine McCarthy, Joseph Biederman, Alyssa Faro, Hannah C. Levy, Daniel A. Geller it is shown that the study is about children with OCD have a risk of facing post-traumatic stress disorder later in life. OCD or also known as obsessive compulsive disorder is one of the more frequent disorders among children, approximately 1 or 2 in a hundred children face this problem. According to the hypothesis stated in this article, children with OCD have a higher risk of having PTSD and past traumatic situations. The association between trauma and the occurrence of OCD is not only towards children but as well as adults of an early age. Although this disorder is associated to the past experiences of a child, OCD is also derived from genetically from parents and family members. The article studies that there are evidence that a child with OCD is more likely to face a more severe form of PTSD than other psychological disorders.

This article is relevant as it provides evidence that OCD is one reasons to a psychological occurrence in one’s mental disorder in this case PTSD especially children who face this disorder. However, it does not state much information on reasoning towards it besides the fact that it is also genetically associated with the disorder.

Comijs, H.C., van Exel, E., van der Mast, R.C., Paauw, A., Voshaar, R.O., Stek, M.L. (2012). Childhood abuse in late-life depression. Journal of Affective Disorders, 147 (1-3), pp 241–246. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2012.11.010

This journal article is by Hannie C. Comijs, Eric van Exel, Roos C. van der Mast, Anna Paauw, Richard Oude Voshaar, Max L. Stek and the study would be about the relationship of childhood abuse and depression later in life. Many children of the recent years has faced some form of abuse in the early stages of their life and therefore led to a psychological disorder, depression. However this study provides little information of childhood abuse and depression later in life as most studies conducted are based on several ages groups not only childhood abuse. Though the little research that has been done, they were able to state that approximately half of the adult’s population that faces depression has experienced some form of childhood abuse in the early stages of their life. In the biological research, the elevation of inflammation levels causes a down-fall of one’s health which would be associated with depression, this is the cause of childhood abuse. The more a child is abused, the greater the risk of the depression.

Therefore, this study provides strong evidence in supporting the research about childhood abuse being a major effect toward depression among adults of any age group. For a greater understanding about this psychological effect, further study is needed.

Benedict, F.T., Vivier, P.M. and Gjelsvik, A. (2015). Mental Health and Bullying in the United States Among Children Aged 6 to 17 Years. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 30 (5), pp 782–795. doi:10.1177/0886260514536279

The following journal article by Frances Turcotte Benedict, Patrick M. Vivier, and Annie Gjelsvik has done a study regarding victims of bullies as well as people who bully. Both are at risk in faces a psychological disorder. People who are involved in bullying are likely to face depression, anxiety as well as ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder). Youths or children who are both bully as well as victims are more likely to have a higher risk of having psychological problems as well as behavioral indiscipline problems. A study in the United Stated of America stated that approximately 30% of children or youths were identified as a bully. Among those of the early ages, bullies are usually influenced by several violent events or experienced negativity in his or her family circle such as parental divorce or violent activities based at home. This should be greatly avoided amongst children and peers of the early ages.

This article provided useful knowledgeable information as a form of understanding the chemistry of bullying and being bullied among children and youths which will lead to an unhealthy mentality or a psychological disorder.