Letter to Editor
Open Access
Behavioral Therapy for Children with
Emotional Disorders
Shilpi P*
Department of Biotechnology, Amity University, Lucknow, India
*Corresponding author: Shilpi P, Department of Biotechnology, Amity University, Lucknow, India. E-mail:
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Received: October 20, 2017; Accepted: October 27, 2017; Published: October 31, 2017
Citation: Shilpi P (2017) Behavioral Therapy for Children with Emotional Disorders SOJ Psychol 4(2): 1-2. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15226/2374-6874/4/2/00141
Introduction
Behavioral Therapy is a therapy for the treatment of
Mental Health Disorders. This type of therapy helps to identify
the changes as self destructive and the unhealthy behaviors.
The main key role of Behavioral Therapy is to analyze all type of
behaviors and to change the unhealthy behavior. The treatment
mainly focuses on the current problem and how to change them?
Emotional Disorder is a type of mental disorder in which one’s emotions are disturbed to a great extent. This type of disorder is not caused due to any abnormalities in the brain development but it is a psychological condition in which thoughts and emotions are not in the proper state. Emotional Disorder is inflected in one’s behavior due to the unduly emotional thinking and dramatic behavior.
Emotional Disorder is a type of mental disorder in which one’s emotions are disturbed to a great extent. This type of disorder is not caused due to any abnormalities in the brain development but it is a psychological condition in which thoughts and emotions are not in the proper state. Emotional Disorder is inflected in one’s behavior due to the unduly emotional thinking and dramatic behavior.
Types of Behavioral Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
It is most common therapy as it is a combination of behavioral
therapy with cognitive therapy. Treatment for this therapy is
based upon a person’s thoughts and beliefs influence their
actions and moods. It gives a light on a person’s current problems
and how to solve them. The main use of this therapy is to change a
person’s thinking and behavioral patterns to healthier ones.
Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy
This therapy is commonly used with children. According to
this therapy, therapist can analyze the uncomfortable expressing
of children. Therapists analyze it in different ways:-
A.Children may be able to choose their own toys and play freely.
B.They might be asked to draw a picture or use toys to create scenes in a sandbox.
A.Children may be able to choose their own toys and play freely.
B.They might be asked to draw a picture or use toys to create scenes in a sandbox.
System Desensitization
It is based on the classical condition. It is mainly used for
the treatment of phobias. Due to this therapy, People are taught
to replace a fear response to a phobia with relaxation responses.
The ways of treatment by a therapist is by teaching relaxation
and breathing techniques to a person and then slowly expose
them to their fear in heightened doses while they practice these
techniques.
Aversion Therapy
This therapy is useful for the treatment of substance
abuse and alcoholism. The treatment is done by teaching people
to associate a stimulus that’s desirable but unhealthy with an
extremely unpleasant stimulus. The unpleasant stimulus may be
something that causes discomfort.
Effects Of Behavioral Therapy
•Anxiety disorders
•General stress
•Bulimia
•Anger control problems
•Somatoform disorders
•Depression
•Substance abuse
•General stress
•Bulimia
•Anger control problems
•Somatoform disorders
•Depression
•Substance abuse
Benefits Of Behavioral Therapy
Behavioral therapy can be benefited for a people with a wide
range of disorders.
People most commonly seek behavioral therapy to treat:
•Depression
•Anxiety
•Panic disorders
•Anger issues
It is useful in the treatment conditions and disorders such as:
•Eating disorders
•Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
•Bipolar disorder
•ADHD
•Phobias, including social phobias
•Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
•Self-harm
•Substance abuse
This type of therapy can be benefited for adults and children.
People most commonly seek behavioral therapy to treat:
•Depression
•Anxiety
•Panic disorders
•Anger issues
It is useful in the treatment conditions and disorders such as:
•Eating disorders
•Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
•Bipolar disorder
•ADHD
•Phobias, including social phobias
•Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
•Self-harm
•Substance abuse
This type of therapy can be benefited for adults and children.
Behavioral Therapy For Children
The two main therapies used for children are Applied
Behavior Therapy and Play Therapy. The treatment involves
teaching children different methods of responding to situations
more positively. It helps in rewarding the positive attitude in the
child’s day-to-day life.
Children with autism and ADHD often benefit from behavioral therapy.
Children with autism and ADHD often benefit from behavioral therapy.
List Of Emotional Disorder
Conduct Disorders
Children suffering from conduct disorders are mostly
diagnosed with anti-social behaviors, as aggressiveness,
throwing tantrums, stealing, lying, and hostility, destructive
and manipulative attitude. Their non-compliance to rules and
indifference towards others poses a great challenge to teachers
which leads to frustration and annoyance.
Affective Disorders
Emotional disorders include improper eating habits,
depression, and extreme stress; which leads to negative behavior
in the individual’s personality and in children, the most commonly
encountered psychiatric emotional disorder is the change of
mood which includes depression and bipolar disorder.
Personality Disorders
The rigid and pervasive behavior pattern exhibited is totally
different from the cultural expectations, and results in distress.
This type of disorder may be schizotypal, showing uneasiness
in close relationships or borderline, marked by uncertainty in
interpersonal relationship or dependent, exhibiting a highly
clinging attitude with the need to be cared for.
Anxiety Disorders
The most common type of emotional disorders in children are
anxiety disorder. The suffering children exhibit fear, shyness and
nervousness which includes phobia, panic, obsessive-compulsive
disorders, separation anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Children doing over activity and short span of attention are
easily diverted and are unable to consolidate their schedules.
Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Children easily lose their temper and argue a lot with others,
quickly irritated by others and express anger often.
Pervasive Development Disorder
Distortions in a child and delay in development is caused
when the brain is incapable of processing the information which
includes autism and Asperger’s syndrome.
Schizophrenia
It includes poor reasoning and judgment, hallucinations,
delusions, lack of motivation and concentration.
Signs Of Emotional Disorders In Children
•Affects their educational performance
•Bad rapport among other fellow as students, parents or teachers
•Mood swing
•Phobia
•Violent conduct
•Low self-esteem
•Bad rapport among other fellow as students, parents or teachers
•Mood swing
•Phobia
•Violent conduct
•Low self-esteem