Obsessive-compulsive disorder in children
OCD involves unwanted recurring thoughts or urges and repetitive behaviours or mental acts performed to reduce distress.
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Depression in children
Depression in children and adolescents involves persistent low or irritable mood and loss of interest that affects functioning. It is treatable and not a character flaw.
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Social anxiety causes intense fear of scrutiny or embarrassment in social or performance situations and can restrict school and friendships.
Read more →Separation anxiety disorder
Separation anxiety disorder involves excessive developmentally inappropriate distress about being apart from attachment figures.
Read more →Concussion
Concussion is a mild traumatic brain injury affecting brain function after a blow or jolt. Symptoms can occur without loss of consciousness.
Read more →Febrile seizures: extended guide
Febrile seizures are seizures associated with fever in children, usually between six months and five years, without another immediate cause. Most are brief.
Read more →Breath-holding spells
Breath-holding spells are involuntary episodes in young children, usually triggered by upset, pain or fright. They are not deliberate.
Read more →Benign sleep myoclonus
Benign sleep myoclonus is repetitive jerking that occurs only during sleep in young infants and stops when the baby wakes. It does not usually represent epilepsy.
Read more →Tic disorders
Tics are sudden repeated movements or sounds that are difficult to control. They commonly fluctuate and often increase with stress or tiredness.
Read more →Tension headaches
Tension-type headache usually causes a pressing or tightening pain without the marked activity limitation typical of migraine.
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