Emotional Behavioral Disorder

By Leeanne Utiger
Emotional behavioral disorder. What is emotional behavioral disorder you may be asking yourself? It sounds a mouth full, but what is its true meaning? And who is more likely to suffer from having emotional behavioral disorder?

Emotional behavioral disorder is simply almost how it sounds. Emotions are a very powerful tool of the body, and can if not balanced create all sorts of problems. Sometimes these problems get out of hand and in turn create behavioral problems - thus becoming an emotional behavioral disorder. I must make it explicitly clear that an emotional behavioral disorder is in fact a form of mental illness or unwell ness.

Children, teenagers and adults all have the ability to at any given time become extremely emotionally mixed up or depressed to the point of suffering from emotional behavioral disorder. However in this article I am going to focus on teenagers who unfortunately suffer from emotional behavioral disorder. This group of sufferers are in urgent need of help and support. And more often than not, are also the hardest group of emotional behavioral disorder suffers to 'reach' and 'break through' to and then ultimately help. If a teenager who suffers from emotional behavioral disorder is not helped, the outcome can at times be quite devastating and extremely traumatic and sad. A reasonable percentage of teenagers who suffer from emotional behavioral disorder require professional help and care in one way or another. This could be counseling to prescribed medication to keep the emotional behavioral disorder controlled.

Below I have listed a few varying forms of emotional behavioral disorders for your reference:
Depression
Anxiety Disorders
Disruptive behavior
Grief
Attention deficit
Hyperactivity
Post traumatic stress
Psychosis
Suicide
Eating Disorders

All of the above can very likely become very serious and cause extreme problems, sometimes leading to death and even as mentioned above - suicide.

The most common people to pick up on symptoms that your teenager may be suffering from an emotional behavioral disorder is either yourself, other family members or even your teenagers teachers at school/college. You will notice varying signs that your teenager may be suffering from one of the above emotional behavioral disorders. Abruptness, rudeness (other than normal for a teenager), sudden mood swings, carelessness, the lack of eating, eradicable behavior, violence just to name a few. You will often find, that if you suspect something, and approach your teenager with your concerns, they will not want to talk about it and pretend there is nothing to be concerned about. However the sooner you can detect an emotional behavioral problem, the better your teenager will be, and the more likely any counseling or treatment recommended will help. You do not want to leave it too late and find your teenager has committed suicide one day simply because he or she did not receive the treatment they so needed. If you have suspicions that your teenager may be suffering from a emotional behavioral disorder, speak to family and a close friend about your concerns. Voice your concerns and create a support network for yourself while also bearing in mind your teenager will need a good support network also. If you are convinced there is a problem and your teenager is showing sure signs of suffering from one of many emotional behavioral disorders, seek medical advice and help immediately. However, do not let them veer you away from your suspicions. You are the parent, and you are in the position to know your teenager better than anyone.

It is very sad, but to date, many parents have been shunned by the medical profession and it has in fact taken them years to prove their teenagers did in fact have an emotional behavioral disorder, sadly for some it was too late and death had been the result of a very delayed diagnosis. You, yourself do not want this to happen to your teenager and your family. You have every right to be heard, so fight the medical profession with your concerns of your teenager possibly suffering from a emotional behavioral disorder. If you run into a 'brick wall' at a medical center, go somewhere else. NEVER give up, NEVER stop until someone finally listens to you. You could be ultimately saving the life of your teenager.

Many teenagers will not want to talk about their feelings or anything that seems to be getting out of control with them. This is all very normal for a number of reasons. They may think they are too old for running to their parents, they feel ashamed, or they simply just choose to ignore signs of something being wrong. It is up to you as a parent to over see all of your children, teenagers included and be a guiding light for them when they may so need it, whether they ask you to or not. When you begin to help your teenager who may be or is suffering from a emotional behavioral disorder, he or she may retaliate and actually be quite nasty to you. Yes, it will hurt and yes, it will more than likely bring tears, but know in your heart of hearts, it is the mental illness they are suffering that is making them behave in the way they are.

I hope what I have talked about above will help you gain more understanding on what an emotional behavioral disorder is and who it can affect, along with the seriousness of having a diagnosis made as early as possible if this is a suspicion. And I must repeat again - NEVER stop fighting for your child/teenager. Treatment is far better than death!

See Also:
Emotional Behavioural Disorders

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