Infants and toddlers who witness violence in their homes show extreme irritability, immature behavior, sleeping disorders, emotional suffering, fears of being alone, and decline in toileting and language skills. ... The presence of symptoms in these young children is similar to posttraumatic stress disorder in adults, including continual experiencing of the traumatic event, avoidance, and lack of response ("Health Plus"). ... Others use therapy techniques used to treat posttraumatic stress disorder. ...

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Intense anxiety producing situations like this can manufacture certain psychological disorders and/or exaggerate already existing psychological characteristics. ... He could be viewed as possibly having posttraumatic stress disorder. ... Schizophrenia refers to a class of disorders involving severe distortions of reality (Feldman et al. 2004). Process schizophrenia refers to schizophrenia that has a gradual onset, and reactive symptoms have a sudden onset following a stressor (Feldman et al. 2004). ...

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Teenage dating violence is very common in the early stages of the pre-teenage years, or between 6th to 9th grades. "Dating violence, including sexual abuse, has been found to begin as early as in the seventh grade.(Hokoda,2011:#351) Dating violence can come from teenagers who have been surrounded by...

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