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Health Encyclopedia: Stress In Childhood

Stress in childhood

Definition

Childhood stress can be caused by any situation that a person to adapt or change. The situation often produces anxiety. Stress may be caused by positive changes, such as starting a new activity, but it is most commonly linked with negative changes such as illness or death in the family.

Alternative Names

Fear in children; Anxiety in children; Childhood stress

Information

Stress is a response to any situation or factor that creates a negative emotional o...

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Learning Disabilities

By Eileen Bailey , Health Expert

...there are a number of symptoms that appear in early childhood that may signify a possible... Read more »

The evaluation of Speech and Language Disorders

By Dr. Ballas , Health Expert

...problems with the generation of speech and include stuttering and other problems with the... Read more »

Be a Better Caregiver: Learn More About Your Loved Ones' Prescriptions

By Jacqueline Marcell , Health Expert

...I most often get a blank stare and an embarrassed stutter. "Ummm, well, I don't know them all.... Read more »

Living with Quiggles: Life Lessons from Baseball

By Cheryle Gartley , Health Expert

...for Love lived with a very debilitating Quiggle -- stuttering. In order to avoid the... Read more »

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Health Guide

Narcolepsy: Introduction

...forward, the jaw becomes slack, and the knees will buckle.Speech may become suddenly loud or broken and stutter-like.Other Symptoms of NarcolepsyAtonia. Atonia is a sense of paralysis that occurs... Read more »

Anxiety Disorders: Introduction

...often leads people to avoid social situations and is not due to a physical or mental problem (such as stuttering, acne, or personality disorders). The incidence of social phobia is approximately... Read more »

Immunizations: Haemophilus Type B

...cause influenza (the flu). Before vaccination, H. influenzae type B (Hib) was the most common cause of childhood bacterial meningitis, killing 600 American children every year and leaving others... Read more »

Encephalitis: Viral: Highlights

...not experience birth complications and deliver healthy babies, indicates a 2006 study in Pediatrics.Childhood Vaccines and EncephalitisStandard childhood immunizations for measles-mumps-rubella... Read more »

Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia: Resources

...Cancerwww.aspho.org -- American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncologywww.candlelighters.org -- Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundationwww.clf4kids.com -- Childhood Leukemia Foundation Read more »

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