internalizing disorder
{{short description|Type of emotional and behavioral disorder}}
An internalizing disorder (or internalising disorder) is one type of emotional and behavioral disorder, along with externalizing disorders, and lower incidence disorders.{{cite web|last=Smith|first=D.D.|title=Emotional or Behavioral Disorders Defined|url=http://www.education.com/reference/article/emotional-behavioral-disorders-defined/|work=education.com|accessdate=17 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180331104522/https://www.education.com/reference/article/emotional-behavioral-disorders-defined/|archive-date=31 March 2018|url-status=dead}} People who have an internalizing disorder will keep their problems to themselves, or internalize the problems.
Signs and symptoms
Behaviors that are apparent in those with internalizing disorders include depression, withdrawal, anxiety, and loneliness. There are also behavioral characteristics involved with internalizing disorders. Some behavioral abnormalities include poor self-esteem, suicidal behaviors, decreased academic progress, and social withdrawal.{{cite web|title=Internalizing Symptoms and Affect of Children with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders|url=http://www.studymode.com/essays/Internalizing-Symptoms-And-Affect-Of-Children-866577.html|work=studymode.com|accessdate=17 March 2014}} Internalizing one's problems, like sadness, can cause the problems to grow into larger burdens such as social withdrawal, suicidal behaviors or thoughts, and other unexplained physical symptoms.{{cite web|last=DiMaria|first=Lauren|title=Internalizing Behaviors and Depression|url=http://depression.about.com/od/depressionsymptoms/a/internalizing-behaviors.htm|work=about.com|accessdate=17 March 2014|archive-date=6 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906163507/http://depression.about.com/od/depressionsymptoms/a/internalizing-behaviors.htm|url-status=dead}}
DSM-5
The internalizing disorders, with high levels of negative affectivity, include depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive and related disorders, trauma and stressor-related disorders, and dissociative disorders, {{cite journal|last1=Regier|first1=Darrel A.|last2=Kuhl|first2=Emily A.|last3=Kupfer|first3=David J.|title=The DSM-5: Classification and criteria changes|journal=World Psychiatry|date=June 2013|volume=12|issue=2|pages=92–98|doi=10.1002/wps.20050|pmc=3683251|pmid=23737408}}{{cite journal|last1=Turygin|first1=Nicole C.|last2=Matson|first2=Johnny L.|last3=Adams|first3=Hilary|last4=Belva|first4=Brian|title=The effect of DSM-5 criteria on externalizing, internalizing, behavioral and adaptive symptoms in children diagnosed with autism|journal=Developmental Neurorehabilitation|date=August 2013|volume=16|issue=4|pages=277–282|doi=10.3109/17518423.2013.769281|pmid=23617257}} bulimia, and anorexia come under this category, as do dysthymia, and somatic disorders (in Huberty 2017) and posttraumatic stress disorder (in Huberty 2004).
Treatment
Some treatments for internalizing disorders include antidepressants, electroconvulsive therapy, and psychotherapy.{{cite web|title=Depression|url=http://www.helpguide.org/mental/depression_signs_types_diagnosis_treatment.htm|work=helpguide.org|accessdate=17 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314143419/http://www.helpguide.org/mental/depression_signs_types_diagnosis_treatment.htm|archive-date=14 March 2014|url-status=dead}}
See also
References
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Source
{{cite book
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|title=Internalizing Disorder
|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/psychology/internalizing-disorder
|location=Encyclopedia of Adolescence
|publisher=sciencedirect.com
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}} - Huberty 2004, 2017
External links
- [http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/depression/index.shtml#part3 Depression] at National Institute of Mental Health website