Clinical Pediatrics: Open Access
Open Access
ISSN: 2572-0775
ISSN: 2572-0775
Short Communication - (2022)Volume 7, Issue 1
Pediatric psychology is a multidisciplinary discipline that aims to address the psychological elements of sickness, injury, and the promotion of healthy behaviors in children, adolescents, and families in a pediatric health context. Psychological disorders are handled within the context of development, emphasizing the dynamic interactions that exist between children, their families, and the healthcare system as a whole.
Psychosocial development, environmental factors that contribute to the development of a disorder, outcomes of children with medical conditions, treating the comorbid behavioral and emotional components of illness and injury, and promoting proper health behaviors are all common.
The study of children's growth, both subconsciously and consciously, is known as child psychology. To comprehend a kid's mental development, child psychologists watch how they interact with their parents, themselves, and their surroundings. Children have traditionally been thought of as adults, to the point that they were formerly clothed like adults and forced to work alongside adults in mainstream jobs. Child psychology was a strange idea in this environment.
Role of the pediatric psychologist
Pediatric psychology was created to meet unmet requirements for psychological treatments in the pediatric context, and it combines numerous different aspects of psychology. Pediatric psychology is a combined discipline of study and practice in which psychological ideas are applied to the world of children's health. Through the promotion of evidence-based science and practice, teaching, training, and advocacy, SPP works to improve the health and psychological well-being of children, adolescents, and their families. Clinical, developmental, social, cognitive, behavioral, counseling, community, and school psychology all contribute to the field's wide multidisciplinary base, which was created in 1969.
The early years of a person's existence are critical in terms of their emotional, social, and physical well-being. This has a longterm effect on their mature personality. According to research,the early years are also crucial for brain development. Early encounters with parents and the outside environment have a significant impact on a person's future physical, cognitive, emotional, and social development [1-4].
Behavior: From time to time, all youngsters may be stubborn, and impetuous. As children seek to express their individuality and build their own identities from the "terrible twos" until puberty, conflicts between parents and children are unavoidable. These actions are a natural component of the maturation process. Some children, on the other hand, exhibit exceedingly problematic behaviors that are out of the ordinary for their age group. In fact, behavioral concerns are the most typical cause for parents seeking child psychologists' assistance. Child psychology includes examining all potential causes of behavioral problems, such as brain abnormalities, heredity, food, family dynamics, and stress, and then treating them appropriately.
Emotions: Learning what feelings and emotions are is an important part of emotional growth. Understanding how and why they occur, as well as recognizing one's own and others' feelings, and establishing appropriate coping mechanisms. This complicated process starts in childhood and lasts into maturity. Anger, sadness, and fear are among the first feelings that newborns can recognize. More complex emotions like shyness, surprise, exhilaration, embarrassment, shame, remorse, pride, and empathy come later as children establish a sense of self. The items that elicit emotional responses, as well as the tactics employed to regulate them, vary with time.
Socialisation: Social growth is closely linked to emotional development. Socialization entails developing the values, knowledge, and abilities that enable children to effectively connect to others and contribute positively to their families, schools, and communities. Early infancy is a critical era for socialization, even if it is a continual process.
Milestones: Psychologists use developmental milestones to track a child's growth in several essential developmental areas. They serve as milestones in a kid's development, determining what a typical youngster can perform at a certain age. Knowing the developmental milestones for different ages supports child psychologists in understanding normal child growth and spotting potential developmental disorders.
This course has provided a quick overview of some of the most important concepts in child psychology, with an emphasis on early development. Child psychology aims to define and explain all elements of a child's development, including changes in cognitive, social, and physical development, as well as to understand and help children who are experiencing developmental delays. Some of the most popular views concerning children's development have been discussed; conflicting explanations emphasize individual development as opposed to development impacted by the larger social and cultural environment.
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Citation: Murray KF (2022) A Short Note on Pediatrics Psychology. Clin Pediatr.7: 200.
Received: 03-Jan-2022, Manuscript No. CPOA-22-16054; Editor assigned: 05-Jan-2022, Pre QC No. CPOA-22-16054 (PQ); Reviewed: 19-Jan-2022, QC No. CPOA-22-16054; Revised: 24-Jan-2022, Manuscript No. CPOA-22-16054 (R); Published: 31-Jan-2022 , DOI: DOI: 10.35248/2572-0775.22.7.200.
Copyright: © 2022 Murray KF. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.