Emerging Adults experience double the rate of serious mentalillness than that of adults over the age of 25. Signs often appearin childhood, worsen in adolescence and become fully manifestduring emerging adulthood. Some of the serious mental disordersare:
1. Mood Disorders: Depression, Bipolar Disorder
2. Anxiety Disorders: Panic attacks, Post-Traumatic StressDisorder (PTSD, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
3. Schizophrenia
choose one of the major mental disorders (listed above),and discuss the reasons why Emerging Adults might manifest aserious mental disorder. What are the signs and symptoms and why isit more likely to show up during this time of life? What would bethe most common treatment for this disorder and what can familiesdo to support the individual and his or her development duringmental illness. (please write conclusion at the end)
