Eating Disorders in Teens
Teen eating disorders like anorexia, bulimia, and binge-eating disorder. The highest death rate mental disorder is Anorexia nervosa, resulting to metabolic collapse, starvation, or suicide. Because of that it is considered to be one of the most dangerous teen anxiety disorders.
Teen in this case of anxiety disorder has extreme disturbances to their eating behavior, physical health, and also mental health. This type of disorder always coexists with another mental health issue.
Therefore, teens with eating disorders are most likely to be anxious, moody, and depressed. Teens with eating disorders also have a greater risk for self-harming behavior and substance abuse.
Substance Use Disorder
Here is a list of teen mental disorders including substance use disorder. That’s because Youth use drugs and alcohol to low self-esteem, self-medicate depression, trauma, anxiety, and other underlying conditions.
Substance use is a dangerous and unhealthy coping mechanism for symptoms of teen mental disorders. And prolonged use can turn into addiction. These are the following factors increase the likelihood of substance use disorder based on scientist research:
-Genetic predisposition
-Environmental acceptance of heavy drug use
-Peer pressure.
Borderline personality disorder
is the lack of a stable sense of self. And without a firm identity teens with borderline personality disorder have extreme emotional instability. borderline personality disorder is similar to many other personality disorders. And it often first appears in teenagers and young adults.
Everyday life is hard for teens with borderline personality disorder. Because they don’t know how to process emotions. Also, they have unstable relationships with the people that even care for them the most.
Teens with borderline personality disorder are not able to connect with others. they become desperate and isolated. Resulting Lack of a clear sense of self, they feel stressed and chaotic. They also encounter scenarios that should be relatively easy to manage but become difficult.