Mental illnesess

Children with Asperger's disease usually have developmental delays in motor skills, appearing clumsy and uncoordinated when performing movements such as climbing outdoor play equipment or pedaling a bike. But while children with classic autism generally have problems with verbal and nonverbal communication as well, those with Asperger's typically have a high level of vocabulary and formal speechpatterns.
 
 Some of the common signs and symptoms of Asperger syndrome include obsessive interest in a single object, repetitive routines or rituals, peculiarities in speech, and clumsy motor movements. Children exhibiting symptoms of this condition want to know everything about their topic of interest, and their conversations will be about little else.

Children who have Asperger's diseasetend to become fascinated with a single topic of interest. They want to know everything about this topic and their conversations with others will be about little else. As a result, children with Asperger's are often isolated because of their poor social skills and narrow interests. They often make normal conversation impossible by inappropriate or eccentric behavior, or by wanting to talk onlyabout their singular interest.
 
The treatments for Asperger's disease can include:
 
* Social skills training
* Cognitive behavioral therapy
* Medication for coexisting conditions.

“I couldn’t do anything without rituals. They invaded every aspect of my life. Counting really bogged me down. I would wash my hair three times as opposed to once because three was a good luck numberand one wasn’t. It took me longer to read because I’d count the lines in a paragraph. When I set my alarm at night, I had to set it to a number that wouldn’t add up to a ’bad’ number.”
“I knew the rituals didn’t make sense, and I was deeply ashamed of them, but I couldn’t seem to overcome them until I had therapy.”
“Getting dressed in the morning was tough, because I had a routine, and if Ididn’t follow the routine, I’d get anxious and would have to get dressed again. I always worried that if I didn’t do something, my parents were going to die. I’d have these terrible thoughts of harming my parents. That was completely irrational, but the thoughts triggered more anxiety and more senseless behavior. Because of the time I spent on rituals, I was unable to do a lot of things that wereimportant to me.”
People with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) have persistent, upsetting thoughts (obsessions) and use rituals (compulsions) to control the anxiety these thoughts produce. Most of the time, the rituals end up controlling them.
For example, if people are obsessed with germs or dirt, they may develop a compulsion to wash their hands over and over again. If they develop an obsessionwith intruders, they may lock and relock their doors many times before going to bed. Being afraid of social embarrassment may prompt people with OCD to comb their hair compulsively in front of a mirror-sometimes they get “caught” in the mirror and can’t move away from it. Performing such rituals is not pleasurable. At best, it produces temporary relief from the anxiety created by obsessive thoughts.Other common rituals are a need to repeatedly check things, touch things (especially in a particular sequence), or count things. Some common obsessions include having frequent thoughts of violence and harming loved ones, persistently thinking about performing sexual acts the person dislikes, or having thoughts that are prohibited by religious beliefs. People with OCD may also be preoccupied withorder and symmetry, have difficulty throwing things out (so they accumulate), or hoard unneeded items.
Healthy people also have rituals, such as checking to see if the stove is off several times before leaving the house. The difference is that people with OCD perform their rituals even though doing so interferes with daily life and they find the repetition distressing. Although most adults...