Today (October 10) is World Mental Health Day . The theme of our country's mission is "Youth Mind and Youthful Youth", and it calls for attention to the mental health of children and adolescents.
According to a survey by the World Health Organization, the global incidence of mental disorders in children and adolescents ranges from 12% to 28%, and it is on the rise. In recent years, domestic surveys have also found that the mental health problems of children and adolescents to varying degrees are about 5% to 30%.
First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Medical College Department of Neurology, Doctor Wang Xiaomeng, introduced that during adolescence, due to the imbalance of brain, physical and mental development, children in this period face more stress and growth troubles than other periods Some more. With the development of the times, nowadays, teenagers are under more and more pressures and temptations, leading to an increase in the incidence of mental illnesses year by year, and the early manifestations of these mental illnesses are often not typical. Many parents think this is adolescence. Without timely intervention, children’s psychological problems are often triggered by a trivial matter, and even lead to irreversible tragedies.
Common psychological problems of adolescents mainly include: one is self-growth problems, such as low self-worth, loneliness, lack of partners, facial development problems, etc.; second, emotional psychological problems, such as depression, anxiety, jealousy, etc. Emotional pressure; third is academic troubles, such as inability to listen in class, tired of school, truancy, etc.; fourth is behavioral problems, such as Internet addiction, irritability and rebellion.
When the child has the following situations, parents should pay attention to it. Maybe the child really encounters a psychological problem that he can’t solve. At this time, parents should take the child to seek the help of a professional doctor in time:
1. Often sad and crying;
2. Lack of enthusiasm, energy or motivation for study and life, and get tired easily;
3. Hesitating to do things, inattention or forgetfulness,Decline in performance;
4. Excessive inferiority complex or guilt;
5. Little or too much food and sleep;
6. Unexplained physical discomfort (adolescents with depression often complain of headaches and stomach pain If the physical examination does not show a specific cause of these symptoms, then depression is likely to be the underlying cause);
7. Irritability, irritability, overreaction to criticism (adolescent depression, unlike most depression patients, is very typical , But often manifested as irritability, grumpy, hostile and depressed);
8. No longer contact with friends, and relationship with family members become alienated; 9. Sadness and despair, even suicidal thoughts or actions.
For adolescent children, it is recommended that parents should listen more, be more affirmative, and compare less, try to express their love for them, let them understand your love, learn to share with their parents, learn to seek parental help as soon as they encounter problems , Learn to establish the correct concept, and easily spend this period of growth that must be experienced in life.
(Reporter: Song Rui Editor: An An)
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