"2021 Chengdu Declaration on the Prevention and Treatment of Adolescent Depression" released
Sichuan News Network Chengdu, September 22 (Reporter Chen Lin) A few days ago, the 2021 Asia Education Forum Annual Conference was held at Chengdu Tianfu International Conference Center It was grandly held, with special support from Chengdu Education Bureau and Chengdu Expo Bureau. With the theme of "The Future of Education in Asia", this forum was conducted using a combination of online and offline methods. More than 900 representatives from nearly 30 countries and regions attended the conference.
During the annual conference of the forum, in addition to the main forum, several sub-forums were held, including the Higher Education Forum, the Global Education 50 Forum, the Vocational Education High-Quality Development Forum, the Primary and Secondary School Principals Forum, the Responsible Management Education Forum, and the Youth Speech Sub-forums such as style exhibition, international education cooperation forum, children's city friendship forum closed-door meeting, youth invention forum, etc.
Among them, "Asian Education Forum: Children's Depression Prevention Roundtable under the Child-Friendly Concept" explores multi-dimensional cooperation paths, with a view to advocating and promoting the linkage of families, communities, schools, and hospitals, for children aged 6-18 And their parents provide a full range of social support and prevention support. It is worth noting that this forum released the "2021 Chengdu Declaration on the Prevention and Treatment of Youth Depression". The declaration pointed out that "child-friendly" first appeared in the country's "14th Five-Year Plan", and China will build 100 child-friendly cities within five years.
Declaration and Proposal: The whole society should pay attention to the mental health of young people and build a more child-friendly society. We should grow up healthy and happy with our children in exchange for our hopeful future.
The declaration advocates that children need more games and more activities. Games and activities are natural needs of people. Children need more opportunities to socialize, play with friends, participate in family gatherings, hobby activities and volunteer services; communicate with parents and grow with them. Parents’ vocation, every day, parents and children have the opportunity to have a face-to-face heart-to-heart communication, put the mobile phone aside, wholeheartedly; exercise, exercise is beneficial to promote positive emotions, at least one hour a day outdoor exercise; do not use food to deal with negative emotions, reduce the intake of snacks , Avoid too much sugar or starchy food; pay attention to sleep,Good sleep is the basis of mental health. To protect your child's sleep, you must turn off the lights or sleep at night.
The declaration advocates that parents need to face the problem head-on. Depression has become a common problem faced by young people around the world, especially after the new crown epidemic; do not blame yourself or each other, this is an opportunity to re-establish a good parent-child relationship with your children and face them together For growth; don’t suppress yourself. Feelings of depression, sadness, helplessness or anger are all normal. Communicate frankly with your family and cope with it together. You can also communicate with parents in the same situation and look for majors in schools, hospitals, charity organizations, or commercial organizations. Support; take good care of yourself, a reasonable diet, adequate sleep, and appropriate exercise are important to build a healthy lifestyle with your children; wealth cannot replace the companionship and love of parents. The meaning of wealth is to allow children to have more freedom of life choices; Paying attention to companionship, the companionship of parents, a harmonious family environment, good sleep, natural activities, satisfying curiosity, creativity rather than utilitarian learning, is a good medicine to prevent and treat adolescent depression. The
manifesto pointed out that depression is not simply melancholia. If there is continuous, endless sadness, exhaustion or irritability, one needs to be alert to the possibility of depression. Insufficient energy, insufficient sleep, excessive use of mobile phones and the Internet, addiction to video games and mobile games, inability to concentrate, procrastination in life, late absences from classes, or decline in grades may all be problems caused by depression. Depression will not go away automatically. Please communicate in a caring rather than critical way. Regardless of whether you can understand what your child is sharing, please be prepared to listen, focus on listening, acknowledge the pain and sorrow they are going through, and don’t talk about the so-called so-called The principle of letting children know that you will support them unconditionally can greatly help them feel understanding. If they are unwilling to communicate, please don’t give up. You can seek help from a third party that your child trusts. It may be classmates, relatives, friends, teachers, or netizens playing games, or professionals, to understand your child’s circle of friends and learn more about your child. The most important thing to establish a new relationship of trust is to allow children to confide in others.
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