Elephant News Reporter Zhu Leigang
The child is "not understanding anything" at a young age and "will not be depressed"? Data shows that the national prevalence rate of mental disorders among children and adolescents has reached 17.5%. The teenagers already know the taste of sorrow, so don’t take them seriously.
How to pay attention to the mental health of teenagers? October 10 is World Mental Health Day . The reporter interviewed Director Zhang Lixia, head of the Mental Health Examination Center of Zhengzhou Eighth People's Hospital.
Depression is tied with cancer and AIDS as the three major diseases
Director Zhang Lixia said that in China, the top three of the top ten causes of death are all related to depression. Moreover, The World Health Organization also ranks depression as one of the three major diseases, including cancer and AIDS. The incidence rate of children with depression is particularly high.
Domestic epidemiological study, the detection rate of depression among middle school students in my country reached 20%-40%. High incidence rate and great harm. Depression has symptoms of "three lows". It feels that the brain reacts slowly, becomes dull, and becomes stupid. It is a kind of "low"; it is slow to think, feels low, can't be happy, and even feels that living is boring, don't want to live anymore, and has the idea of suicide, pessimism and negative, which is another kind of "low"; some children don't want to move their legs, always want to lie in bed, don't want to do anything, are not interested in anything, and are unwilling to communicate with others. This is a loss of willpower, and combined, it is a "three lows", which is a manifestation of depression. The symptoms associated with depression include poor sleep, poor diet, and some children are also disgusted with schooling.
Youth has known the taste of sorrow. Parents should face their children's "depression".
Depression has caused many children to be unwilling to go to school in mild cases, and self-harm behavior is common, and suicide is serious.
Director Zhang Lixia said that the causes of depression include genetic factors and biological factors, such as neurotransmitter factors, the effects of norepinephrine and dopamine . Some people have weak self-regulation ability and will not regulate their emotions when encountering things. There are also life emergency incidents. Director Zhang Lixia once met a 15-year-old child who committed suicide and jumped into the river in the outpatient clinic, and was rescued both times. It was an emergency that he felt very embarrassing that he couldn't survive any more. There are also some families where parents are very strict and like to punish and interfere with their children. Some parents indulge their children, which are a big reason.
In some schools, everyone cares about academic performance. This causes children to feel depressed. They tell their parents that their parents do not realize it, and some parents are unwilling to face their children's depression. When the child tells his parents, the parents will avoid it, thinking that it may be better after a while. If the parents keep avoiding it, the child will become heavier and heavier.
Social problems are also a very important reason for the onset of depression. Nowadays, social pressure is particularly high. Studies have shown that the lower the social support, the higher the incidence of depression.
Therefore, in school, we cannot "only score theory", and we should comprehensively evaluate a child with morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics and labor. Adolescent children care very much about interpersonal relationships and what others think of themselves. We must increase our children's self-regulation ability, and strictly prevent campus bullying .
home is the best place to heal, love is the only way
builds a harmonious family relationship equally important. If a person has a problem, home is the best place to heal, and love is the only way. Family must have love and harmony. First of all, we must realize that he is depressed, accept that he is depressed, and then understand that he is depressed. "Oh, it turns out that he is sick and he is depressed."
When a child is depressed, we need to find the cause of depression. If it is caused by school pressure, the child may say, I want to stay home for one night. He went home to relieve the stress and relax himself for the time being. He will only have the strength to face this stressor the next day. It is very important for us parents to support our children. The child said I was in a bad mood. Can you let me sleep for a while, or can you let me go to a movie? In fact, we can all give him support. Another thing is to respect the child. When you understand him, he may be accepted.
Director Zhang Lixia said that many of the patients I have seen are children. When they come to our hospital, they will get much better. Why? He felt that there were so many depressions here, but it turned out that I was not the only one who was so fragile. It would be much better if parents support him at home.
Parent-colleague relationships, classmates' relationships, and mother-in-law and daughter-in-law's relationships have all been experienced. What does social relationships look like? You can give your children some guidance. Parents’ depression and depression reactions can easily affect their children, and they learn and imitate them from their parents. There is a saying, "If your parents are not happy, will you be happy? Do you dare to be happy?" So, parents' emotional control is very important. Next is the relationship between husband and wife, and the family environment is the most important. We often say, "This child is sick, and this disease is not on him." It was this child who led the sick family to the hospital. Some children are sick because their parents have a great conflict and even face divorce. They subconsciously believe, "I am sick, my parents don't consider divorce. Treating me can alleviate family conflicts." Many children actually use this function when they are sick.
The best way to depression is to intervene early in prevention
Director Zhang Lixia reminds that the best way to depression is to intervene early in prevention. The child has a slight sign of signs, "I'm in a bad mood" and "I'm under great pressure." At this time, I'll talk to the psychologist and the child will come through psychological counseling and psychological treatment. When the child is already sick, it will be difficult to adjust by relying on psychological treatment alone, and medicine may be needed.
Director Zhang Lixia and her mental health examination center often go to various schools for screening. She said that in addition to bus companies, public security police officers, teachers and other positions under extremely stress, in fact, all walks of life need to do mental health examinations regularly . Is your mental state normal, sub-healthy, or is it on the verge of pathology?
Depression, you have never seen it before, and it is difficult to find out in the early stages. Mental health examinations are to detect mental health problems through health examinations, and they are normal, mild depression, moderate depression or severe depression.
Psychological Assessment has other functions. For example, students will have some interest bias tests based on their hobbies and specialties. There are also tests of personal ability and tests of future careers.
Many children have autism and ADHD. If they are screened early and trained early, they will improve.
has a power called "parents disagree"
Finally, Director Zhang Lixia suggested that the most important thing for parents is to respect their children and give them more autonomy, thereby increasing their children's self-confidence. If parents do this, their children will grow up healthily and rarely have the so-called rebellious period.
The biggest misunderstanding for parents is to constantly deny their children and use our authority to point fingers at their children.
There is a power that parents disagree. In fact, children care about their parents’ words the most, so you must be careful when communicating with children. A good word warms up in winter, and a bad word hurts people in June. You should avoid language violence . Even if we don’t agree, we can give the child a support first, agree and then communicate.
Adolescent children have matured physically and think that they are already an adult. I want to have the same status as you. I hope you will give me respect and trust. This is one of his characteristics. Another characteristic is that they have a "sense of adulthood" and are particularly independent. They hope to get rid of the constraints of their families on a spiritual level, but when they encounter problems, they want to get the understanding and support of their parents.
Reminder:
Zhengzhou Eighth People's Hospital West District Hospital will be officially put into use
The reporter learned that the West District Hospital of Zhengzhou Eighth People's Hospital will be officially put into use soon. Taking the construction of the "six major centers" of the Children and Adolescent Mental Health Guidance Center, Sleep Medicine Center, Autism Diagnosis and Treatment Center, Pregnancy and Pain Psychological Diagnosis and Treatment Center, Mental Health Examination Center, and Traditional Chinese Medicine Psychological Diagnosis and Treatment Center as the starting point, we will plan with high standards and position it at a high starting point, and actively build a mental diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation service system for the whole life cycle and the whole course of the disease.
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