What are some common mental health problems in children and adolescents?

Mental health is an important part of child and adolescent health, and for many adults with mental disorders, symptoms appear in childhood and adolescence but are often not recognized or resolved. For young people with symptoms of a mental disorder, the sooner you start**, the better, and as your child grows, early** can help prevent more serious, long-lasting problems. It's important to remember that anyone can develop mental health problems, and while some teens may be at higher risk based on genetics and past experiences, all teens are susceptible to mental illness, including excellent children.

Knowing the most common mental health issues teens face, being aware of potential issues and seeking professional help if necessary, early intervention can be key to getting the help your child needs.

According to statistics, many adolescents have major depression, and girls are more likely to suffer from depression than boys. About half of teens who meet criteria for depression say their symptoms have significantly affected their social or academic lives. Depression is usually possible, one-on-one is helpful, and sometimes a combination of medication can also provide better symptom relief, and if not timely, depression can get worse.

Anxiety can also seriously affect the life of teenagers, it usually interferes with the ability of teenagers to socialize with friends, it also interferes with teenagers' education, severe anxiety can even make teenagers stay at home. Anxiety can come in many forms, for example, generalized anxiety disorder can cause teens to feel anxious in all aspects of their lives, but social anxiety disorder can make it difficult for teens to speak in class or participate in social activities. Talking is often the preferred form of anxiety, and teens may benefit from learning skills to manage their symptoms and face their fears.

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is another mental illness in children, and the symptoms of ADHD may become noticeable by the age of 4, but sometimes these symptoms don't appear problematic until the teenage years. There are three types of ADHD, hyperactive, inattentive or impulsive, and some children will have two or three of them. Hyperactive teens have difficulty sitting still, can't stop talking, and have trouble completing projects.

Teens with inattention are easily distracted, ADHD often requires medication, and parent training may also be part of this to help families manage symptoms at home.

Eating disorders include anorexia, bulimia, and bulimia, and while eating disorders can occur in both men and women, the prevalence is higher in women. Anorexia is characterized by extreme food restriction and weight loss, and bulimia is overeating followed by vomiting or the use of laxatives to expel the food. Eating disorders can have a serious impact on the physical health of adolescents and often require physical health monitoring and reinforcement.

Relatively withdrawn, lonely, unwilling to take the initiative to communicate with others, especially introverted, will feel particularly aggrieved, especially easy to cry, and can easily be affected by school violence.

Very extreme, may be depressed, sometimes very unconfident, will be very anxious, sometimes there will be developmental disabilities.

Depression, fear of life, fear of communication, social phobia, and the problem of liking to talk back.

Yes, our children have a lot of psychological problems, as parents must carefully observe the children's psychological problems and usual performanceCommon psychological problems in adolescents can include adjustment disorder, school aversion, and manifestations of social phobia and depression.

Usually after changing to a new school, it will lead to physical discomfort, which will also cause an attitude of disgust with school, which will lead to negative emotional symptoms, and dare not speak when seeing the opposite sex or friends, and even cause fear, and long-term failure to improve may lead to depression. It will lead to sighing and often sad emotions, and you need to go to the hospital for a psychiatric examination, and you can choose the method of psychological intervention**.

The first point, such as depression, depression is easy to appear depressed, unhappy, pessimistic, disappointed, have strong negative thoughts about the future, low self-esteem, self-blame, at this time in adolescence is easy to appear depression problems.

The second point is anxiety disorders, such as all kinds of nervousness, fear, and worry, it is difficult to calm down, and it is easy to fall into anxiety and tension, and cannot extricate oneself.

Third, problems such as school boredom and learning difficulties, such as a decline in academic performance, reluctance to study, poor motivation to study, or even reluctance to go to school, tension and anxiety with classmates, etc., may be especially common in adolescence.

The development and changes in modern society have had many effects on the mental health of children and adolescents, and here are some of the factors that can lead to psychological problems in children:

Stress: Modern society has higher and higher requirements for children, and children are facing more and more pressure such as exams, higher education, and competition, which may lead to psychological problems such as anxiety and depression.

Family problems: Family issues such as family stability, poor parental relationships, domestic violence, divorce, etc., can all have a negative impact on a child's mental health.

Social problems: Children may face problems such as bullying and rejection among their peers, which can lead to low self-esteem, anxiety and other problems.

Online and social**: Children may become addicted to virtual worlds such as online games, socializing**, etc., which may affect your child's social skills and real-life behavior.

Experience adverse events: The child may face adverse events such as **, violent and repatriation, which may be traumatic to the child's mental health.

All of the above factors can lead to psychological problems in children. In order to ensure the mental health of children, parents and society need to provide a safe, stable and healthy living environment, educate children to actively cope with stress and challenges, help children develop good social skills and self-awareness, and also need to guide children to use the Internet and social networking correctly. If your child has psychological problems, you should seek professional psychological counseling in a timely manner.